- Tsukidate, Fukushima
Tsukidate (月舘町; -machi) was a town located in Date District, Fukushima,
Japan .As of
2003 , the town had an estimatedpopulation of 4,443, and a density of 101.83 persons per km². The total area is 43.63 km².On January 1, 2006, Tsukidate merged with four towns in Date District, becoming Date City.
Since 1994, Tsukidate has been involved in a cultural exchange program with students from Revere, Massachusetts US. Every 2 years, students from Tsukidate travel to the US for a 1 week homestay. On alternate years, those same students from Revere come to Tsukidate, and stay in the student's homes.
External links
* [http://www.city.date.fukushima.jp/ Date official website] in Japanese
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