http://www.geocities.co.jp/SilkRoad-Lake/6618/index.html
also has a pic of the town taken in the 37th year of the
Meiji...pretty densely populated---lots of buildings
futhermore the site discusses the heroic women of Aizu
including Yamamoto Yaeko...ever wonder how she learned how to use a
gun? Her father(?) was an instructor in gunnery...and the whole bit
about cutting hair is because she and other women had to disguise
themselves as men
I can't believe I found this link from reading a humorous/silly fanfic
involving Yamaguchi Jiro wearing a western uniform at Aizu (all the
men around him noticed how handsome he looked wearing it) and learning
how to use a gun...and just about every guy (including Hijikata)
around him chasing after him @_@