A taste of Nature in Fukushima

Of course, I didn’t just visited Samurai-related museums and castles 🏰 during my time in the Fukushima region. There is actually so much more to see and do here. Currently, it is off season here because the weather is not perfect for outdoor activities (mostly rainy). So, you can neither go swimming 🏊‍♀️ in one of the lakes because it’s too cold nor skiing ⛷️ or snowboarding 🏂 in the mountains because there is no snow ❄️ yet.
However, I was relatively lucky when I came here because I didn’t get too much rain and during the time when I was out and about, it was even quite sunny ☀️

In the past, when I heard „Fukushima“, my only association with it was the nuclear power plant ☢️ that was damaged in 2011 by an earthquake and a following tsunami 🌊 but being here I have realized that Fukushima is actually an entire prefecture - much like one of our federal states in Germany 🇩🇪
There are multiple power plants located on the south-eastern coast of Fukushima. The one that was damaged is close to a city called Ottozawa; which was nowhere near where I was staying. 😅

The photos you see in this post are from various places in the Fukushima region: from Tsuchyiu Onsen, over Aizu-Wakamatsu and Nihonmatsu to Inawashiro - in all those places I found beautiful examples of Japanese nature. As you can see on the photos there are a lot of trees which still carry their autumn colored leaves 🍁 Currently it is the best time to see those in Japan.

I am glad that I went here, because - besides the interesting history and the beautiful landscape of this region - this expedition has certainly changed my thoughts about Fukushima. 😌Read more