- Sukagawa, Fukushima
Japanese city| Name = Sukagawa City
JapaneseName = 須賀川市
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Prefecture =Fukushima prefecture
Region = Tōhoku
Area_km2 = 279.55
Population = 80,518
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nihongo|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 great torch festival which has been hereditary for over 400 years.
Sukagawa is also known as the city which has turned out some prominent persons, such as below.
*Eiji Tsuburaya
*Kokichi Tsuburaya
*Denzen Aōdō - Painter in lateEdo period
*Yuki Kadokura - SingerHistory
During Edo period, Sukagawa belonged to
Shirakawa Han (country subdivision) . It was prospering as a major lodging place onŌshū Kaidō , which is one of theEdo Five Routes , and was the commercial center in the region.
But after mid-Meiji period ,Koriyama , which had succeeded in inviting the junction ofWest Ban'etsu Line , took its presence.
The city was founded onMarch 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 onMarch 10 ,1955 , with Ohigashi village in Ishikawa district onFebruary 1 ,1967 , and finally with Naganuma town and Iwase village in Iwase district onApril 1 , 2005.Demographics
As of
January 1 ,2005 .Name of Area Population(persons) Surface(km²) Population density(persons/km²) 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 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. Transportation
Sukagawa is connected to Japan through
Sukagawa Station (須賀川駅 sukagawa-eki) a railway station served byTōhoku Main Line .It is also the only city in the Fukushima prefecture that boasts an airport;
Fukushima Airport was opened inMay 20 ,1993 with regular domestic flights to Sapporo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Naha and international flights toShanghai andSeoul .External links
* [http://www.city.sukagawa.fukushima.jp/ Sukagawa official website] in Japanese
* [http://www.eiji-tsuburaya.gr.jp/top_e.html/ Eiji Tsuburaya official website]
* [http://www.botan.or.jp/ Sukagawa Peony Garden official website]
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