Hi there. I am hoping someone here has information on the town my Great Grandfather came from. On his WWI draft card it says he is from Sukagawa Machi, Japan but it's hard to read (having trouble posting a pic here, sorry). Does anyone know of this town? It could also say Saukagawa or Saikagawa. Thank you all!
by Painting_Typical
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This seems too obvious but… Sukagawa City in Fukushima?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukagawa,_Fukushima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukagawa,_Fukushima)
Sukagawa Town (in Japanese 須賀川町 = Sukagawa machi) existed until around 1954 and after that merged and became the above Sukagawa City (須賀川市 = Sukagawa shi)
[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A0%88%E8%B3%80%E5%B7%9D%E7%94%BA](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A0%88%E8%B3%80%E5%B7%9D%E7%94%BA)
(2nd link only available in Japanese but gives more details about Sukagawa machi)
There’s a Sukagawa-shi (shi meaning city) in Fukushima prefecture. Totally possible the machi (town) grew into a city in the last 80 years.
Google map link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nzm4vTxr4FY6Y1vn6?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy