Date (Fukushima)

Date (Japanese伊达 市, -shi ) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan.

Geography

Date is located east of Fukushima and south of Sendai. Date extends south of the river Abukuma in the northeast of the Fukushima Basin. The majority of the administrative area covers the east of this location Abukuma Highlands.

History

The city Date was on 1 January 2006 from the Association of Small Towns Date (伊达 町, machi ), Hobara (保 原 町, machi ), Ryozen (霊 山 町, machi ), Tsukidate (月 馆 町, machi ) and Yanagawa (梁 川 町, machi ) of the district Date founded.

Traffic

• Street: National Road 4 to Tokyo and Aomori
• National roads 115, 349, 399

• JR Tōhoku Main Line: Ueno to Aomori and

Economy

In the former district of Yanagawa Taiyo Yuden operates under the name That's Fukushima plant for optical storage media (CD -R, DVD R, DVD -R, DVD -R DL, BD -R LTH ).

Adjacent Cities and Towns

• Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima
• Sōma
• Kuwaori
• Kawamata
• Iitate
• Kunimi

• Shiroishi
• Marumori