Bandai (Fukushima)

Bandai Town Hall
Bandai-machi ; 磐梯町
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Tōhoku
Prefecture :	Fukushima
Coordinates :	37 ° 34 ' N , 139 ° 59' E Coordinates: 37 ° 33 '43 " N , 139 ° 59' 19" E
Basic data
Surface:	59.69 km²
Residents :	3360 ; (April 1, 2020)
Population density :	56 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	07407-1
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
town hall
Address :	Bandai Town Hall ; 1855 Nakanohashi, Bandai, Ōaza; Bandai - machi , Yama-gun ; Fukushima 969-3392
Website URL:	http://www.town.bandai.fukushima.jp/
Location of Bandais in Fukushima Prefecture

Bandai ( Jap. 磐梯町 , - machi ) is a municipality in the district of Yama of Fukushima Prefecture on Honshu , the main island of Japan .

geography

The Bandai - also called Aizu Fuji - and the Akahani (far right) seen from the southwest.

Bandai is located on the southwest side of the eponymous , over 1,800 meters high Bandai , the highest mountain in the volcanic group of the same name , which also includes the Akahani (1,430 m) and the Kushigamine (1,636 m). The center is located in the valley of the Nippashi , which flows from Lake Inawashiro to the northwest and forms the southern municipal boundary.

The Aizu Basin extends west of Bandai and includes the cities of Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kitakata .

The area around the Bandai and thus also parts of the area of the municipality belong to the Bandai Asahi National Park .

history

The area has been handed down as a place of religious worship on the Bandai since ancient Japan and was mentioned in the Man'yōshū as the "Land of the Aizu Mountains" ( 会津嶺の国 , aizu-ne no kuni ). The Enichi-ji ( 慧日寺 ), a 807 allegedly by Tokuichi equipped Buddhist temple , formed over centuries the religious and political center of the Aizu region.

During the Gempei War, the monks of Enichi-ji were defeated by the Heike in the battle of Yokotagawara (in the province of Shinano , today's Nagano prefecture ) in 1181 . Her power finally declined from the Sengoku period , when Date Masamune took control of Aizu after the Battle of Suriagehara in 1589 and burned down most of the temple's buildings, with the exception of the main hall.

In the Edo period , Bandai was ruled as part of the fiefdom ( Han ) Aizu of Tsuruga Castle in Wakamatsu. Aizu belonged to Mutsu Province , and then to Iwashiro Province in the early Meiji period .

1889 was the introduction of modern authorities by the Meiji government from five villages in the district of Yama, the Bandai- mura . In 1960 it received the status of a small town ( machi ).

Demographics

Between 1980 and 2005, the population of Bandai fell from over 4,500 to less than 4,000, according to the census. As of March 1, 2016, the population was 3,627.

economy

In 2006, Bandai had 2149 employees in 177 factories, 1076 of them in manufacturing.

Attractions

Reconstructed main hall of Enichi-ji .

The main hall of Enichi-ji, which burned down in 1626, was reconstructed in 2008. The temple had since been dissolved in the Meiji period and was re-established in 1904 as 恵日寺 ; today he belongs to the Shingon-shu .

Below the Bandai there is a golf course and the Alts Bandai ski area , which in March 2009 will host the halfpipe competitions of the 2009 Freestyle Skiing World Championships .

traffic

Aizu liner

Bandai-machi Station is on the Ban'etsusai Line of the JR Higashi-Nihon Railway Company , and is also where express trains and the Aizu Liner stop.

The Ban'etsu highway runs through the city in an east-west direction; the next junction is the Bandaikawahigashi Interchange , which is located south of the Aizu-Wakamatsu area.

The Bandai Gold Line is a scenic toll road that runs north past Bandai to Lake Hibara in Kitashiobara.