Futaba, Fukushima facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Futaba 双葉町
Town
Futaba Town Hall
Flag Seal
Location of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture
Futaba Location in Japan
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Fukushima
District	Futaba
Area
• Total	51.42 km2 (19.85 sq mi)
Population  (1 October 2017)
• Total	0
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
City symbols
• Tree	Melia azedarach
• Flower	Sakura
• Bird	Green pheasant
Phone number	0246-84-5200
Address	Shinzan Maeoki 28, Futaba-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-1495

Futaba (双葉町, Futaba-machi) is an abandoned Japanese town in Fukushima Prefecture on the island of Honshu.

History

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was built in Futaba.

The area was evacuated because of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.

In 2013, the future is uncertain for the people of Futuba. According to the town's spokesman,

"Futaba evacuees are so worried, because the government has not come up with a plan for the town yet, especially regarding compensation and housing. People don’t realize what it means for people to lose their hometown. It took several hundred years to create Futaba, yet it does not exist anymore. It’s all gone. Even if the level of radiation decreases in the future, we cannot go back to the town anymore, and if we merge with another municipality like Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, it would mean borrowing the institutions that city already has."

The people who used to live in Futuba are called "nuclear refugees".

People from Futaba

• Kazunari Watanabe (渡邉 一成)), Olympic cyclist

Gallery

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  Fukushima disaster evacuation zones

Related pages

• Kawauchi, Fukushima
• Namie, Fukushima
• Ōkuma, Fukushima
• Tamura, Fukushima
• Tomioka, Fukushima

See also

In Spanish: Futaba (Fukushima) para niños