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Date City
Fukushima Prefecture · City
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Date City covers the northeastern part of the Fukushima Basin and developed as a sericulture (silk farming) town from the Edo period on. It produces its specialty anpo-gaki (semi-dried persimmons) and peaches, and its summer-autumn cucumbers rank 1st in Japan. Mt. Ryozen, with its rows of strange rocks, Ryozen Shrine and the ruins of Yanagawa Castle are also historic attractions.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture
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