Tomioka, Fukushima

Tomioka (富岡町, Tomioka-machi) is a Japanese town in Fukushima Prefecture on the island of Honshu.

Tomioka 富岡町
Town
Tomioka Town Hall
Flag Emblem
Location of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture
Tomioka
Coordinates: 37°19′59″N 141°01′01″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

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.

Gallery

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  Fukushima disaster evacuation zones

Related pages

• Futaba, Fukushima
• Kawauchi, Fukushima
• Namie, Fukushima
• Ōkuma, Fukushima
• Tamura, Fukushima

References

1. 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.
2. "Animals in Fukushima no-go zone," Kyodo News. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-3-13.