Bandai (Fukushima)
Bandai (Japanese磐 梯 町, machi ) is a municipality in the district of Fukushima Prefecture Yama on Honshu, the main island of Japan.
Geography
Bandai is located on the southwest side of the eponymous, more than 1800 meters high Bandai, the highest mountain of the volcanic group of the same name, which also includes the Akahani (1430 m) and the Kushigamine (1636 m) count. The village is in the valley of Nippashi flowing from Inawashiro Lake to the northwest and forms the southern boundary of the municipality.
West of Bandai extends the Aizu Basin, where the cities Aizu Wakamatsu - and Kitakata lie.
The environment of Bandai and thus parts of the territory of the municipality belong to Bandai- Asahi National Park.
History
The area has been handed down as a place of religious worship on Bandai since the Japanese antiquity and found in Man'yōshū as the "Land of Aizu Mountains " (会津 嶺 の 国, aizu ne no kuni ) mention. The Enichi -ji (慧 日 寺), a 807 allegedly furnished by Tokuichi Buddhist temple, formed over centuries the religious and political center of the Aizu region.
During the Genpei War, the monks of Enichi -ji 1181 documents in the Battle of Yokotagawara ( in the province of Shinano, Nagano Prefecture today ) on the part of the Heike Genji. Finally fell into their power since the Sengoku period, as Date Masamune after the Battle of Suriagehara 1589 control of Aizu took over and most of the buildings of the temple, with the exception of the main hall had burnt down.
In the Edo period Bandai was released as part of the fief ( han ) Aizu Wakamatsu in Tsuruga Castle of the governed. Aizu belonged to the province of Mutsu, in the early Meiji period then the province Iwashiro.
1889 was the introduction of modern authorities by the Meiji government from five villages in the district of the Bandai Yama -mura. In 1960 it received the status of a small town ( Machi ).
Demography
Between 1980 and 2005, the population according to the census of Bandai's dropped over 4500 to less than 4000 inhabitants. On 1 January 2009, the population was 3873rd
Economy
In 2006, Bandai in 177 establishments in 2149 occupied persons, of which 1076 in the manufacturing sector.
Attractions
The 1626 burned down the main hall of the Enichi -ji was reconstructed in 2008. The temple had been resolved in the meantime in the Meiji period and in 1904 set up as恵 日 寺again; He now belongs to the Shingon shū.
Below the Bandai will find a golf course and the Alts Bandai Ski Resort, which is the venue for the 2009 halfpipe competitions in the freestyle skiing World Cup 2009 in March.
Traffic
At the Ban'etsusai line of the railway company JR Higashi- Nihon is the railway station Bandai- machi, where also hold fast trains and the Aizu Liner.
The Ban'etsu - highway runs east -west through the city, nearest connection point of Bandaikawahigashi Interchange, which lies to the south in the area of Aizu Wakamatsu -.
The Bandai Gold Line is a toll panoramic road that leads north over at Bandai for Hibara Lake Kitashiobara.
Twinning
Since 1988, Bandai has partnered with the Canadian town of Oliver, BC in the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen -.
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Kitakata
- Aizu Wakamatsu -
- Inawashiro (District of Yama )
- Kitashiobara (District of Yama )