Fukuyama

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Fukuyama-shi
福山 市
Fukuyama
Geographical location in Japan
Fukuyama (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Region : Chūgoku
Prefecture : Hiroshima
Coordinates : 34 ° 29 '  N , 133 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 29 '9 "  N , 133 ° 21' 44"  E
Basic data
Surface: 518.07 km²
Residents : 462.203
(June 1, 2019)
Population density : 892 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 34207-6
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Fukuyama
Tree : Melia azedarach var. Subtripinnata , scented flower , camphor tree
Flower : Rose , chrysanthemum
town hall
Address : Fukuyama City Hall
3 - 5 , Higashisakura-chō
Fukuyama -shi
Hiroshima  720-8501
Website URL: http://www.city.fukuyama.hiroshima.jp
Location of Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture
Location of Fukuyama in the prefecture

Fukuyama ( Japanese 福山 市 , - shi ) is a city in the Japanese prefecture of Hiroshima .

geography

Fukuyama is east of Hiroshima and west of Okayama on the Seto Inland Sea .

The municipality also includes the eastern half of the southwestern offshore Bingojima Islands , from which Tashima and Yokoshima are inhabited, the southeastern offshore islands of Tomonoura (main island Sensui-jima ) and the southeastern Hashirijima Islands 6 km away , of which Hashiri-jima is also is inhabited. In the west lies the former island of Momi-shima ( 茂 美 島 ; 34 ° 22 ′ 47 ″  N , 133 ° 19 ′ 48 ″  E ), which is now connected to the mainland.

history

The 1956 incorporated place Tomo-chō with the port and the sea region Tomonoura has been an important port since ancient times.

Fukuyama Township was named a county town ( shi ) on July 1, 1916 .

Attractions

Hōsen-ji

Holocaust Education Center

The Holocaust Education Center was founded in 1995 by Makoto Ōtsuka, a clergyman who met Anne Frank's father personally in 1971 . It is the only educational institution in Japan that has specialized in the subject of the persecution of Jews in Germany and Europe from 1933 to 1945 . In addition to a collection that tells the history of European Jews in the first half of the 20th century using objects from all over the world, it contains a section dedicated to Anne Frank . On International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2011, an offshoot of the chestnut tree that grew in front of Anne Frank's hiding place was planted in the center's garden.

traffic

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Neighboring cities and communities

Web links

Commons : Fukuyama  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Japan: Fascination for Anne Frank. In: Deutsche Welle. March 2, 2015, accessed August 23, 2016 .
  2. ^ Holocaust Education in Fukuyama. In: Japan Travel KK October 1, 2013, accessed on August 23, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b 福山 市 の 名誉 市民 . In: Fukuyama City. Retrieved August 23, 2016 (Japanese).