37.5° N  Aizuwakamatsu

Omachi & Nakamachi

4 places in Omachi & Nakamachi, chosen by Rin and checked by the editors.

Made in Aizuwakamatsu

Aizu lacquerware

Aizu lacquerware is a craft of the castle town's merchant houses. Suzuzen, a lacquerware wholesaler founded in 1832, keeps its storehouses open to visitors, with exhibits, a shop and a workshop where you paint a maki-e design yourself.

  • Suzuzen Lacquerware

    Omachi & Nakamachi

    A lacquerware wholesaler founded in 1832. Its storehouses are open as a hall of Aizu lacquer, with a shop and a maki-e workshop.

    RinThe maki-e workshop needs a booking, for two or more.

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Made in Aizuwakamatsu

Aizu painted sumac-wax candles

Aizu painted candles are Japanese candles whose shafts are painted by hand with chrysanthemums, peonies, plum blossoms and lucky patterns. They are named among the exhibits at the 1873 Vienna World Exposition. Ozawa, founded in 1785, still paints them and runs a painting workshop.

  • Ozawa Candle Shop

    Omachi & Nakamachi

    A Japanese candle shop founded in 1785, in a townhouse built in 1887. It makes Aizu painted candles by hand and runs a painting workshop.

    RinBook the painting workshop. On weekends there is also a scent session.

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Food

  • Mitsutaya

    Omachi & Nakamachi

    A miso maker founded in 1834. In a converted miso storehouse it serves miso dengaku, an Aizu dish grilled skewer by skewer over charcoal at the hearth.

    RinDengaku starts at 10:30. Each skewer is grilled one by one, so you wait.

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  • Kiriya Gongentei

    Omachi & Nakamachi

    A hand-cut soba and Aizu cooking restaurant that began in 1971 as Kiriya Soba. Closed on Wednesdays.

    RinOn weekdays it closes at three. Go at lunch.

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