Nihonmatsu, Fukushima

Japanese Name: 二本松市
Prefecture: Fukushima
Population: 61,698
Area: 344.65:
Longitude 140.4311291
Latitude 37.5848581
Homepage: http://www.city.nihonmatsu.lg.jp/

Nihonmatsu, Fukushima

Nihonmatsu (二本松市, Nihonmatsu-shi) is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, in northern Honshū, Japan. As of December 2014, the city has an estimated population of 56,386 and a population density of 164 persons per km². The total area was 344.65 km². The Adachi neighborhood of Nihonmatsu was the birthplace of artist Chieko Takamura, subject of the book of poems Chieko's Sky (智恵子抄, Chiekoshō, literally "Chieko Selections"), written by her husband Kōtarō Takamura.