Naka-Dori Region(Ken-nan District)


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Fukushima's nearest district to the Tokyo metropolitan area, and growing rapidly.

The Abukuma Kogen Road offers good access to the Fukushima Airport, and the Tohoku Expressway and Tohoku Shinkansen provide convenience. This district is expected to further develop in the future due to its good location adjoining the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Educational Institutions of the Ken-nan District

Name Location Curriculum
●University
Faculty of Engineering Nihon University Koriyama City Engineering
Koriyama Women's College Koriyama City Home Economics
Oho University Koriyama City Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Science
Koriyama Women's Junior College Koriyama City Home Economics, Child Education, etc.
●Technical College
Koriyama Technical College Koriyama City Machinery Control Systems, Electric Control Systems, Information Control Systems, etc.
●High School
Total number of High Schools : 9 (Number of Technical High Schools : 2, Number of Information High Schools : 1 )

* The educational organizations (universities and technical colleges) in the Ken-nan Region overlap those in Ken-chu Region as most of them are located near Koriyama City.

Characteristics of the Ken-nan District

Percentage of total in Fukushima

9% Area : 1,233.24km2
(Total Area : 13,782.75km2)
7% Population :150,128
(Total Population : 2,028,752)
*Population : Ministry of internal Affairs Communication, "2010 Population Census"
11% Manufacturing Facilities Number of
Enterprises : 461
(Total Number of Enterprises : 4,390)
12% Number of Employees
in Manufacturing : 20,560
(Total Number of Workers Employed : 165,400)
14% Shipment of Manufactured Goods : 0.6402 trillion yen
(Total Shipment of Manufactured Goods : 4.6524 trillion yen)
*Number of enterprises/employees, value of goods shipped, etc. : Fukushima prefecture, "2009Annual Survey of Production"(preliminary figures).

Monthly Average Temperature and Precipitation (Shirakawa City)