Sukagawa, Fukushima
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| Sukagawa City 須賀川市 |
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| Coordinates: 37°17′N 140°23′E / 37.283°N 140.383°ECoordinates: 37°17′N 140°23′E / 37.283°N 140.383°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Tōhoku | ||
| Prefecture | Fukushima prefecture | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Katsuya Hashimoto | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 279.55 km2 (107.93 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 May, 2011[1]) | |||
| • Total | 78,631 | ||
| • Density | 281.3/km2 (729/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| City symbols | |||
| - Tree | Japanese Red Pine | ||
| - Flower | Peony | ||
| - Bird | Common Kingfisher | ||
| Phone number | 0248-75-1111 | ||
| Address | 135 Hachimanmachi, Sukagawa-shi, Fukushima-ken 962-8601 |
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| Website | Sukagawa City | ||
Sukagawa (須賀川市 Sukagawa-shi) is a city located in the center of Fukushima, Japan. It is famous for both its peony garden (Botan En), a national scenic beauty, and its torch festival which has been hereditary for over 400 years.
Sukagawa is also known for Eiji Tsuburaya and Kokichi Tsuburaya, Denzen Aōdō, a painter, and Yuki Kadokura, a singer.
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[edit] History
During the Edo period, Sukagawa belonged to the Shirakawa Domain. It was prospering as a major lodging place on Ōshū Kaidō, which is one of the Edo Five Routes, and was the commercial center in the region. But after mid-Meiji period, Koriyama, which had succeeded in inviting the junction of West Ban'etsu Line, took its presence. After the earthquake of 2011, the Fujinuma Dam failed and a part of the city was destroyed. See also Radiation effects from Fukushima I nuclear accidents.
[edit] Mergers
- The city was founded on March 31, 1954, by consolidation of Sukagawa Town, Hamada Town, Nishibukuro Village and Inada Village in Iwase District and Oshioe Village in Ishikawa District. Then, it merged with Niida Village in Iwase District on March 10, 1955, with Ohigashi Village in Ishikawa District on February 1, 1967, and finally, and also recently, with Naganuma Town and Iwase Village in Iwase District on April 1, 2005.
[edit] Demographics
As of January 1, 2005.
| Name of Area | Population(persons) | Surface(km²) | Population density(persons/km²) |
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| Sukagawa | 22,523 | 8.55 | 2634.27 |
| Hamada | 5,570 | 12.06 | 461.86 |
| Nishibukuro | 17,424 | 23.60 | 738.31 |
| Inada | 4,463 | 16.16 | 276.18 |
| Oshioe | 4,386 | 34.43 | 127.39 |
| Niida | 7,557 | 18.79 | 402.18 |
| Ohigashi | 6,049 | 41.39 | 146.15 |
| Naganuma | 6,639 | 60.34 | 106.98 |
| Iwase | 6,146 | 64.23 | 93.31 |
| Total | 80,757 | 279.55 | 288.88 |
[edit] Events
Sukagawa city holds a well-known fireworks display every summer in August. About three hundred thousand spectators view this display each year. Approximately one hundred thousand separate fireworks of various kinds are fired off.
[edit] Transportation
Sukagawa is connected to Japan through Sukagawa Station (須賀川駅 sukagawa-eki) a railway station served by Tōhoku Main Line.
It is also the only city in the Fukushima prefecture that boasts an airport; Fukushima Airport was opened on May 20, 1993 with regular domestic flights to Sapporo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Naha and international flights to Shanghai and Seoul.
[edit] References
- ^ "Estimated population May 1, 2011". Official Fukushima Prefecture website. http://www.pref.fukushima.jp/toukei/html/01/m-jinko/22_23_3_4doutai.xls. Retrieved 29 July 2011.(Japanese)
[edit] External links
Media related to Sukagawa, Fukushima at Wikimedia Commons
- Sukagawa official website (Japanese)
- Eiji Tsuburaya official website (Japanese)
- Sukagawa Peony Garden official website (Japanese)
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