Fukuyama

Fukuyama is a town placed on the Ashida River in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of January 31, 2010, the town has an estimated populace of 465,238 and a population density of 898.02 people in step with km². The overall region is 461.23 km2. After Hiroshima, it's miles the biggest metropolis in Hiroshima Prefecture and is placed at the a long way east facet of the prefecture. The metropolis's image is the rose and it holds an annual Rose Festival inside the month of May.

Fukuyama is a crucial business, commercial and communications middle. It produces machinery, koto Japanese harps, rubber products, electronics, textiles, and processed foods. What is today the city of Fukuyama changed into based as a fortress town in 1619 via Mizuno Katsunari, a cousin of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Mizuno became given command of a territory in western Japan together with southern Bingo Province and southwestern Bitchu Province. He built a new fort-metropolis as his capital and known as it Fukuyama.

After the abolition of the han system in 1871, Fukuyama Prefecture was based. A short time later the prefecture changed into renamed Fukatsu. Fukatsu Prefecture changed into merged with Kurashiki Prefecture in 1872 to form Oda Prefecture. In 1875 Oda Prefecture became merged into Okayama Prefecture. When the border between Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures was re-organized in 1876, Fukuyama Town have become a part of Hiroshima Prefecture.