Tama hill country
The Tama hill country ( Japanese 多摩丘 陵 , Tama-kyūryū ) is a hill country in the Japanese Kantō plain . It extends from the southwest of Tokyo to the northeast of Kanagawa Prefecture and is bordered in the northeast by the Tama River of the same name . The entire area covers approximately 300 km².
location
The hill country touches the Tokyo Prefecture cities of Hachiōji , Hino , Tama , Inagi and Machida , and the cities of Kawasaki and Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Settlement history notes
prehistory
Remnants of settlements of jōmon-era hunters and gatherers have been excavated here and there.
post war period
Since the 1950s, the area has been developed extensively to meet the demand for housing in the two rapidly growing megacities of Tokyo and Yokohama. The hills now look like a patchwork of new residential suburbs and flat wooded hills and remaining niches used for agriculture; in places there are even larger forest areas. Notable settlement projects such as the New Towns Tama and Kohoku emerged during this time .
Attractions
- TamaTech - an amusement park
- Tama Zoo - one of the largest zoological gardens in Japan
- Zoorasia - Asahi District Zoo , Yokohama ( English website )
- Yomiuriland - an amusement park ( Japanese website )
- Nihon Minka-en - an open-air museum in Tama-ku , Kawasaki in which farmhouses ( minka ) from all over Japan are exhibited ( website ).
Coordinates: 35 ° 37 ' N , 139 ° 24' E