Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantō Region, Japan

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🇯🇵 Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city in the prefecture, and the fifth most populous suburb of the Greater Tokyo Area. Its northern neighbour is Machida, with which a cross-prefectural merger has been proposed.

On April 1, 2010, the city became the 19th city designated by government ordinance. As a result of this, three wards were established: Midori-ku, Chūō-ku and Minami-ku.

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History The area of modern Sagamihara has been settled since ancient times, and has a number of remains from the Japanese Paleolithic period and Kofun period have been found. It was home to the Yokoyama clan, one of the seven warrior clans of the Musashi region during the early Kamakura period. During the Edo period, the lands around Sagamihara were tenryō territory theoretically administered directly by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo; however, in reality, the area was a patchwork of small fiefs held by various hatamoto, as well as exclaves under the control of the Ogino-Yamanaka Domain and Karasuyama Domain.

After the Meiji Restoration, the eastern portion was part of Kōza District, and the western portion was part of Tsukui District. The Kōza District portion was administratively divided into six villages on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. The area was the location of extensive training facilities and arsenals of the Imperial Japanese Army during the 1930s. These villages were merged on April 29, 1941, together with neighboring Zama Town to create Sagamihara Town. At the time of its formation, it was the largest town in Japan in terms of area.

On September 1, 1948, Zama was administratively separated into Zama Town. The remaining portion became Sagamihara City on November 20, 1954. The city population had grown steadily, partly due to local industrial development, and partly due to the city's excellent transportation infrastructure connecting it to Yokohama, Tokyo and Hachiōji. It was designated a core city with increased autonomy in 2003.

On March 20, 2006, Sagamihara absorbed the towns of Tsukui and Sagamiko (both from Tsukui District). The merged city consisted of two geographically separate areas, as two other towns of Tsukui District (Fujino and Shiroyama) elected to remain separate. A further merger on March 11, 2007, joined Fujino and Shiroyama with Sagamihara, thus geographically unifying the city, and dissolving former Tsukui District. In 2007, the population of Sagamihara exceeded 700,000. In 2010, Sagamihara was redesignated as a government ordinance city and split into three wards Midori-ku, Chūō-ku, and Minami-ku. 6]

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Geography Sagamihara covers a large area of north-western Kanagawa Prefecture. The main areas of commercial activity in Sagamihara are located near Hashimoto Station on the JR East Yokohama Line and Keio Sagamihara Line; Sagamihara Station on the Yokohama Line; and Sagami-Ōno Station on the Odakyu Odawara Line. Western Sagamihara is within the Tanzawa Mountains.

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Wards • Midori-ku • Chūō-ku – administrative center • Minami-ku

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Surrounding municipalities Kanagawa Prefecture • Zama • Yamato • Atsugi • Aikawa • Kiyokawa • Yamakita.

Tokyo • Machida • Hachioji • Hinohara.

Yamanashi Prefecture • Uenohara • Dōshi.

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Economy In terms of economy and geography such as railroads and roads, Sagamihara has stronger ties with Tokyo than other cities in the prefecture, especially with the Tama area such as Machida and Hachioji. In addition, it is positioned by the national government as the core of the south-western part of the Tokyo metropolitan area. However, due to the successive withdrawal of large factories in the city, the aspect of Sagimahara as a commuter town has become stronger, and the percentage of commuters to work and school in Tokyo in 2015 was 24.6%.

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Education • Azabu University • Sagami Women's University • Izumi Junior College.

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Railway JR East – Yokohama Line • Kobuchi – Fuchinobe – Yabe – Sagamihara – Hashimoto

JR East – Sagami Line • Sōbudai-shita – Shimomizo – Harataima – Banda – Kamimizo – Minami-Hashimoto – Hashimoto

JR East – Chūō Main Line • Sagamiko – Fujino

Odakyu Electric Railway – Odakyu Odawara Line • Sagami-Ono – Odakyū-Sagamihara – Higashi-Rinkan

Keio Corporation – Sagamihara Line • Hashimoto.

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Transport: Road • Chūō Expressway • Ken-Ō Expressway • National Route 16 • National Route 20 • National Route 129 • National Route 412 • National Route 413.

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Local attractions • Lake Sagami • Yōgen Temple (妙現寺), built in 1598 • Sagamihara Prefectural Park.

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Sport • Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars • SC Sagamihara.

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Sagamihara has a population of over 723,470 people. Sagamihara also forms part of the Greater Tokyo Metropolis which has a population of over 37,843,000 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Sagamihara has links with:

🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 Trail, Canada 🇨🇳 Wuxi, China
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East of: 139.387

🇯🇵 Tsurugashima 139.39

🇯🇵 Higashimatsuyama 139.408

🇯🇵 Chigasaki 139.417

🇯🇵 Sayama 139.421

🇯🇵 Ashikaga 139.433

🇯🇵 Sakado 139.434

🇯🇵 Machida 139.448

🇯🇵 Gyōda 139.45

🇯🇵 Yamato 139.45

🇯🇵 Higashimurayama 139.467

West of: 139.387

🇯🇵 Kumagaya 139.385

🇯🇵 Iruma 139.383

🇯🇵 Hino 139.383

🇯🇵 Ebina 139.383

🇯🇵 Ōta 139.367

🇯🇵 Atsugi 139.367

🇯🇵 Ōshima 139.355

🇯🇵 Mizuho 139.35

🇯🇵 Hiratsuka 139.348

🇯🇵 Hidaka 139.333

Antipodal to Sagamihara is: -40.613,-35.57

Locations Near: Sagamihara 139.387,35.5702

🇯🇵 Machida 139.448,35.538 d: 6.6  

🇯🇵 Hino 139.383,35.667 d: 10.7  

🇯🇵 Yamato 139.45,35.483 d: 11.2  

🇯🇵 Hachiōji 139.3,35.65 d: 11.9  

🇯🇵 Fuchu 139.467,35.667 d: 12.9  

🇯🇵 Ebina 139.383,35.433 d: 15.2  

🇯🇵 Atsugi 139.367,35.433 d: 15.3  

🇯🇵 Isehara 139.322,35.407 d: 19.1  

🇯🇵 Minamihonjukucho 139.533,35.467 d: 17.5  

🇯🇵 Asahi 139.533,35.467 d: 17.5  

Antipodal to: Sagamihara -40.613,-35.57

🇨🇱 La Reina -33.45,-33.45 d: 19317.9  

🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 18898.4  

🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 18890.2  

🇧🇷 São José -48.617,-27.6 d: 18849.8  

🇧🇷 Palhoça -48.667,-27.633 d: 18849.6  

🇧🇷 Biguaçu -48.667,-27.5 d: 18838  

🇧🇷 Itapema -48.612,-27.091 d: 18805.2  

🇧🇷 Balneário Camboriú -48.633,-26.983 d: 18794.4  

🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 18868.2  

🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 18861.4  

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