Sagamihara

Sagamihara-shi 相 模 原 市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kanto
Prefecture :	Kanagawa
Coordinates :	35 ° 34 '  N , 139 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 34 '17 "  N , 139 ° 22' 24"  E
Basic data
Surface:	328.91 km²
Residents :	722,828 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	2198 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	14209-3
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Japanese zelkove
Flower :	Garden hydrangea
Bird :	kingfisher
Color :	green
town hall
Address :	Sagamihara City Hall 2 - 11 - 15 , Chuo Sagamihara -shi Kanagawa  229-8611
Website URL:	www.city.sagamihara. kanagawa.jp
Location Sagamiharas in Kanagawa Prefecture

Sagamihara ( Japanese 相 模 原 市 , -shi ) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan . It is located inland on the Sagamihara Plateau .

history

The current city of Sagamihara was founded on November 20, 1954 by incorporations.

Politics and administration

Political groups in the city council
(as of May 17, 2019)

      

A total of 46 seats

• LDP : 16
• Shimin minshu club (~ "Democratic Citizens Club "): 13
• Kōmeitō : 8
• Sassō ( 颯爽 ) no kai : 3
• KPY : 4
• Non-attached: 2

Map of Kanagawa constituencies for the House of Representatives

Since April 1, 2010, Sagamihara has been a "major city by government decree" ( seirei shitei toshi ) and is divided into the three districts ( Ku ) Midori , Chūō ("center") and Minami ("south").

The Mayor of Sagamihara has been Kentarō Motomura since the 2019 regional elections . The former Member of the House of Commons ( LP → DP → DFP → Kibō → non-party) prevailed against incumbent Toshio Kayama and two other candidates.

The city council regularly has 46 members (Midori-ku: 11, Chūō-ku: 17, Minami-ku: 18). He is also still elected in the uniform regional elections. In the 2019 election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) emerged as the strongest force with 15 seats.

In the 105-member prefectural parliament, also elected in the 2019 unified elections, the city represents a total of eight members (Chūō and Minami: three each, Midori: two). In Chūō-ku there were only three candidates in 2019 and therefore no vote. A Liberal Democrat, a DVP MP from Midori and Minami, a Constitutional Democrat from Chūō and Minami and a Kōmeitō MP from Chūō were elected in each of the three constituencies .

For the House of Representatives , the northeastern part of Sagamihara, which is larger in terms of population, forms the 14th constituency of Kanagawa, which re-elected the Liberal Democrat Jirō Akama in 2017 . The western part of Sagamihara (part of Midori-ku), which stretches far into the mountains along the prefectural border with Tokyo up to the border with Yamanashi, forms together with southern neighboring communities and part of Minami-ku in the south the 16th constituency, which in 2017 became the Liberal Democrat Hiroyuki Yoshiie won against incumbent Yūichi Gotō ( Kibō ).

City structure

Code with check digit	Surname		Area (in km²)	population	Population density (inh / km²) 3
	Rōmaji	Kanji	Oct 1, 2017 1	October 1, 2018 2	Oct. 1, 2015 3
14151-8	Midori-ku	緑 区	253.93	171,919	173.612	683.70
14152-6	Chūō-ku	中央 区	36.87	271.873	269,888	7319.99
14153-4	Minami-ku	南 区	38.11	279.220	277.280	7275.78
14209-3	Sagamihara-shi	相 模 原 市	328.91	723.012	720.780	2191.42

traffic

See also : Traffic in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

• Street:
  • Chūō Highway , direction Tokyo or Nagoya
  • National Road 16 , to Yokosuka , Saitama or Chiba
  • National road 20
  • National roads 129, 412, 413
• Train:
  • JR Yokohama Line , towards Yokohama or Hachioji
  • JR Sagami Line , direction Chigasaki
  • Odakyū Odawara Line , direction Shinjuku or Odawara
  • Odakyū Enoshima Line , Direction Fujisawa

economy

Sagamihara is industrial, mainly chemical products, electronic devices, canned food and metal goods are manufactured here.

Terrorist attack

→ Main article : Sagamihara knife attack

A former employee of a care home stabbed at least 19 residents and injured 26 others on July 26, 2016 in Sagamihara, Japan.

Other bodies

• Second campus of Aoyama Gakuin University since moving from Atsugi in 2003.

sons and daughters of the town

• Takamasa Abiko (* 1978), football player
• Shō Araki (* 1995), football player
• Shūto Kammera (* 1996), football player
• Tomoyoshi Koyama (* 1983), motorcycle racer
• Yukio Ozaki (1858-1954), politician in the former Matano born
• Hiroshi Sekita (* 1989), soccer player
• Yūji Senuma (* 1990), football player
• Jun Suzuki (born 1987), football player
• Kenta Yamafuji (* 1986), soccer player

Twin cities

• Toronto , since 1998
• Wuxi , since 1985

Neighboring cities and communities

• Machida
• Hachioji
• Atsugi
• Yamato
• Zama

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City Council Sagamihara: Members List 17.5.Reiwa 1 , accessed on May 22 of 2019.
2. ↑ 統一 地方 選 2019 相 模 原 市 議 選 各 党 議席 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 8, 2019, accessed May 22, 2019 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ Kanagawa Prefectural Parliament : MPs by constituency
4. ↑ NHK Senkyo Web, Uniform Regional Elections 2019, Prefectural Parliamentary Elections, Kanagawa: Results Sagamihara-shi Midori-ku , Sagamihara-shi Chūō-ku , Sagamihara-shi Minami-ku , accessed May 22, 2019.

Web links

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

• Official website

Sagamihara City Hall