Fukushima
Population 284,282 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
- January: 9 h 49 of daylight
- February: 10 h 47 of daylight
- March: 11 h 54 of daylight
- April: 13 h 09 of daylight
- May: 14 h 11 of daylight
- June: 14 h 46 of daylight
- July: 14 h 33 of daylight
- August: 13 h 39 of daylight
- September: 12 h 29 of daylight
- October: 11 h 17 of daylight
- November: 10 h 10 of daylight
- December: 9 h 34 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- 福島市児童公園 Theme park · 570 m
- 養兎記念碑 Memorial · 730 m
- 警察犬慰霊碑 Memorial · 740 m
- 大島要三翁銅像 Memorial · 760 m
- 社号標 Memorial · 800 m
- さざれ石 Memorial · 820 m
- 悠久平和の碑 Memorial · 850 m
- 石造五重塔 Memorial · 850 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Waraji Festival
August
This festival involves tons of dancing, parades, food stalls, and a huge waraji (Japanese sandal)
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Fukushima); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Soneda 1.2 km
- Fukushima 1.4 km
- Bijutsukan-Toshokan-mae 1.7 km
- Iwashiro-Shimizu 2.8 km
- Izumi 3.1 km
- Kami-Matsukawa 3.8 km
More train stations: Oroshimachi 3.9 km, Sasaya 4.2 km, Sasakino 4.3 km, Higashi-Fukushima 4.4 km, Minami-Fukushima 4.4 km, Fukushima Gakuin-mae 4.5 km, Sakuramizu 4.8 km, Senoue 5.1 km, Hirano 5.6 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.