Koriyama Tourism Promotional Association

Sightseeing around Koriyama


Public Facilities

"Big I" Building of redevelopment of the west gateway of Koriyama Station|○Koriyama City Museum of Art|○Koriyama Yurakkusu Atami, Ice Arena|○Hiwada Collection Hall of Takakura Dolls|○Big Palette Fukushima|○Koriyama Skating Rink|○Koriyama Nature House|○Koriyama Bungaku no Mori Museum|○Youth Hall|○Lakeside Village of Youth|○Koriyama City Cultural Center


"Big I" Building of redevelopment of the west gateway of Koriyama Station

This building was opened at the west gateway of JR Koriyama Station in March 2001. It is a 24-story building with one lower ground floor, and the highest in Fukushima Prefecture with a height of 133m. This is the new look of Koriyama in the 21st century as a landmark that succeeded the frontier spirit of the predecessors of Asaka development. This is a multiple building equipped with a shopping zone of "Molty" from 1st to 5th floor, "Civilianユs Plaza" focusing on the Civic Service Center from 6th to 7th floor, "Fukushima Prefectural Meisei Senior High School" from 8th to 14th floor, offices for Intelligent property from 15th to 19th floor, "Satellite Graduate School of Fukushima University", and "Koriyama City Science Hall with heartstrings" from 20th to 24th floor.

●1 minute walk from Koriyama Station?
(Reference)
Civic Plaza Service Center Tel: 024-922-5544

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Koriyama City Museum of Art

This museum is situated in Fudokigaoka where you can see the whole view from Koriyama City to Mt. Adatara. It houses the arts on the subject of English Art, modern Japanese Art, Junshiro Sato's art, art related to Koriyama and art of books (edition).?

●10 minute drive by car from Koriyama Station
(Reference)
Koriyama City Museum of Art?Tel:024-956-2200

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Koriyama Yurakkusu Atami, Ice Arena

This is the multi-purpose facility, which combines a convention function and a sport function, standing in Bandai Atami Spa Town. Visitors from inside and outside the city can enjoy recreation and building up the health. This hot spring works on rheumatism and distress. There are 9 kinds of bathtubs, such as a drumming hot water bath, a shipping hot water bath, a sauna bath and an open-air bath in the wide bath.


Nearby is Ice Arena, which is used for an indoor rink in winter, and for tennis, badminton and gate ball courts in summer.?

●10 minute drive by car from Koriyama I.C
(Reference) Koriyama Yurakkusu Atami, Ice Arena
Tel:024-984-2800
For further details, please see
http://www.city.koriyama.fukushima.jp/yracs/index.htm

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Hiwada Collection Hall of Takakura Dolls

Ningyo Joruri, or Japanese puppet show was prevailed in Kansai and Shikoku districts in Edo period, and this was also performed at Takakura of Asakayamanoi Village (Takakura of Hiwada Town). This is reputed to be located in the northernmost of distribution of Japanese puppet show in Japan, but its beginning was not clear. Later, it was abolished in Meiji period, so all the tools including dolls were preserved in baskets for clothes, and placed in Sanseiji Temple. Now, they are all preserved in Hiwada Public Hall and displayed.

●15 minute drive from Koriyama Station
(Reference)
Hiwada Public Hall Tel: 024-958-2352

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Big Palette Fukushima

80 minute-ride in Shinkansen train, from Tokyo to Koriyama. Koriyama is developing as a hub city of southern part of Tohoku District linking with the major cities by the three-dimentional access net, such as Tohoku Expressway, Ban'etsu Expressway and Fukushima Airport. In Big Pallet Fukushima, many events, such as trade fairs, exhibitions, conventions and rallies are held every day.?

●15 minute drive by car from Koriyama Minami I.C
(Reference)
Big Pallet Fukushima Tel:024-947-8010

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Koriyama Skating Rink

This is a full-dress skate rink, which is used as the speed skate arena for "The National Athletic Meet in Fukushima" held in 1995. At off-season, visitors can enjoy roller-skating here.?

●15 minute on foot from Bandai Atami Station of Ban'etsu Saisen Line
(Reference)
Koriyama Skate Rink of Fukushima Prefecture Tel:024-984-0350

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Koriyama Nature House

This is an educational facility to liberate children into nature and bring up them to be strong, bright and generous human beings. The large site of 330,000 m2?is equipped with a field, a pool, a playground, a field work course, a gymnasium and accommodation.?

●15 minute drive from Koriyama Minami I.C
(Reference)
Koriyama Nature House Tel: 024-957-2111

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Koriyama Bungaku no Mori Museum

This collecting hall of literature houses and displays works and data of Koriyama-related writers including Masao Kume, Yuriko Miyamoto and Yutaka Mafune. Memorial Hall of Masao Kume was reconstructed in this site after transferred from Mr. Kumeユs resident built in Kamakura City in 1930.?

●20 minute drive by car from Koriyama Minami I.C
(Reference)
Koriyama Bungaku no Mori Museum Tel:024-991-7610
For the further details, please see
http://www.net6.or.jp/kc-center/bungaku/index.html

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Youth Hall

This facility provides sound education of youth in respect to mental and physical growth through a training of group stay and collective activities. Training rooms and restaurants are available. You can also utilize Seibu Soccer Ground, Seibu Gymnasium and the Otsuki Park that are adjacent to this hall.?

●15 minute drive from Koriyama Minami I.C
(Reference)
Youth Hall Tel: 024-961-8282

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Lakeside Village of Youth

This facility provides children with group trainings in a magnificent nature near Lake Inawashiro. It is equipped with a lodging room for 80 people, a camp field for 150 people and outdoor cooking place. Except June and August, families can also use this facility as well as group lodging.

●30 minute drive from Koriyama Minami I.C
(Reference)
Lakeside Village of Youth Tel: 024-982-2115

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Koriyama City Cultural Center

This center is available for concerts and all kinds of presentations and equipped with a large hall for 1,998 people, a middle-size hall for 800 people, an assembly room for 300 people, an exhibition room, a study room and a Japanese-style room. You can use this center based on the size of event. The office on the first floor deals with tickets of many kinds of events.?

●10 minute drive from Koriyama Station
(Reference)
Koriyama City Cultural Center Tel: 024-934-2288

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