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07203 ／こおりやまし

Koriyama City

A white pegmatite dyke lies exposed.

Pegmatite Dyke, Kashima Shrine

Photo by さかおり (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Burial mound

One bracelet-shaped stone object was foundin the coffin of a mound with a square front and rear.

This tumulus on a low hill on the east bank of the Abukuma River has a square front and a square rear, and its length is estimated at about 83 m. A bracelet-shaped stone object of green tuff was found in the wooden coffin at the top of the rear section. The Agency for Cultural Affairs records it as the first certain find of its kind in the Tohoku region.

Length estimated at about 83 m
The Agency calls it Tohoku's first certain find
National Historic Site (designated September 6, 2000)

02 ／ Giant tree

The designation text calls this katsura rare,and notes large and small limbs branching near the ground.

The katsura tree at Akatsu in Konan, Koriyama City, was designated a national natural monument in 1941 (Showa 16). The record at designation gives a height of about 25 m and an estimated age of 350 years, and says that 17 large and small limbs branch off about 1.2 m above the ground.

National Natural Monument (designated January 27, 1941)
Record at designation: height about 25 m, estimated age 350 years
17 large and small limbs from about 1.2 m up (record at designation)

03 ／ Plum grove

In Nishida, planting of plum treestoward a village of plums began around 1989.

Nishida set out to become a village of plums, and planting of plum trees has gone on since around the first year of Heisei (1989). The city's official page says about 6,000 plum trees now grow in Nishida.

Plum planting under way since around Heisei 1 (1989)
About 6,000 plum trees in Nishida (city page, updated August 2026)
Aim of making a village of plums

Koriyama City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot July–September 2022)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

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Living here

Tokyo in 1 h 16 min by Shinkansen.

about 330,000 people
90 min to a city centre
Shinkansen stops here

From Tokyo Station to Koriyama Station, the Tohoku Shinkansen takes 1 hour 16 minutes with no change (the fastest of the trains that run every day). The city describes the trip from the Tokyo area as about 80 minutes.

People living here: 327,692people
Area: 757.2km²
Households: 140,441households
Rent (average for rentals): 50,757yen
Healthcare: 22 hospitals ／ 233 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —42 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Koriyama City in Japan37.400°N 140.360°E

to TokyoTohoku Shinkansen76min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅時刻表（2026年11月号＝版2611）の東京駅の列車ページ（timetables.jreast.co.jp/2611/train/…）。東京発→郡山駅着を列車ごとに数えた (checked 2026-10-28). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 11 municipalities.

Territory of Koriyama City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

39.9km

Sukagawa City, Miharu Town, Inawashiro Town, Motomiya City, Otama Village, Ono Town, Aizuwakamatsu City, Ten-ei Village, Tamura City, Hirata Village, Nihonmatsu City

Koriyama City isthis kind of town.

01The Pegmatite Dyke at Kashima Shrine is a dyke of giant-crystal granite exposed over about 1,000 square meters on the small hill behind the shrine in Nishida, Koriyama City, and is a national natural monument
02Oyasuba Tumulus in Tamura is a mound with a square front and rear, estimated at about 83 m long, and a National Historic Site where a bracelet-shaped stone object was found in the coffin at the top of the rear section
03The katsura tree at Akatsu in Konan is also a national natural monument, and Nishida has about 6,000 plum trees, planted since around 1989

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Koriyama City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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