Fukushima Prefecture (福島県)

Fukushima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tohoku Region, in northeastern Honshu. Covering an area of 13,782 sq km, it is the third largest prefecture in Japan, and the second largest in the Tohoku Region after Iwate Prefecture. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 2.1 million people. Its capital is the City of Fukushima.

Fukushima Prefecture is the southernmost prefecture in the Tohoku Region. The mountain ranges carve the prefecture into three areas known as Aizu, Nakadori and Hamadori. Hamadori is the coastal strip with most of the flat land.

Enichiji Temple, Fukushima Prefecture


Fukushima Prefecture faces the Pacific Ocean to the east. It borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture to the north, Niigata Prefecture to the west, Gunma Prefecture to the southwest, Tochigi Prefecture to the south and Ibaraki Prefecture to the southeast.

Lake Okutadami, Fukushima Prefecture

Updates

11 March, 2011
Fukushima Prefecture suffered from massive devastation brought on by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami, which damaged the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in the town of Okuma. Some 45,000 people living in Okuma and the surrounding towns and villages of Fukushima Prefecture were forced to evacuate due to radiation leakage.

How to go to Fukushima Prefecture

By Plane
You can fly to Fukushima Airport. It receives regular scheduled flights by JAL and ANA.

By Train
Take the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo. It makes stops in Shirakawa, Koriyama and Fukushima.

Tenjin Beach, Lake Inawashiro

Cities of Fukushima Prefecture

Tourist Attractions of Fukushima Prefecture

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