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Sukagawa City
Fukushima Prefecture · City
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Sukagawa City is in the central Nakadori region and is known for the Sukagawa Peony Garden, a national Place of Scenic Beauty, and for "Taimatsu Akashi," said to be one of Japan's three great fire festivals. It is the birthplace of the special-effects director Tsuburaya Eiji, and it promotes town development using Ultraman. Its summer-autumn cucumbers rank 3rd in Japan.
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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Places to visit
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Mountains in this city
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Neighboring municipalities
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Other municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture
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