Kawamata

Kawamata is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of one May 2018, the town had an anticipated population of 13,532 in 5417 families, and a population density of 110 humans per km². The general vicinity of the city changed into 127.7 square kilometres. Kawamata is understood for its manufacturing of silk and silk merchandise. In the late sixth century, Otomo no Koteko, also referred to as Otehime, came to this area. According to culture, she is honored for having advocated silk farming in the area.

The metropolis is also regarded for the elevating of shamo, a special breed of recreation fowl just like chook. Shamo ramen is a neighborhood speciality. Kawamata's most important annual event is the Cosquin en Japon competition, a three-day birthday party of traditional Argentinian music and dance, that's held each yr in October. The location of gift-day Kawamata become part of historical Mutsu Province. Numerous Jomon length ruins had been located in the area. During the Edo length, it become tenryo territory underneath direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate.

After the Meiji Restoration, it was prepared as part of Adachi District inside the Nakadori place of Iwaki Province with the advent of the cutting-edge municipalities device. The beginning of cutting-edge Kawamata goes returned to 1876, whilst Kawamata Village was installed; the community changed into sooner or later redesignated as Kawamata Town with the establishment of the municipalities system on 1 April 1889. In 1955, seven neighboring villages – Fukuda, Iizaka, Kotsunagi, Otsunagi, Ojima, Tomita, and Yamakiya – have been merged into Kawamata Town.