Designated city in Kant?, Japan
Sagamihara
相模原市
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Sagamihara City
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From top left: Tanzawa mountains, USARJ Sagami General Depot, Lake Sagami, Hashimoto District, Odakyu Sagami-?no Station, JAXA Sagamihara Campus, Sakura Festival
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Location of Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefecture
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Coordinates:
35°34′N
139°22′E
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35.567°N 139.367°E
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35.567; 139.367
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Country
| Japan
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Region
| Kant?
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Prefecture
| Kanagawa
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First official recorded
| 110 AD
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City settled
| November 20, 1954
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? Mayor
| Kentar? Motomura
(since April 2019)
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? Total
| 328.91 km
2
(126.99 sq mi)
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? Total
| 723,470
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? Density
| 2,200/km
2
(5,700/sq mi)
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Time zone
| UTC+9
(
Japan Standard Time
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? Tree
| Zelkova serrata
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? Flower
| Hydrangea
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? Bird
| Skylark
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Phone number
| 042-754-1111
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Address
| 2-11-15 Ch??, Ch??-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 252-5277
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Website
| Official website
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Sagamihara
(
相模原市
,
Sagamihara-shi
)
is a
city
in
Kanagawa Prefecture
, Japan. As of 1 May 2021
[update]
, the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households,
[1]
and a population density of 1,220 persons per km
2
. The total area of the city is 328.91 square kilometres (126.99 sq mi).
[2]
Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city in the prefecture, after
Yokohama
and
Kawasaki
, and the fifth most populous suburb of the
Greater Tokyo Area
. Its northern neighbor is
Machida
, with which a cross-prefectural merger has been proposed.
[3]
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
,
Ch??-ku
and
Minami-ku
.
Geography
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Sagamihara covers a large area of northwestern 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-?no Station
on the
Odakyu Odawara Line
.
[
citation needed
]
Western Sagamihara is within the
Tanzawa Mountains
.
Wards
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Surrounding municipalities
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Kanagawa Prefecture
Tokyo
Yamanashi Prefecture
Climate
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Sagamihara has a
humid subtropical climate
(Koppen
Cfa
) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sagamihara is 12.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1906 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.2 °C.
[4]
Demographics
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Per Japanese census data,
[5]
the population of Sagamihara has grown steadily over the past 70 years.
Historical population
Year
| Pop.
| ±%
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1950
| 106,827
| ?
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1960
| 137,114
| +28.4%
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1970
| 317,296
| +131.4%
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1980
| 494,255
| +55.8%
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1990
| 602,426
| +21.9%
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2000
| 681,150
| +13.1%
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2010
| 717,515
| +5.3%
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2020
| 725,493
| +1.1%
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History
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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
tenry?
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
K?za District
, and the western portion was part of
Tsukui District
. The K?za 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
Hachi?ji
. 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, Ch??-ku, and Minami-ku.
On July 25, 2016, 19 people were killed and 26 injured in
a mass stabbing incident
at a disabled care home in the city by Satoshi Uematsu, the perpetrator.
[6]
Government
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Sagamihara has a
mayor-council
form of government with a directly elected mayor and a
unicameral
city council of 49 members. Sagamihara contributes eight members to the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between the Kanagawa 14th district and Kanagawa 16th district of the
lower house
of the
Diet of Japan
.
Economy
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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 southwestern 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%.
Education
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- Azabu University
- Sagami Women's University
- Izumi Junior College
- Sagamihara has 13 public high schools and one combined middle/high school operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, and the prefecture also operates two special education schools for the handicapped. There are also two private high schools.
Transportation
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Railway
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JR East
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Yokohama Line
JR East
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Sagami Line
JR East
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Ch?? Main Line
Odakyu Electric Railway
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Odakyu Odawara Line
Keio Corporation
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Sagamihara Line
Highways
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Local attractions
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Sports
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Sister cities
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- Toronto
,
Ontario
, Canada since January 1, 1998
- Trail, British Columbia
, Canada, since April 15, 1991
- Wuxi
,
Jiangsu
, China, since October 6, 1985
Notable people from Sagamihara
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- Jin Akimoto
, retired
mixed martial artist
- Jiro Akama
,
politician
- Hiroko Anzai
,
actress
, model and
gravure idol
- Hayato Arakaki
,
professional baseball
pitcher
and player (
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
,
Nippon Professional Baseball
?
Pacific League
)
- Akira Asahara
, professional
Magic: The Gathering
player
- Nana Eikura
, model, actress, and
radio show host
- Tsuneo Enari
,
photographer
- Masato Fukae
,
professional baseball
outfielder
- Tatsunori Hara
,
baseball manager
(
Yomiuri Giants
,
Nippon Professional Baseball
)
- Tasuku Hatanaka
, actor,
voice actor
and singer
- Y?ki Himura
,
comedian
, actor and voice actor
- Akiko Ichikawa
,
Japanese American
interdisciplinary artist
, editor, writer and activist
- Akira Iida
,
Super GT
racing driver
- Yu Inaba
, actor (
Kamen Rider Drive
)
- Megumi Inoue
,
sport shooter
- Y?zabur? Kanari
,
manga story writer
(
Kindaichi Case Files
)
- Tsutomu Kashiwakura
,
voice actor
and
sound director
- Ukyo Katayama
, former Formula One driver and team manager
- Tsuyoshi Kawagishi
, former
Nippon Professional Baseball
pitcher
(
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
,
Pacific League
)
- Hidetaka Kawagoe
, former
Nippon Professional Baseball
pitcher
- Tsuyoshi Kikuchihara
, former
baseball player
- Yuna Kotani
, female
curler
- Keiichiro Koyama
, musician, leader of
NEWS
- Tomoyoshi Koyama
,
professional motorcycle
road racer
- Togi Makabe
,
professional wrestler
(
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
)
- Ayako Nishikawa
, female
TV star
,
tarento
,
comedian
, and
cosmetic surgeon
- Hiroyuki Nishimura
,
internet entrepreneur
,
self-help author
and TV personality
- Yukio Ozaki
, politician
- Kenji Ozawa
, world-famous conductor
- Ryo Aitaka
,
heavyweight
kickboxer
- Makoto Sasamoto
,
Greco-Roman wrestler
- Shin'ya Sat?
,
professional shogi player
ranked 7-
dan
- Ry?ichi Sekiya
,
ultramarathon
and
marathon runner
- Shinya Tasaki
,
sommelier
- Ai Tominaga
, fashion model and actress
- Yuki Tsunoda
,
Formula One
racing driver
- Momo Watanabe
,
professional wrestler
(
World Wonder Ring Stardom
)
- Yuuya Watanabe
, professional
Magic: The Gathering
player
- Mika Yoshikawa
,
middle-
and
long-distance runner
- Mai Murakami
, Olympic gymnast
- Plaek Phibunsongkhram
, former Thai Prime Minister died here in exile.
References
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- ^
"Sagamihara city official statistics"
(in Japanese). Japan.
- ^
"Overview of Sagamihara City"
(in Japanese). Japan: Sagamihara City
. Retrieved
May 5,
2017
.
- ^
Merger proposal
(in Japanese)
(
Translate
to English:
Google
,
Bing
,
Yandex
)
- ^
"Sagamihara climate: Temperature Sagamihara & Weather By Month"
.
en.climate-data.org
. Retrieved
October 16,
2023
.
- ^
"Sagamihara (Kanagawa , Japan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information"
.
www.citypopulation.de
. Retrieved
October 16,
2023
.
- ^
McCurry, Justin (July 26, 2016).
"Japan Knife Attack: Stabbing at Care Centre Leaves 19 Dead and Dozens Wounded"
.
The Guardian
. Guardian News and Media
. Retrieved
July 26,
2016
.
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