Tomioka (Fukushima)

Tomioka (Japanese富 冈 町, machi ) is a town in the district of Futaba in the Japanese prefecture of Fukushima.

The nuclear power plant, Fukushima Daini extends to the south of the church and in the neighboring community of Naraha.

Geography

Tomioka is located on the Pacific Ocean. 10 km away from the coast, the highlands Abukuma increases, which is characterized by forests and largely uninhabited. Its highest elevation within the municipality is the Okura -yama (大 仓山) with 593.1 m.

Tomioka is surrounded by Okuma in the north, the west and Kawauchi Naraha in the south.

History

The community Tomioka emerged in the wake of the nationwide reorganization of the municipal system on April 1, 1889 from the merger of six villages ( mura ) in the former county Naraha (楢 叶 郡, -gun ): Kobama (小 浜 村, -mura ), Oragahama (小 良 ヶ 浜村, -mura ), Kegaya (毛 萱 村, -mura ), Kamikōriyama (上郡 山村, -mura ), Shimokōriyama (下 郡 山村, -mura ) and Hotokehama (仏 浜 村, -mura ).

The county was Naraha (双 叶 郡, -gun ), literally, on 1 April 1896 the county Shineha (标 叶 郡, -gun ) to the district of Futaba, " two ha (叶) " merged.

On March 1, 1900, the village community to Tomioka town ( machi ) was incremented by one. Your current size she received on March 31, 1955, the incorporation of the neighboring town of Futaba ( until 1950: Kamioka ), which is written the same as the current community Futaba but only in 1956 was named.

The city was taken on March 11, 2011 by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami which triggered, which until May 20, seven dead and twelve missing were counted. By which triggered the nuclear disaster of Fukushima, a 20 - km exclusion zone was established in the municipality of Tomioka lies completely, so that the community was evacuated after Kōriyama. On March 25, 2013 Tomioka was spun off from the exclusion zone, and staggered instead divided into three zones according to radioactive contamination.

Traffic

The main highways of Tomioka are the Joban highway to Misato and National Road 6 by Chūō (Tokyo) or Sendai.

Connection to the rail network is the JR Joban Line to Nippori Station in Arakawa or Iwanuma. In Tomioka Tomioka are the stations and Yonomori.

Attractions

In the north of the city is (公園 夜ノ森, Yonomori kōen, literally " Night Forest Park ") of Yonomori Park in particular for the more than 500 Somei - Yoshino cherry trees ( Prunus × yedoensis ' Somei - yoshino ') on more than 2.5 km in length is known and therefore the heyday of the cherry blossoms in April is a popular place for hanami. The forest itself was during the Sengoku and Edo period, the boundary between the possessions of the Iwaki clan or the later feudal Iwakitaira and the Sōma clan or fief Nakamura Sōma.

Education

In Hirono, the primary schools Tomioka is 1 (富 冈 町 立 富 冈 第一 小学校, Tomioka- chōritsu Tomioka daiichi shōgakkō ) and Tomioka 2 (富 冈 町 立 富 冈 第一 小学校, Tomioka- chōritsu Tomioka daini shōgakkō ), the middle schools Tomioka 1 (富 冈 町 立 富 冈 第一 中 学校, Tomioka- chōritsu Tomioka daiichi chūgakkō ) and Tomioka 2 (富 冈 町 立 富 冈 第二 中 学校, Tomioka- chōritsu Tomioka daini chūgakkō ), as well as the prefectural high school Tomioka (福岛 県 立 富 冈 高等学校, Fukushima kenritsu Tomioka Kōtō Gakko ). In addition, there are in Tomioka still operated by the prefecture of Special Education (福岛 県 立 富 冈 养护 学校, Fukushima kenritsu Tomioka Yogo Gakko ).

Twinning

Tomioka closed on 6 December 1983 a city partnership with the New Zealand One Tree Hill. When this came up in Auckland City in 1989, they took over the relationship. De relationship is referred to as a city of Tomioka sisterhood and friendship of Auckland as a city which is mainly devoted to the educational exchange.

In addition, Tomioka has been maintaining 20 June 1995, a friendship with the circle Haiyan in Zhejiang province, China.

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