Fukushima: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Fukushima
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 294,237
• Coordinates: 37.7500° N, 140.4667° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 239 km (149 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Fukushima Airport (FKS): 58 km (36 mi), straight line
• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 59 km (36 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 74 km (46 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Date: 8.0 km (5.0 mi)
• Hobaramachi: 10 km (6 mi)
• Yanagawamachi-saiwaicho: 16 km (10 mi)
• Nihommatsu: 19 km (12 mi)
• Motomiya: 27 km (17 mi)

Things to see

• Motoazobu gallery (museum)
• NHKハートプラザ (theme park)
• Observation Deck 2 (viewpoint)
• 東安寺 (place of worship)