Higashiyamato

Higashiyamato-shi 東 大 和 市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Tokyo
Coordinates :	35 ° 45 '  N , 139 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 44 '43 "  N , 139 ° 25' 36"  E
Basic data
Surface:	13.54 km²
Residents :	84,223 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	6220 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	13220-9
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Japanese zelkove
Flower :	azalea
town hall
Address :	Higashiyamato City Hall 3 - 930 Chūō Higashiyamato -shi Tōkyō  207-8585
Website URL:	http://www.city.higashiyamato.lg.jp
Location of Higashiyamatos in Tokyo Prefecture

Higashiyamato ( Japanese 東 大 和 市 , Higashi-Yamato- shi , "Tokyo's city of Yamato") is a city in the Japanese prefecture of Tokyo, west of Tokyo .

geography

Higashiyamato is west of Tokyo and north of Hachiōji .

history

The city was founded on October 1, 1970 . Before that there was already a village Yamato (Japanese 大 和村 , - Mura ), which was created in 1919 from a merger of several villages and in 1954 became a [district / rural] city (- machi ) . When it came to the appointment of a city (-shi) , the city name was prefixed with Higashi.

traffic

See also : Traffic in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

• Train:
  • Seibu Ikebukuro Line : to Tokorozawa and Ikebukuro

sons and daughters of the town

• Nobuyuki Abe (* 1984), soccer player
• Akihiro Hayashi (born 1987), football player
• Kōichirō Morita (* 1984), football player
• Yūya Yagira (born 1990), actor

Neighboring cities and communities

• Tokyo prefecture
  • Tachikawa
  • Higashimurayama
  • Kodaira
  • Musashimurayama
• Saitama Prefecture
  • Tokorozawa

Town twinning

• Kitakata , Japan

Web links

Commons : Higashiyamato  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 東 (here Higashi- ) literally means “East”, but here stands for the Tō in Tōkyō, see 東 大 和 市 : 市 の 名称 「東 大 和」 の 名称 に つ い て . Yamato-shi , established in 1959, is located in Kanagawa almost exactly south, not west of Higashi-Yamato-shi.