Tsuruga-jo Castle, Aizu-Wakamatsu

Decide before you go

A short summary made from the official facts below. Check the rows for details.

Getting there

Train / Bus / Car

Admission

Paid (see the price below)

Closing days

Open every day (check the notes below)

Before you go

Only facts we confirmed on official sources are shown. Anything else is listed under “Not yet confirmed”.

Opening hours

Keep museum 8:30-17:00 (last entry 16:30).

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Closed

Open every day.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Admission

Adults 410 yen, elementary and junior high 150 yen (groups of 30-99: 360 / 135; 100+: 320 / 120). Combined ticket with the Rinkaku tea house 520 yen (groups 460 / 410 yen); three-site ticket (keep, Rinkaku, Oyakuen garden) 730 yen. Free for disability-certificate holders.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Getting there

Tohoku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Koriyama (90 min), then JR Ban-etsu West Line to Aizu-Wakamatsu (65 min). Loop bus "Haikara-san" or "Akabe" to "Tsurugajo Iriguchi", then 5 min on foot. Highway buses from Sendai and Koriyama also stop at "Tsurugajo / Godo Chosha". About 15 min by car from Aizu-Wakamatsu IC.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Parking

Three paid car parks (Nishi-demaru 200 cars, East Gate 129, South Gate 35): 200 yen for the first hour, then 100 yen per hour.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Payment

Cash (Japanese yen) at the ticket office; cards etc. for advance web tickets.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Accessibility

Inside the keep there are only stairs. Accessible toilet (wheelchair, baby bed), ramps and wheelchairs to borrow; part of the park can be seen by wheelchair.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site

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Address: 1-1 Otemachi, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

Official site: https://www.tsurugajo.com/tsurugajo/

Location

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Nearby spots

• Photo: Miyuki Meinaka / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Fukushima MuseumFukushimaLess than 1 km away (straight line)
• Photo: Qwert1234 / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (cropped and resized)Oyakuen Garden, Aizu Matsudaira Clan GardenFukushima1 km away (straight line)
• Photo: 皓月旗 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)Suehiro Sake Brewery, Kaei-guraFukushima1 km away (straight line)
• Photo: Photo ACMitsutaya, miso dengakuFukushima1 km away (straight line)
• No photo yetHoshiban Picture Candle ShopFukushima2 km away (straight line)

Distances are straight-line distances, not travel distances. Some locations are approximate, so treat these distances as a rough guide.

Crowds

Busiest season

The keep is lit up at night in each season.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site

Not yet confirmed

Crowd level, Best time to visit, Peak time, Busiest days

no official source yet, and not enough traveler reports.

Latest traveler report

None yet

Traveler crowd data by time of day appears after 5 traveler reports (0 so far).

You can check typical busy hours in Google Maps ("Popular times" on the place's page). Open this spot in Google Maps

Visiting respectfully

• Local etiquetteDigital art show "Tsuruga-jo: Scroll of Light" (8:30-17:00; adults 410 yen, children 150 yen; 520 yen with Rinkaku). Shoes off in the reconstructed halls.Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Verification log

• 25 Sept 2026First check · Official website · https://www.tsurugajo.com/tsurugajo/tensyukaku/Hours, closing days, admission, payment and the three car parks read from the official castle keep page.
• 25 Sept 2026First check · Official website · https://www.tsurugajo.com/tsurugajo/access/Train, highway bus and car access read from the official access page.
• 25 Sept 2026First check · Tourism board · https://www.aizukanko.com/spot/134Address, loop buses, parking spaces, accessibility and coordinates read from the Aizu-Wakamatsu tourism site.