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is a prefecture
Prefectures of Japan

The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" , Tokyo; one "Circuit #Japan" , Hokkaido; two urban prefectures , Osaka Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture; and 43 other prefectures ....
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 located in the Tohoku region
Tohoku region

The is a geographical area of Japan. Tohoku is Japanese language for "northeast," and the Tohoku region occupies the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan....
 on the island of Honshu
Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait....
. The capital is the city of Fukushima
Fukushima, Fukushima

is the capital cities of Japan of Fukushima Prefecture in the Tohoku Region region of Japan.It lies about 250 km north of Tokyo and 80 km south of Sendai ....
.

he 4th century, Fukushima was incorporated into the Yamato Province
Yamato Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshu. It was also called . At first, the name was written with one different character , and for about ten years after 737, this was revised to use more desirable characters ....
, Japan's first unified nation.

The Shirakawa Barrier and the Nakoso Barrier were built around the 5th century to protect 'civilized Japan' from the 'barbarians' to the north.






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is a prefecture
Prefectures of Japan

The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" , Tokyo; one "Circuit #Japan" , Hokkaido; two urban prefectures , Osaka Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture; and 43 other prefectures ....
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 located in the Tohoku region
Tohoku region

The is a geographical area of Japan. Tohoku is Japanese language for "northeast," and the Tohoku region occupies the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan....
 on the island of Honshu
Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait....
. The capital is the city of Fukushima
Fukushima, Fukushima

is the capital cities of Japan of Fukushima Prefecture in the Tohoku Region region of Japan.It lies about 250 km north of Tokyo and 80 km south of Sendai ....
.

History

In the 4th century, Fukushima was incorporated into the Yamato Province
Yamato Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshu. It was also called . At first, the name was written with one different character , and for about ten years after 737, this was revised to use more desirable characters ....
, Japan's first unified nation.

The Shirakawa Barrier and the Nakoso Barrier were built around the 5th century to protect 'civilized Japan' from the 'barbarians' to the north. Fukushima became a Province of Mutsu
Mutsu Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan, made up of the present-day Prefectures of Japans of Fukushima Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture and Aomori Prefecture, and the municipalities of Kazuno, Akita and Kosaka, Akita in Akita Prefecture....
 after the Taika Reforms
Taika Reform

The were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kotoku in the year 646. They were written shortly after the death of Prince Shotoku, and the defeat of the Soga clan, which united Japan....
 were established in 646.

The province of Fukushima was conquered by Prince Subaru in 1293. This region of Japan is also known as Michinoku and Oshu.

The Fukushima Incident
Fukushima Incident

The Fukushima Incident was a political tumult which took place in Fukushima Prefecture in 1882.The incident started with the appointment of Mishima Michitsune as governor....
 took place in the prefecture after Mishima Michitsune
Mishima Michitsune

Viscount Michitsune Mishima was a vassal of the Satsuma Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate, Home Ministry bureaucrat and viscount. He is also commonly known as Yahei or Yah?e ....
 was appointed governor in 1882.

Geography

Fukushima is the southernmost prefecture of Tohoku region, and the closest to Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
. It is divided by mountain ranges into three regions called (from west to east) Aizu
Aizu

is an area comprising the westernmost third of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. The principal city of the area is Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima.During the Edo period, Aizu was a han known as and part of Mutsu province....
, Nakadori
Nakadori

is a region comprising the middle third of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. The principal cities of the area are the prefectural capital Fukushima, Fukushima and Koriyama, Fukushima....
, and Hamadori
Hamadori

is an area comprising the easternmost third of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan.The principal city of the area is Iwaki, Fukushima....
.

The coastal Hamadori region lies on the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 and is the flattest and most temperate region, while the Nakadori region is the agricultural heart of the prefecture and contains the capital, Fukushima City. The mountainous Aizu region has scenic lakes, lush forests, and snowy winters.

Cities

Thirteen cities are located in Fukushima Prefecture:

  • Aizuwakamatsu
    Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

    Aizuwakamatsu is a cities of Japan located in the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 128,591 and the population density of 335.72 persons per km?....
  • Date
    Date, Fukushima

    Date is a cities of Japan located in northern Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 67,129 and a population density of 253 persons per km?....
  • Fukushima
    Fukushima, Fukushima

    is the capital cities of Japan of Fukushima Prefecture in the Tohoku Region region of Japan.It lies about 250 km north of Tokyo and 80 km south of Sendai ....
     (capital)
  • Iwaki
    Iwaki, Fukushima

    Iwaki is a cities of Japan located in the southern part of the Hamadori coastal region of Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Japan. A designated "core city", Iwaki is also one of the growing number of hiragana city....
  • Kitakata
    Kitakata, Fukushima

    Kitakata is a cities of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, in northern Honshu, Japan. Kitakata was once written '??', which meant 'northern place'....
  • Koriyama
    Koriyama, Fukushima

    is a cities of Japan located in the center of the Nakadori region of Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku region, Japan. As of 2007, the city has an estimated population of 339,118 and a population density of 447.94 persons per km?....
  • Minamisoma
    Minamisoma, Fukushima

    is a city located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1 2008 the city has an estimated population of 71,296.The city was founded on January 1, 2006, by merging with Haramachi, Fukushima, Odaka, Fukushima, and Kashima, Fukushima....
  • Motomiya
    Motomiya, Fukushima (City)

    is a cities of Japan situated in the middle of Nakadori region of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of December 2008, the total population of the city is 31,711 and the total area is 87.94 km?, giving a population density of 361 people per km?....
  • Nihonmatsu
    Nihonmatsu, Fukushima

    is a cities of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of October 2008, the city has an estimated population of 61,137 with a population density of 177 persons per km?....
  • Shirakawa
    Shirakawa, Fukushima

    Shirakawa is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the southern portion of the prefecture.The 2003 estimated population was 48,297 and the population density in that year was 410.44 persons per km?....
  • Soma
    Soma, Fukushima

    Soma is a cities of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 38,302 and the population density of 194 persons per square kilometer....
  • Sukagawa
    Sukagawa, Fukushima

    is a cities of Japan located in the center of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is famous for both its peony garden , a national scenic beauty, and its torch festival which has been hereditary for over 400 years....
  • Tamura
    Tamura, Fukushima

    Tamura is a cities of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on March 1, 2005 from the merger of the former towns of Funehiki, Fukushima, Ogoe, Fukushima, Takine, Fukushima, and Tokiwa, Fukushima and the former village of Miyakoji, Fukushima, all from Tamura District, Fukushima....


Towns and villages

Towns and villages in each district
Districts of Japan

The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, ranking at the level below prefecture and above Cities of Japan, Towns of Japan or Villages of Japan....
:

  • Adachi District
    Adachi District, Fukushima

    Adachi is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of January 2007, the district has a population of 8,577 and an area of 79.46 km?, for a population density of 107.9 per km?....
Otama
Otama, Fukushima

is a villages of Japan located in Adachi District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 8,429 and a population density of 106.08 persons per km?....
  • Date District
    Date District, Fukushima

    Date is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the district has an estimated population of 39,633 and a population density of 190 persons per km?....
Iino
Iino, Fukushima

Iino was a towns of Japan located in Date District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 6,592 and a population density of 309.34 persons per km?....
 ‡
Kawamata
Kawamata, Fukushima

Kawamata is a towns of Japan located in Date District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 17,248 and a population density of 135.11 persons per km?....
 ‡
Kori
Kori, Fukushima

Kori is a towns of Japan located in Date District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Koori Machi.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 13,507 and a population density of 314.34 persons per km?....
Kunimi
Kunimi, Fukushima

Kunimi is a towns of Japan located in Date District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 10,889 and a population density of 287.31 persons per km?....
  • Futaba District
    Futaba District, Fukushima

    Futaba is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 75,220 and a population density of 86.95 persons per km?....
Futaba
Futaba, Fukushima

Futaba is a towns of Japan located in Futaba District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 7,406 and a population density of 144.09 persons per km?....
Hirono
Hirono, Fukushima

Hirono is a towns of Japan located in Futaba District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 5,653 and a population density of 96.81 persons per km?....
Katsurao
Katsurao, Fukushima

Katsurao is a villages of Japan located in Futaba District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 1,637 and a population density of 19.43 persons per km?....
Kawauchi
Kawauchi, Fukushima

is a villages of Japan located in Futaba District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 3,203 and a population density of 16.23 persons per km?....
Namie
Namie, Fukushima

Namie is a towns of Japan located in Futaba District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 22,068 and a population density of 98.92 persons per km?....
Naraha
Naraha, Fukushima

Naraha is a towns of Japan located in Futaba District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 8,230 and a population density of 79.56 persons per km?....
Okuma
Okuma, Fukushima

is a towns of Japan located in Futaba District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 10,945 and a population density of 139.07 persons per km?....
Tomioka
Tomioka, Fukushima

Tomioka is a towns of Japan located in Futaba District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 16,078 and a population density of 234.82 persons per square kilometer....
  • Higashishirakawa District
    Higashishirakawa District, Fukushima

    Higashishirakawa is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 38,087 and a population density of 61.34 persons per km?....
Hanawa
Hanawa, Fukushima

Hanawa is a towns of Japan located in Higashishirakawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 10,821 and a population density of 51.14 persons per km?....
Samegawa
Samegawa, Fukushima

Samegawa is a villages of Japan located in Higashishirakawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,439 and a population density of 33.81 persons per km?....
Tanagura
Tanagura, Fukushima

Tanagura is a towns of Japan located in Higashishirakawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 15,959 and a population density of 99.86 persons per square kilometer....
Yamatsuri
Yamatsuri, Fukushima

Yamatsuri is a towns of Japan located in Higashishirakawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2007, the town has an estimated population of 6,570 and a population density of 55.57 persons per square kilometer....
  • Ishikawa District
    Ishikawa District, Fukushima

    Ishikawa is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 48,399 and a population density of 105.98 persons per km?....
Asakawa
Asakawa, Fukushima

Asakawa is a towns of Japan located in Ishikawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 7,280 and a population density of 194.50 persons per km?....
Furudono
Furudono, Fukushima

Furudono is a towns of Japan located in Ishikawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 6,563 and a population density of 40.15 persons per km?....
Hirata
Hirata, Fukushima

Hirata is a villages of Japan located in Ishikawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 7,781 and a population density of 83.19 persons per km?....
Ishikawa
Ishikawa, Fukushima

Ishikawa is a towns of Japan located in Ishikawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 19,158 and a population density of 165.57 persons per km?....
Tamakawa
Tamakawa, Fukushima

Tamakawa is a villages of Japan located in Ishikawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 7,617 and a population density of 163.60 persons per square kilometer....
  • Iwase District
    Iwase District, Fukushima

    is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 31,847 and a population density of 83.50 persons per km?....
Kagamiishi
Kagamiishi, Fukushima

is a towns of Japan located in Iwase District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 12,718 and a population density of 406.98 persons per km?....
Tenei
Tenei, Fukushima

Ten'ei , or Tenei Mura, is a villages of Japan located in Iwase District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 6,681 and a population density of 29.62 persons per square kilometer....
  • Kawanuma District
    Kawanuma District, Fukushima

    Kawanuma is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 36,117 and a population density of 111.59 persons per km?....
Aizubange
Aizubange, Fukushima

Aizubange is a towns of Japan located in Kawanuma District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 18,779 and a population density of 204.90 persons per km?....
Yanaizu
Yanaizu, Fukushima

is a towns of Japan located in Kawanuma District, Fukushima, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 4,434 and a population density of 25.18 persons per square kilometer....
Yugawa
Yugawa, Fukushima

is a villages of Japan located in Kawanuma District, Fukushima, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 3,615 and a population density of 220.97 persons per square kilometer....
  • Minamiaizu District
    Minamiaizu District, Fukushima

    is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It makes up the southern third of the Aizu region in western Fukushima Prefecture.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 33,533 and a population density of 14.32 persons per km?....
Hinoemata
Hinoemata, Fukushima

Hinoemata is a villages of Japan located in Minamiaizu District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is locally famous for its soba and known nationally for its kabuki performances and as a gateway to the Oze marshlands....
Minamiaizu
Minamiaizu, Fukushima

Minamiaizu is a Towns of Japan in Minamiaizu District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture. It was formed on March 20th, 2006 by the merging of Tajima, Fukushima with the villages of Ina, Fukushima, Nango, Fukushima, and Tateiwa, Fukushima to form a new administrative township....
Shimogo
Tadami
Tadami, Fukushima

Tadami is a towns of Japan located in Minamiaizu District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is famous locally for its own Snow Festival, where huge sculptures and replicas of monuments are cut out of Tadami's abundant snow....
  • Nishishirakawa District
    Nishishirakawa District, Fukushima

    Nishishirakawa is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 68,450 and a population density of 138.39 persons per km?....
Izumizaki
Izumizaki, Fukushima

Izumizaki is a villages of Japan located in Nishishirakawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 6,880 and a population density of 194.35 persons per km?....
Nakajima
Nakajima, Fukushima

is a villages of Japan located in Nishishirakawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 5,289 and a population density of 279.69 persons per km?....
Nishigo
Nishigo, Fukushima

Nishigo is a villages of Japan located in Nishishirakawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 19,340 and a population density of 100.56 persons per km?....
Yabuki
Yabuki, Fukushima

is a towns of Japan located in Nishishirakawa District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 18,808 and a population density of 311.55 persons per square kilometer....
  • Onuma District
    Onuma District, Fukushima

    is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the district has an estimated population of 29,787 and a population density of 34.2 persons per km?....
Aizumisato
Aizumisato, Fukushima

is a Towns of Japan in Onuma District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of November 1, 2008, the town has a population of 23,588. The area is 276.37 km?....
Kaneyama
Kaneyama, Fukushima

is a towns of Japan located in Onuma District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 2,952 and a population density of 10.04 persons per km?....
Mishima
Mishima, Fukushima

is a towns of Japan located in Onuma District, Fukushima, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 2,334 and a population density of 25.70 persons per km?. The total area is 90.83 km?....
Showa
Showa, Fukushima

Showa is a villages of Japan located in Onuma District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 1,701 and a population density of 8.13 persons per km?....
  • Soma District
Iitate
Iitate, Fukushima

Iitate is a villages of Japan located in Soma District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 6,858 and a population density of 29.80 persons per km?....
Shinchi
Shinchi, Fukushima

Shinchi is a towns of Japan located in Soma District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 8,859 and a population density of 191.13 persons per km?....
  • Tamura District
    Tamura District, Fukushima

    Tamura is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003 population data but accounting for the decreases due to the formation of the city of Tamura, the district has an estimated population of 30,658 and a population density of 155 persons per square kilometer....
Miharu
Miharu, Fukushima

Miharu is a towns of Japan located in Tamura District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 19,454 and a population density of 267.37 persons per km?....
Ono
Ono, Fukushima

Ono is a towns of Japan located in Tamura District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 12,190 and a population density of 97.43 persons per km?....
  • Yama District
    Yama District, Fukushima

    Yama is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the district has an estimated population of 31,175 and a population density of 31.6 persons per square kilometer....
Bandai
Bandai, Fukushima

Bandai is a towns of Japan located in Yama District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 3,931 and a population density of 65.86 persons per km?....
Inawashiro
Inawashiro, Fukushima

Inawashiro is a towns of Japan located in Yama District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Inawashiro rests on the shores of Lake Inawashiro, one of the largest lakes in Japan....
Kitashiobara
Kitashiobara, Fukushima

Kitashiobara is a villages of Japan located in Yama District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of February 1, 2008, the village has an estimated population of 3,416 and a population density of 14.6 persons per km?....
Nishiaizu
Nishiaizu, Fukushima

is a towns of Japan located in Yama District, Fukushima, Japan. It is known as the "front door" to the Iide mountain range.The town was founded in 1954 through a Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan of smaller villages....


‡ Scheduled to be dissolved following mergers.

Mergers


Future mergers

  • The towns of Kawamata
    Kawamata, Fukushima

    Kawamata is a towns of Japan located in Date District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 17,248 and a population density of 135.11 persons per km?....
     and Iino
    Iino, Fukushima

    Iino was a towns of Japan located in Date District, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 6,592 and a population density of 309.34 persons per km?....
     from the Date District
    Date District, Fukushima

    Date is a districts of Japan located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the district has an estimated population of 39,633 and a population density of 190 persons per km?....
     are scheduled to be annexed by the city of Fukushima on July 1, 2008. However, the assembly of Kawamata voted to object to the merger on September 15, 2006, which may lead to the cancellation of this merger.


Economy

The coastal region traditionally specializes in fishing and seafood industries, and is notable for its electric and particularly nuclear power-generating industry, while the upland regions are more focused on agriculture.

The capital region has a strong industry in software and electronics.

Demographics


Culture

Legend has it that an ogress, Adachigahara, once roamed the plain after whom it was named. The Adachigahara plain lies close to the city of Fukushima.

Tourism


Aizuwakamatsu was the site of an important battle in the Boshin war
Boshin War

The was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Emperor of Japan....
, during which 19 teenage members of the Byakkotai
Byakkotai

The was a group of around 305 young, teenage, samurai of the Aizu domain, who fought in the Boshin War....
 committed ritual seppuku
Seppuku

is a form of Japanese Suicide#Ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai. Part of the samurai honor code, seppuku was used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies, as a form of capital punishment for samurai who have committed serious offenses, and for reason...
 suicide. Their graves on Mt. Iimori are a popular tourist attraction.

Mount Bandai
Mount Bandai

is a stratovolcano in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.In a major eruption on July 15, 1888 the north and east parts of the caldera collapsed in a massive landslide, forming two lakes, Lake Hibara and Onogawa-ko, as well as several minor lakes called Goshiki-numa, or the 'Five Coloured Lakes'....
, in the Bandai-Asahi National Park
Bandai-Asahi National Park

is a national park in the Tohoku region, Honshu, Japan. The park site straddles over Fukushima Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, and Nigata Prefecture....
, erupted in 1888, creating a large crater and numerous lakes, including the picturesque 'Five Coloured Lakes' (Goshiki-numa
Goshiki-numa

, is a cluster of five Crater lake situated at the foot of Mount Bandai in the center of the lake district of Bandai-kogen, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan....
). The area is popular with hikers and skiers.

Famous people

  • Hideyo Noguchi
    Hideyo Noguchi

    , also known as , was a prominent United States-based Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis in 1911....
    , the doctor who contributed to knowledge in the fight against syphilis
    Syphilis

    Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The route of transmission of syphilis is almost always through sexual contact, although there are examples of congenital syphilis via transmission from mother to child in utero....
     and yellow fever
    Yellow fever

    Yellow fever is an acute Virus disease. It is an important cause of hemorrhage illness in many African and South American countries despite existence of an effective vaccine....
    . The Japanese government created the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize
    Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize

    The honors men and women "with outstanding achievements in the fields of medical research and medical services to combat infectious and other diseases in Africa, thus contributing to the health and welfare of the African people and of all humankind." The prize, officially named "The Prize in Recognition of Outstanding Achievements in the Fields o...
     in his honour. This was first awarded in May 2008.


Kitakata is well known for its distinctive Kitakata ramen
Ramen

is a Japanese cuisine noodle dish that originated in China. It tends to be served in a meat-based broth, and uses toppings such as , , kamaboko, green onions, and even corn....
 (Chinese noodles) and well-preserved traditional storehouse buildings, while Ouchijuku in the town of Shimogo retains numerous thatched buildings from the Edo Period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
.

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