About 70% of the town is occupied by forests, with agricultural land and settlements along the hills at the southern foot of the mountains and along the Otani River.

Fukushima Prefecture Bandai has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall.

It was the center of a mountain cult based on Mount Bandai and numerous Buddhist temples were founded from the Heian period.

From the early modern period, hydroelectric power generation and chemical production by Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. had been mainstays of the local economy.

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