Tamura (Fukushima)

Tamura (Japanese田村 市, -shi ) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan.

Geography

Tamura is in the western Abukuma Highlands. The highest elevation, also of Abukuma highlands, is the Ōtakine -yama (大 滝 根 山) with 1192.5 m on the border with Kawauchi.

History

Tamura was born on 1 March 2005 from the Association of Small Towns Funehiki (船 引 町, machi ), Ogoe (大 越 町, machi ), takins (滝 根 町, machi ) and Tokiwa (常 叶 町, machi ), and the Miyakoji village (都 路 村, -mura ) of the district Tamura. The community took its name from the district in which there were their predecessors communities, where previously even more names in conversation were as Abukuma (あぶくま 市), Abukumakōgen (あぶくま 高原 市, " Abukuma Plateau " ), Midori (みどり 市" green [e city ] "), but also Tamura in hiragana spelling. Tamura again goes back to Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, a general from the 8/9 Century of the Emishi resident subjugated.

Attractions

In Tamura is the Doyama - Ōji Shrine (堂 山 王子 神社, Doyama - Ōji -jinja ) is said to have successfully prayed at the Sakanoue no Tamuramaro for a win. The shrine is now recognized as a National Important Cultural Property.

A natural attraction are the caves, such as the 600 m long Abukuma Cave (あぶくま洞, Abukuma dō ), with its 80 million years old stalactites, stalagmites and rare Boxwork formations, as well as the 900 m long Irimizu stalactite cave (入 水 钟乳 洞, Irimizu Shonyudo ), which is a national natural monument.

Traffic

• Street: Banetsu highway: to Niigata and Iwaki
• National Road 4 to Tokyo and Aomori
• National roads 288, 349, 399

• JR Banetsu - East Line: according to Koriyama and Iwaki

Sons and daughters of the town

• Koichiro Gemba (* 1964), politician

Adjacent Cities and Towns

• Koriyama
• Nihonmatsu
• Iwaki