Fukushima (city)

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Fukushima 福島
City
福島市 · Fukushima City
Fukushima City
Flag
Location of Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Fukushima Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Takanori Seto
Area
• Total	746.43 km² (288.20 sq mi)
Population (October 1, 2007^[1])
• Total	289,483
• Density	387.82/km² (1,004.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Zelkova serrata ^[1]
- Flower	Peach ^[1]
- Bird	Great tit ^[1]
Phone number	024-535-1111
Address	3-1 Gorōuchimachi, Fukushima-shi, Fukushima-ken 960-8601
Website	City of Fukushima

Fukushima (福島市, Fukushima-shi, meaning "good-fortune island") is the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan^{[citation needed]}.

It lies about 250 km north of Tokyo and 80 km south of Sendai . Although the city is located inland, the prefecture has several Pacific ports such as Onahama and Sōma. Fukushima Airport is located in nearby Sukagawa.

As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 290,866 and the density of 389.68 persons per km². The total area is 746.43 km².

History

Fukushima was once called "Shinobu-no-sato," the village of Shinobu. In the 12th century Suginome Taro built Suginome Castle and the village began to develop as a castle town surrounding Fukushima Castle. During the Edo period, Fukushima began to grow prosperous from the production of silk and its name became well-known even in Kyoto. After the Meiji Restoration in 1868 a prefectural office was established in Fukushima and the Bank of Japan established an office in the city. This was the first national bank in the Tōhoku Region.^[2] The city was founded on April 1, 1907. On July 1, 2008 Iino, from Date District, was merged into the city of Fukushima.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fukushima Tourist Office Information Pamphlet - "A Letter from Fukushima."
^ Takeda T., page 66.

References

Takeda, Toru; Hishinuma, Tomio; Kamieda, Kinuyo; Dale, Leigh; Oguma, Chiyoichi (August 10, 1988), Hello! Fukushima - International Exchange Guide Book (1988 ed.), Fukushima City: Fukushima Mimpo Press

External links

Fukushima official website Template:Ja icon

v t e Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima (capital)
Core cities	Fukushima Iwaki Kōriyama
Cities	Aizuwakamatsu Date Kitakata Minamisōma Motomiya Nihonmatsu Shirakawa Sōma Sukagawa Tamura
Districts	Adachi District Ōtama Date District Kawamata Koori Kunimi Futaba District Futaba Hirono Namie Naraha Ōkuma Tomioka Katsurao Kawauchi Higashishirakawa District Hanawa Tanagura Yamatsuri Samegawa Ishikawa District Asakawa Furudono Ishikawa Hirata Tamakawa Iwase District Kagamiishi Ten-ei Kawanuma District Aizubange Yanaizu Yugawa Minamiaizu District Minamiaizu Shimogō Tadami Hinoemata Nishishirakawa District Yabuki Izumizaki Nakajima Nishigō Ōnuma District Aizumisato Kaneyama Mishima Shōwa Sōma District Shinchi Iitate Tamura District Miharu Ono Yama District Bandai Inawashiro Nishiaizu Kitashiobara
List of mergers in Fukushima Prefecture Regions Aizu Hamadōri Nakadōri

Metropolitan cities of Japan

Tokyo Metropolis	Special wards of Tokyo^※ Adachi Arakawa Bunkyō Chiyoda Chūō Edogawa Itabashi Katsushika Kita Kōtō Meguro Minato Nakano Nerima Ōta Setagaya Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Suginami Sumida Toshima Taitō
Designated cities	Chiba^※ Fukuoka^※ Hamamatsu Hiroshima^※ Kawasaki Kitakyushu Kobe^※ Kumamoto^※ Kyoto^※ Nagoya^※ Niigata^※ Okayama^※ Osaka^※ Sagamihara Saitama^※ Sakai Sapporo^※ Sendai^※ Shizuoka^※ Yokohama^※
Core cities	Akashi Akita^※ Amagasaki Aomori^※ Asahikawa Fukui^※ Fukushima^※ Fukuyama Funabashi Gifu^※ Hachinohe Hachiōji Hakodate Higashiōsaka Himeji Hirakata Ichinomiya Iwaki Kagoshima^※ Kanazawa^※ Kashiwa Kawagoe Kawaguchi Kōchi^※ Kōfu^※ Kōriyama Koshigaya Kurashiki Kure Kurume Maebashi^※ Matsue^※ Matsumoto Matsuyama^※ Miyazaki^※ Mito^※ Morioka^※ Naha^※ Nagano^※ Nagasaki^※ Nara^※ Neyagawa Nishinomiya Ōita^※ Okazaki Ōtsu^※ Sasebo Shimonoseki Suita Takamatsu^※ Takasaki Takatsuki Tottori^※ Toyama^※ Toyohashi Toyonaka Toyota Utsunomiya^※ Wakayama^※ Yao Yamagata^※ Yokosuka
Special cities	Atsugi Chigasaki^☆ Fuji^☆ Hiratsuka Ibaraki Isesaki Jōetsu Kakogawa Kasugai Kasukabe Kishiwada^☆ Kumagaya Nagaoka Numazu Odawara^☆ Ōta Saga^※ Sōka Takarazuka Tokorozawa^☆ Tsukuba^☆ Yamato Yokkaichi^☆
Prefectural capitals without designation	Tsu Tokushima Yamaguchi