Sagamihara
Sagamihara (相模原市 Sagamihara-shi) is a ceety locatit in north central Kanagawa Prefectur, borderin Tokyo, Japan. It is the third maist populous ceety in the prefectur, efter Yokohama an Kawasaki, and the fift maist populous suburb o the Greater Tokyo Aurie. Its northren neebour is Machida, wi which a cross-prefectural merger has been proposed.[1]
Sagamihara 相模原 | |
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相模原市 · Sagamihara | |
Frae top left:Tanzawa mountains, USARJ Sagami General Depot, Lake Sagami, Hashimoto Destrict, Odakyu Sagami-Ōno Station, JAXA Sagamihara Campus, Sakura Festival | |
Location o Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefectur | |
Coordinates: 35°34′N 139°22′E / 35.567°N 139.367°ECoordinates: 35°34′N 139°22′E / 35.567°N 139.367°E | |
Kintra | Japan |
Region | Kantō |
Prefectur | Kanagawa Prefectur |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Toshio Kayama |
Area | |
• Total | 328.84 km2 (126.97 sq mi) |
Population (1 Juin 2012) | |
• Total | 719,677 |
• Density | 2190/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
- Tree | Zelkova serrata |
- Flouer | Hydrangea |
- Bird | Skylark |
Phone nummer | 042-754-1111 |
Address | 2-11-15 Chūō, Chūō-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 252-5277 |
Website | Ceety o Sagamihara |
On 1 Aprile 2010, the ceety became the naition's 19t ceety designatit bi govrenment ordinance. As a result o this, the ceety established three wairds: Midori-ku, Chūō-ku an Minami-ku.
Geography eedit
Sagamihara covers a lairge aurie o northwestern Kanagawa Prefectur. The main auries o commercial activity in Sagamihara are locatit near Hashimoto Station on the JR East Yokohama Line and Keio Sagamihara Line; Sagamihara Station on the Yokohama Line; an Sagami-Ōno Station on the Odakyū Odawara Line. Western Sagamihara is athin the Tanzawa Muntains.
Wairds eedit
Surroondin municipalities eedit
Kanagawa Prefectur eedit
Tokyo eedit
Yamanashi Prefectur eedit
Transportation eedit
Railwey eedit
- JR East - Yokohama Line
- Kanagawa - Fuchinobe - Yabe - Sagamihara - Kanagawa
- JR East - Sagami Line
- Sōbudaishita - Shimomizo - Harataima - Banda - Kamimizo - Minami-Hashimoto - Hashimoto
- JR East - Chuo Main Line
- Odakyū Electric Railway - Odakyū Odawara Line
- Keio Corporation - Sagamihara Line
- Hashimoto
Heich-gates eedit
Sports eedit
Sister ceeties eedit
- Toronto, Ontario, Canadae syne 1 Januar 1998
- Trail, Breetish Columbie, Canadae, syne 1 Aprile 1991
- Wuxi, Cheenae, syne 6 October 1985
References eedit
- ↑ Merger proposal (in Japanese) (Translate: Google, Babelfish)
- Wiki Travel
- Virtual Japan Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
Freemit airtins eedit
Media relatit tae Sagamihara at Wikimedia Commons
- Offeecial wabsteid (in Japanese)
- Offeecial wabsteid (in Inglis)