Aizu Hinohara, Fukushima, Japan:

Aizu-Hinohara Station  is a train station in Mishima, Ōnuma District. Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Fukushima  is the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the northern part of Nakadōri, the central region of the prefecture.The present-day city of Fukushima partially consists of most of the former Shinobu and Date Districts and a portion of the former Adachi District. The city is located in the Fukushima Basin's southwest area and nearby mountains.There are many onsen on the outskirts of the city, including the resort areas of Iizaka Onsen, Takayu Onsen, and Tsuchiyu Onsen. Fukushima is also the location of the Fukushima Race Course, the only Japan Racing Association horse racing track in the Tōhoku region of Japan.As of May 2011, the city has an estimated population of 290,064 and a population density of 390 persons per km². The total area is 746.43 km².

During the times of ancient Japan, the area now known as the city of Fukushima was called Minekoshi . The mountain in the middle of the city, present-day Mt. Shinobu, was also formerly called Mt. Minekoshi .During the Jōmon period, for around 2,000 years there was a large settlement on the eastern bank of the Abukuma River. This site has since been excavated and named the Miyahata Remains.It is said that in the 5th century AD, Kumano Atai  was appointed by the Yamato court  to be the Shinobu Kuni no miyatsuko , giving him control over the Fukushima Basin.Under the Nara period's Ritsuryō system, stations were established along the Seven Circuits so that officials could change horses. One of the stations, the Tōsandō, passed through the area of present-day Fukushima, and Minekoshi Station was established on the route. Minekoshi Station was located south of the Surikami River and north of the Matsukawa River, which at the time flowed to the south of Mt. Minekoshi. The area south of the Matsukawa River was then, as it still is now, known as Suginome . Thus it is believed that the station was located north of the area around the present-day prefectural office, in the Kita-gorōuchi area .The implementation of the Ritsuryō system also resulted in administrative changes, with the area of present-day Fukushima and Date being combined to form the district of Shinobu. This was the northernmost point of the Mutsu Province and held responsibility for preventing the southern expansion of the Emishi, a people who lived in northern Honshū.

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