Kōriyama

Koriyama

Kōriyama, city, central Fukushima ken (prefecture), northeast-central Honshu, Japan. It is situated in the valley of the Abukuma River, flanked to the west and east by mountain ranges trending north-south.

Kōriyama is located at the junction of the main north-south rail line from Tokyo to Tōhoku (northeastern Honshu) and the east-west line from Iwaki to Niigata. It developed as an industrial and communications centre, producing textiles, chemicals, and machinery. Power is generated by coal-fired thermal plants and by hydroelectric installations on the Nippashi River to the west. The city has a station on the Tōhoku line of the Shinkansen (“bullet train”), and it is a gateway to the mountain ranges and to Lake Inawashiro northwest of Kōriyama, which are components of Bandai-Asahi National Park. Pop. (2010) 338,712; (2015) 335,444.