Kōriyama, Fukushima

Kōriyama (Japanese郡山 市, -shi) is a city of Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Honshu, the main island of Japan.

Geography

Kōriyama is located north of Shirakawa and south of Fukushima.

Traffic

  • Roads: Tōhoku Expressway
  • National Road 4, by Tōkyō and Aomori
  • National Road 49, according to Iwaki and Niigata
  • JR Tohoku Shinkansen: Train station Kōriyama, to Tokyo and Hachinohe
  • JR Tōhoku Main Line: to Ueno and Aomori
  • JR Suigun - line: by Mito
  • JR Ban'etsu - West line: to Niigata
  • JR Ban'etsu - East Line: according to Iwaki

Economy

Kōriyama is the economic center of the prefecture. Important industries include silk mill, textile industry, engineering and the manufacture of chemical products.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Takeshi Honda ( born 1981 ), figure skater
  • Teruhiko Mashiko (* 1947), politician
  • Masushi Ouchi (1943-2011), weight
  • Haruko Sagara ( born 1968 ), singer and actress
  • Joji Yuasa ( born 1929 ), composer

Twinning

  • Netherlands hum, since 1988

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Aizu Wakamatsu -
  • Sukagawa
  • Tamura
  • Nihonmatsu
  • Inawashiro
  • Motomiya
Tree Cities of Japan Shirakawa (Fukushima) Aomori, Aomori Iwaki, Fukushima Tokyo Station Hachinohe, Aomori Suigun Line Brummen Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Sukagawa, Fukushima Tamura (Fukushima) Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Inawashiro (Fukushima) Motomiya, Fukushima (city) Date (Fukushima) Kitakata, Fukushima Futaba District, Fukushima Futaba (Fukushima) Hirono (Fukushima) Katsurao (Fukushima) Kawauchi (Fukushima) Namie (Fukushima) Naraha (Fukushima) Tomioka (Fukushima) Iitate (Fukushima) Yama District, Fukushima Bandai (Fukushima)
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