Fukushima Ward: Fukushima - Route 49 - Tamogami
Tamura-machi Tamogami occupies a wooded upland corridor on the western edge of the Abukuma Highlands in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. The settlement lies beside Tamogami-zaka, a bend-lined section of National Route 49, which crosses eastern Fukushima between Koriyama and the Pacific-side city of Iwaki before continuing west toward Niigata. Forested slopes and small roadside clearings give this stretch a markedly rural character, unlike central Koriyama’s built-up plain. Designated in 1953, Route 49 is part of Japan’s national highway network and remains an important east–west link across Fukushima. The road also marks the transition from the Koriyama Basin’s urban fringe into the low, rolling terrain of the Abukuma Highlands.
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