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The small, relaxed but rather featureless city of AIZU-WAKAMATSU sits in a wide valley near one of Japan's largest lakes, some two and a half hours' train ride north of Tokyo. An important castle town on what was once the main trunk road north from Edo (now Tokyo), the area's major sights revolve around its warrior past, including a reconstructed castle keep, an attractive samurai house and the graves of nineteen young heroes of the Boshin War . The surrounding area, with its mountain climate and abundant supplies of pure water, is famous for its high-quality sake . The centre of production is Kitakata , a sprawling town north of Aizu-Wakamatsu, where a collection of traditional sake storehouses, kura , attest to its former wealth. In winter, the area is popular for skiing , especially around Bandai Kogen , a plateau rising to the northeast which also offers great summer hiking and a dramatic bus ride across to Fukushima.
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