Ouchi-juku
大内宿
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Ouchi-juku
Ouchi-juku is a place worth a visit in Shimogo, Fukushima. We've gathered 6 videos so you can explore it across the seasons on screen.
Ouchi-juku is the name of the post office of "Hanno Hanshuku" on Aizu Nishikaido (also known as Shimotsuke Kaido) in the Edo period, located in Oaza Ouchi, Shimogo-machi, Minami Aizu-gun, Fukushima Prefecture. Although it lost its status as a post office with the opening of the railway in the Meiji period, it is still passed down as the common name or tourist destination name of the village where thatched-roofed private houses were built along the road. It was selected as an important traditional building group preservation district in 1981 and has become one of the representative tourist attractions in Fukushima Prefecture (partially revived accommodation facilities). In addition, in the Aizu dialect, Ouchi is pronounced and written as "Ouchi" (historical kana: Ohochi/Awuchi), so there is a conflict between the standard language and the common language "Ouchi".
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History & Culture
A Thatched Edo Highway Village
Ouchi-juku was a post town on an Edo-period highway linking Aizu and Nikko. Its street of thatched-roof houses survives almost unchanged, now a designated preservation district.
Shimogo, Fukushima, Japan
Village open anytime; shops ~9:00–17:00
Free
Hours and fees are a guide and may change — please check official information before your visit.
