Aizu Railway
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, is a Japanese railway company whose major shareholders include the Fukushima prefectural
and Aizuwakamatsu city
governments. It owns and operates its only line, the .
The names of the company and the line are from the Aizu
area of Fukushima Prefecture that the line serves.
Fukushima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
and Aizuwakamatsu city
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
is a city located in the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of May 2011, the city has an estimated population of 125,341. The total area is 383.03 km².-History:...
governments. It owns and operates its only line, the .
The names of the company and the line are from the Aizu
Aizu
is an area comprising the westernmost third of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. The principal city of the area is Aizuwakamatsu.During the Edo period, Aizu was a feudal domain known as and part of Mutsu Province.-History:...
area of Fukushima Prefecture that the line serves.