Narashino

Narashino-shi 習 志 野 市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Chiba
Coordinates :	35 ° 41 '  N , 140 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 40 '50 "  N , 140 ° 1' 36"  E
Basic data
Surface:	20.99 km²
Residents :	173,716 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	8276 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	12216-5
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	acacia
Flower :	Garden hydrangea
town hall
Address :	Narashino City Hall 1 - 1 - 1 , Saginuma Narashino -shi Chiba  275-8601
Website URL:	http://www.city.narashino.lg.jp/
Location Narashinos in Chiba Prefecture

Narashino ( Japanese 習 志 野 市 , -shi ) is a city in Chiba Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan .

geography

Narashino is east of Funabashi and west of Chiba on Tokyo Bay .

history

On June 3, 1903 , the village of Tsudanuma ( 津 田 沼 村 , -mura ) was raised to the community ( Machi ) Tsudanuma ( 津 田 沼 町 , -machi ). During the Russo-Japanese War , 11,791 prisoners were placed at the local Narashino military training area. From September 1915 to the turn of the year 1919/20 there was a prisoner of war camp with around 890 Germans from Tsingtau . On August 1, 1954 , the community of Tsudanuma was renamed Narashino ( 習 志 野 町 ) and received town charter on the same day.

traffic

• Street:
  • Higashikantō Highway to Tokyo or Kashima
  • National road 14
  • National roads 357
• Train: Tsudanuma Station
  • JR Chūō-Sōbu Line
  • Keisei - main line to Ueno and Narita

education

• Chiba Kōgyō Daigaku

Town twinning

• Tuscaloosa , United States, since 1986

sons and daughters of the town

• Kōta Hattori (born 1977), football player
• Masatoshi Ishida (born 1995), football player
• Daichi Suzuki (* 1967), swimmer

Neighboring cities and communities

• Chiba
• Funabashi
• Yachiyo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Seitz, Ludwig; The Tsingtau Post in Japanese Captivity: 1914–1920; Berlin 1998, p. 224.

Web links

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

• Narashino prisoner of war camp