Fujisawa (Kanagawa)

Fujisawa City Hall
Fujisawa-shi ; 藤沢市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Kanagawa
Coordinates :	35 ° 20 ′ N , 139 ° 29 ′ E Coordinates: 35 ° 20 ′ 21 ″ N , 139 ° 29 ′ 28 ″ E
Basic data
Surface:	69.51 km²
Residents :	434,568 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	6252 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	14205-1
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Japanese black pine
Flower :	Wisteria
Bird :	kingfisher
town hall
Address :	Fujisawa City Hall ; 1 - 1 , Asahi-chō; Fujisawa -shi ; Kanagawa 251-8601
Website URL:	http://www.city.fujisawa.kanagawa.jp/
Location of Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture

Fujisawa ( Japanese 藤沢市 , - shi ) is a city in the south of Kanagawa Prefecture .

geography

Fujisawa is south of Tokyo , Yokohama and Yamato , west of Kamakura and east of Chigasaki on Sagami Bay . The northern part of the city is on the Sagamino Plateau and the southern part on the Shōnan coastline.

history

Fujisawa was first mentioned in Taiheiki in the late 14th century. Fujisawa developed around the Yugyo-ji Temple, built in 1325 . During the Edo period , Fujisawa was a post office ( 宿場町 Shukuba-machi ) of the Tōkaidō on the border of the ancient circles (- gun ) Kōza and Kamakura of the Sagami province .

After the Meiji Restoration , Fujisawa became part of Kanagawa in 1871, as did the entire Sagami Province later. In the western part of Fujisawa, when the districts were reactivated in 1878, the district administration of Kōza was set up as a subdivision of all prefectures, the eastern part continued to belong to the Kamakura district with the administrative seat in Totsuka, the neighboring post office on the Tōkaidō, today part of the city of Yokohama. Edward S. Morse began biological studies on Enoshima Island in 1877 . Fujisawa Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line was inaugurated in 1887.

When the municipality level was modernized in 1889, the western part of Fujisawa became the city (- machi ) Fujisawa-Ōsaka ( 藤沢大坂町 , -machi ), the eastern parts in Kamakura County became the city Fujisawa-Ōtomi ( 藤沢大富町 , -machi ) summarized. On October 1, 1907 Fujisawa-Ōtomi was incorporated into Fujisawa-Ōsaka, and from 1908 the city was only called after the incorporation of the two Mura Kugenuma ( 鵠沼村 , -mura ) and Meiji ( 明治村 , -mura ) in Kōza-gun Fujisawa. On October 1, 1940, Fujisawa was named an independent city (- shi ) .

On June 1, 1941, the Mura Muraoka ( 村岡村 , -mura ), on March 10, 1942, the Mura Mutsuai ( 六会村 , -mura ), on April 1, 1947, the Machi Katase ( 片瀬町 , -machi ) and On April 5, 1955, the district of Endō ( 遠藤 ) of the Mura Koide ( 小出村 , -mura ), the districts of Chōgo ( 長後 ) and Takakura ( 高倉 ) of the Machi Shibuya ( 渋谷町 , -machi ) and the Mura Goshomi ( 御所見村 , -mura ) incorporated.