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Odawara
(
小田原市
,
Odawara-shi
)
is a
Japanese
city
in
Kanagawa Prefecture
on the island of
Honsh?
.
[1]
It has been
recognized
as a
special city
since 2000.
[2]
Odawara —
ukiyo-e
woodblock print by
Hiroshige
, circa 1830s
In the
Edo period
,
Odawara-juku
was 9th of the 53
shogunate
-maintained waystations (
shuku-eki
) along the
T?kaid? road
which connected Edo and Kyoto.
[3]
During the
Great Kant? earthquake
in 1923, most Odawara buildings collapsed immediately, and fires burned anything left standing.
[4]
The
borders
of Odawara are the
Hakone Mountains
to the north and west, the Sakawa River to the east, and
Sagami Bay
to the south.
