Those who attach importance to names will enjoy Fukuyama in Japan. The historic province of Bingo was once administered from the local castle complex. That can only mean that the city has a fateful propensity for big wins. And the facts speak for themselves: The castle was built between 1619 and 1622 on Komoriyama, which means “Bat Mountain”. The characters for “Ko” and for “Fuku”, luck, are pronounced the same in Chinese – that’s why the new castle was called Fukuyama, “lucky mountain”. Bats were said locally to bring good luck. When Fukuyama was granted city rights in 1917, a stylized bat became the city’s emblem. And now, on the 400th birthday, the collaboration with Batman is sealed. Bingo!
Fukuyama, now a major city of 470,000 people, is the first official twin city of Gotham City, the fictional setting of the Batman comics and films. In Fukuyama they wanted to present something special for the round anniversary. And because the city emblem really does look so similar to the trademark Batman wears on his suit, the idea of turning to Gotham City came up. More precisely, to the American Batman rights holder Warner Bros. The application was successful: Recently there are posters on which Batman watches over Fukuyama with pricked bat suit ears. Just in time for the launch of the new Batman movie on March 11th. Bad tongues say that’s PR. May be. Above all, it is a great Fukuyama luck. You have to have a bat.
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