Kitakata

Kitakata is a metropolis placed in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2018, the city had an expected populace of 47,184 in 16,668 households, and a populace density of 85 humans according to km2. The general place of the town was 554.63 rectangular kilometres. Kitakata changed into once written which meant 'northern place. The area of present-day Kitakata was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and formed a part of the holdings of Aizu Domain for the duration of the Edo duration.

The city developed as a local place of business and marketplace metropolis, noted for its lacquerware and brewing of sake. After the Meiji Restoration, it changed into organized as part of Yama District, Fukushima Prefecture. The city of Kitakami turned into created with the established order of the modern municipalities gadget on April 1, 1889. In 1882, greater than 3,000 peasants collected on the Danjo-ga-hara Field in Shiokawa after which marched at the Kitakata Police Station to rebellion in opposition to the oppression of the prefectural authorities. Known because the Kitakata Incident of 1882, it was the first public expression of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement in the Tohoku vicinity.