Location of Date in Fukushima Prefecture

Date (伊達市; -shi) is a city located in northern Fukushima, Japan. Date (伊達市; -shi) is a city located in Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan. ... A city ) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ... Fukushima Prefecture (福島県 Fukushima-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ...

As of 2006, the town has an estimated population of 68,489 and a density of 258.45 persons per km². The total area is 265 km². Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

There were nine towns in Date District, Fukushima. On January 1, 2006, five towns in Date District merged it and became Date City. Merged towns were Hobara-machi, Yanagawa-machi, Date-machi, Ryozen-machi, Tsukidate-machi. The central town is Hobara. (-machi means town in Japanese) Date (伊達郡; -gun) is a district located in Fukushima, Japan. ... Fukushima Prefecture (福島県 Fukushima-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Hobara (保原町; -machi) is a town located in Date District, Fukushima, Japan. ... Yanagawa (梁川町; -machi) is a town located in Date District, Fukushima, Japan. ... Ryōzen (霊山町; -machi) is a town located in Date District, Fukushima, Japan. ... Tsukidate (月舘町; -machi) is a town located in Date District, Fukushima, Japan. ... Hobara (保原町; -machi) is a town located in Date District, Fukushima, Japan. ... A town (町 chō) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ...

Kawamata-machi, Iino-machi, Kori-machi, Kunimi-machi, these five towns in Date District left merger.

A whole body skeleton of Paleoparadoxia was excavated in Yanagawa-machi on August 21, 1984. The skeleton is named the Yanagawa Specimen. Binomial name Paleoparadoxia tabatai Tokunaga, 1939 Paleoparadoxia[1] is a genus of large, herbivorous marine mammals that inhabited the northern Pacific coastal region during the Miocene epoch (20 to 10 million years ago). ...

Japan tries to avoid multiple cities with the same name in order to prevent administrative mistakes due to confusion. There are only two cases of cities in Japan with the same name:Fuchū in Hiroshima and Tokyo, and Date in Hokkaidō and Fukushima. Map showing location of FuchÅ« in Hiroshima Prefecture (as of 2006). ... For other uses, see Hiroshima (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. ...   literally North Sea Circuit, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japans second largest island and the largest of its 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. ... Fukushima Prefecture (福島県 Fukushima-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ...

History of two Date Cities

In the Edo period, the Date clan ruled the whole Miyagi and the South of Iwate. The Date clan was one of the most influential daimyos, samurai. In the Meiji period, many samurai lost their territories because of the Meiji Restoration. This was also true for the Date clan. A party led by Watari-Date, a branch family of the Date clan, settled in uncultivated Hokkaido. This is the origin of Date City in Hokkaido. On the other hand, the name of Date clan originated from the name of Date District in Fukushima. The Edo period ), also called Tokugawa period, is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868. ... Grave of ÅŒshÅ« Sendai Date clan at Mount Koya The Date clan (伊達氏) was a samurai family. ... Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県; Miyagi-ken) is located in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Iwate Prefecture ) is located in the Tohoku region on HonshÅ« island, Japan. ... Daimyo Matsudaira Katamori visits the residence of a retainer. ... The Meiji period ), or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. ... The Meiji Restoration ), also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japans political and social structure. ... Watari (亘理町; -chou) is a town located in Watari District, Miyagi, Japan. ...

The Date clan rose in Date District in 12th Century. Date City in Fukushima is the ancestral ground of Date clan. Date City in Hokkaido is the ground of a descendant of Date clan. The two cities have an indirect relation.

The Date family, descendants of Fujiwara no Uona (721-783) received the Date District in 1189 from the Shôgun Minamoto no Yoritomo. Portrait of Yoritomo (copy) Minamoto no Yoritomo May 9, 1147—February 9, 1199) was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan, who ruled from 1192 until 1199. ...

Before the Edo period, the home castle of Date clan was Yanagawa castle in Yanagawa in Date District. In the Edo period, the home castle was Sendai castle in Sendai, Miyagi. This April 2007 does not cite its references or sources. ...

Economy

Taiyo Yuden operates a CD and DVD production plant (That's Fukushima) in the Yanagawa Industrial Zone in Date, Fukushima. Taiyo Yuden Co. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc - see Etymology) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

External links

• Date official website in Japanese

Coordinates: 37.817° N 140.500° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...