Sukagawa (須賀川市; -shi) is a city located in the center of Fukushima, Japan. It is famous for both its peony garden (Botan En), a national scenic beauty, and its great torch festival which has been hereditary for over 400 years.
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• Eiji Tsuburaya
• Kokichi Tsuburaya
• Denzen Aōdō - Painter in late Edo period
• Yuki Kadokura - Singer

Eiji Tsuburaya (円谷 英二 Tsuburaya Eiji) (July 7, 1901 – January 25, 1970) was responsible for the special effects on many Japanese movies, including the Godzilla series (1954–??). Born in Sukagawa, Fukushima prefecture, He worked as a cinematographer in Kyoto from 1919, joining Shochiku Kyoto Studios in... Kokichi Tsuburaya (born 13 May 1940; deceased 9 January 1968) was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly in the Marathon. ... The Edo period ), also called Tokugawa period, is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868. ...

History

During Edo period, Sukagawa belonged to Shirakawa Han (country subdivision). It was prospering as a major lodging place on Ōshū Kaidō, which is one of the Edo Five Routes, and was the commercial center in the region.
But after mid-Meiji period, Koriyama, which had succeeded in inviting the junction of West Ban'etsu Line, took its presence.
The city was founded on March 31, 1954, by consolidation of Sukagawa town, Hamada town, Nishibukuro village and Inada village in Iwase district and Oshioe village in Ishikawa district. Then, it merged with Niida village in Iwase district on March 10, 1955, with Ohigashi village in Ishikawa district on February 1, 1967, and finally with Naganuma town and Iwase village in Iwase district on April 1, 2005. The Five Routes (五街道 Gokaidō) were the five major roads leading to and from Edo (now Tokyo) during the Tokugawa period, the most important of which was the Tokaido which linked Edo and Kyoto. ... The Meiji period ) denotes the 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji, running from 8 September 1868 (in the Gregorian calendar, 23 October 1868) to 30 July 1912. ... Kōriyama (郡山市; -shi) is a city located in Fukushima, Japan. ... The West Banetsu Line ) is a rail line in Japan. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Demographics

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Sukagawa city holds a well-known fireworks display every summer in August. About three hundred thousand spectators view this display each year. Approximately one hundred thousand separate fireworks of various kinds are fired off.

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Transportation

Sukagawa is connected to Japan thru Sukagawa Station (須賀川駅 sukagawa-eki) a railway station served by Tōhoku Main Line (東北本線 Tōhoku-honsen)

It is also the only city in the Fukushima prefecture that counts with an airport; Fukushima Airport (福島空港, Fukushima Kūkō) was opened in May 20, 1993 with regular domestic flights to Sapporo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Naha and international flights to Shanghai and Seoul.

External links

• Sukagawa official website in Japanese
• Eiji Tsuburaya official website
• Sukagawa Peony Garden official website

Fukushima Prefecture
Cities
Aizuwakamatsu | Date | Fukushima (capital) | Iwaki | Kitakata | Kōriyama | Minamisōma | Motomiya | Nihonmatsu | Shirakawa | Sōma | Sukagawa | Tamura
Districts
Adachi | Date | Futaba | Higashishirakawa | Ishikawa | Iwase | Kawanuma | Minamiaizu | Nishishirakawa | Ōnuma | Sōma | Tamura | Yama
See also: Towns and villages by district edit

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