Fukushima Prefectural Museum — Attraction in Aizuwakamatsu

On Display is a permanent exhibition about the local history from pre-iceage until "modern times". As a foreign visitor, you get a handout in english with a general description of the respective areas of the exhibition. Additionally, there are multilingual boards for each area. All exponates are well prepared. However, descriptions at these exponates are in japanese only. You'll need a translation app if you can't read the script, but they offer free and strong WiFi without registration, so this is not really an issue. Prices are low as all cultural sights in Japan (we paid 530 ¥\ adult, children half price). If they have special/temporary exhibitions, you can view both for 1000 ¥ if you're into it. We spent about 1 1/2 hours on a rainy day and found it very...

We've been to this museum and were delighted by the permanent exposition. The exposition looks quite new and is well organized, following a timely progression from prehistorical to modern eras, focusing on the region around Aizuwakamatsu.

Every section is fully translated in english and there is plenty to read and learn for non-japanese speakers. We understood many things related to the core history of the region and how it played a role in japanese history overall.

There was so much to see that we ended up leaving when the museum closed, wishing to come back for more. The staff was also very friendly, and for the low price of 280yen per adult, this museum is...

This is a very complete depiction of the history of Fukushima prefecture, going back as far as the pre-human times, and as recent as post-war years. The museum is layed out well and is very spacious. Admission is only ¥280 at the time of writing.

The only two downsides: You're not allowed to take pictures everywhere. And not a single cubic millimetre is spent on the recent events around the nuclear disaster, which you'd probably kind of expect in a museum about Fukushima's history.

On the plus side, it's one of the few tourist attractions that has...