Tomioka, Fukushima
Tomioka
富岡町 | |
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Town | |
Tomioka Town Hall | |
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Flag Emblem | |
Location of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture | |
Tomioka | |
| Coordinates: 37°19′59″N 141°01′01″E / 37.33306°N 141.01694°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Tōhoku |
| Prefecture | Fukushima |
| District | Futaba |
| Government | |
| • -Mayor | Ikuo Yamamoto |
| Area | |
| • Total | 68.47 km2 (26.44 sq mi) |
| Population (October 2016) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| - Tree | Sakura |
| - Flower | Azalea |
| - Bird | Motacillidae |
| Phone number | 0120-33-6466 |
| Address | Motooka Otsuka 622-1, Tomioka-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-1192 |
| Website | Official website |
Tomioka (富岡町, Tomioka-machi) is a Japanese town in Fukushima Prefecture on the island of Honshu.
History
Tomioka is close to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The town is inside the 20 km exclusion zone which was created after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.[1] Animals still live in the Tomioka "no-go zone".[2]
The Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant is partly in Tomioka. The town government has moved temporarily to Kōriyama since 17 March 2011.
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Fukushima disaster evacuation zones
Related pages
References
- ↑ Harada, Koji. "Nuclear zone holdouts, old dog ‘Miracle’ live on," Archived 2021-01-28 at the Wayback Machine The Japan Times. November 28, 2012. Retrieved 2013-3-12.
- ↑ "Animals in Fukushima no-go zone," Kyodo News. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-3-13.
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