Date (Fukushima)

For other places with the same name, see Date (disambiguation).

Date (伊達) is a city in Northern Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Understand

View from Hashirazawa, Hobara

In 2006, the city was formed from a merging of the towns of Date, Hobara, Yanagawa, Ryozen, and Tsukidate. It is noted as origin place of dried persimmons (Isazawa in Yanagawa), as well as the founding place of the Date Clan (Takako in Hobara), and the site of Ryozen Castle, from which Kitabatake Akiie led his troops during the Nanboku-cho period.

Tourist information site

The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site. Its Download section has some materials in English and other languages.

See

• 1 Ryōzen Shrine (located on Mount Ryōzen). founded in 1881 (updated Mar 2019)

Stay safe

Date City is well outside the evacuation zone that was established as a result of the 2011 earthquake that took place in Fukushima, damaging a nuclear plant. Although debate continues over the long-term effects of the incident, radiation levels are low and the tap water and local produce are safe to consume.

Go next

• Kori
• Kunimi
• Iitate
• Kawamata
• Soma
• Fukushima
• Shiroishi
• Marumori
• Kakuda