Inawashiro, Fukushima

Inawashiro, Fukushima

Inawashiro (猪苗代町; -machi) is a town located in Yama District, Fukushima, Japan. Inawashiro rests on the shores of Lake Inawashiro, one of the largest lakes in Japan. During the Edo period, it was part of the Aizu domain, and was the home of Aizu's secondary castle town. It is also the birthplace of the famous doctor, Hideyo Noguchi who contributed to knowledge in the fight against syphilis and yellow fever. [ [http://www.cao.go.jp/noguchisho/index-e.html Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize] ]

As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 17,319 and a density of 43.85 persons per km². The total area is 395.00 km².

ee also

* Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize -- May 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.town.inawashiro.fukushima.jp/ Inawashiro official website] in Japanese (some English content)
* http://e-bandaisan.com/English/web-content/index.html
* http://www.city.aizuwakamatsu.fukushima.jp/e/kanko/kokusai-kanko/town/inawashiro.htm
* http://www.tif.ne.jp/eng/area.do?areaID=1
* http://travel.japan-tohoku.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?code=1700&disp=area&country=en


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Inawashiro (Fukushima) — Inawashiro machi 猪苗代町 Geographische Lage in Japan …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Inawashiro — bezeichnet: Inawashiro (Fukushima), eine Stadt in der japanischen Präfektur Fukushima Inawashiro See, einen See in dieser Präfektur Inawashiro (Klan), einen japanischen Klan Inawashiro jō, die Burg dieses Klans in der Stadt Inawashiro Inowashiro… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Inawashiro-See — Geographische Lage Präfektur Fukushima, Japan Städte am Ufer Aizu Wakamatsu, Kōriyama …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fukushima (Fukushima) — Fukushima shi 福島市 Geographische Lage in Japan …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Inawashiro — 37°32′40″N 140°5′25″E / 37.54444, 140.09028 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fukushima Prefecture — Infobox Prefecture Japan Name = Fukushima JapaneseName = 福島県 Rōmaji = Fukushima ken Symbol = PrefSymbol Fukushima.png Capital = Fukushima (city) Region = Tōhoku Island = Honshū TotalArea = 13,782.54 AreaRank = 3rd PCWater = 0.9 PopDate = January… …   Wikipedia

  • Fukushima — /fooh kooh shee meuh/; Japn. /fooh koo shee mah/, n. a city on N Honshu, in N Japan. 262,847. * * * ▪ prefecture, Japan  ken (prefecture), northeastern Honshu, Japan, facing the Pacific Ocean. Its area of 5,322 square miles (13,784 square km) is… …   Universalium

  • Kōriyama, Fukushima — Japanese city| Name = Kōriyama JapaneseName = 郡山市| Prefecture = Fukushima Region = Tōhoku Area km2 = 757.06 | Population = 339,118 PopDate = 1 September2007 Density km2 = 447.94 Coords= LatitudeDegrees= 37 LatitudeMinutes= 24 LatitudeSeconds=… …   Wikipedia

  • Bandai (Fukushima) — Bandai machi 磐梯町 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lake Inawashiro — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Inawashiro 猪苗代湖 image lake = Lake Inawashiro 1.jpg caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Fukushima Prefecture coords = coord|37|28|29|N|140|05|37|E|region:JP type:waterbody… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”