A historic park in Koriyama opened in 1878, commemorating the Asaka Pioneer Project that transformed the region into the "Manchester of Tohoku." The grounds include the Kaiseizan Shingu (1876), known as "Ise Shrine of Tohoku," and 1,300 cherry trees selected among Japan's top 100 cherry sites. The Kaiseikan building is a prefectural cultural property.

In the early Meiji era, the Japanese government promoted the Asaka Pioneer Project to develop the Asaka plains of central Fukushima Prefecture, aiming to resettle former samurai and expand agricultural land after the Boshin War. In 1876, Kaiseizan Daijingu Shrine was established as a spiritual cente…