 "Dashi" representing the former towns and villages that make up modern-day Fukushima paraded and gathered in front of Fukushima Station.During the Great Heisei Merger, Fukushima and the towns of Kawamata and Iino held merger talks, however on December 1, 2006, Kawamata withdrew from the talks.Negotiations between Fukushima and Iino continued, and on July 1, 2008, the town of Iino was incorporated into Fukushima.