Yamato (Kanagawa)

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Yamato-shi
大 和 市
Yamato (Kanagawa) (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Geographical location in Japan
Region : Kanto
Prefecture : Kanagawa
Coordinates : 35 ° 29 '  N , 139 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 29 '15 "  N , 139 ° 27' 29"  E
Basic data
Surface: 27.06 km²
Residents : 237,445
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 8775 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 14213-1
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Yamato
Tree : Prunus jamasakura
Flower : "Wild Chrysanthemum "
Bird : Blue magpie
town hall
Address : Yamato City Hall
1 - 1 - 1 , Shimotsuruma
Yamato -shi
Kanagawa  242-8601
Location Yamatos in Kanagawa Prefecture
Location of Yamatos in the prefecture

Yamato ( Japanese 大 和 市 , -shi ) is a city in the center of Kanagawa Prefecture .

The Naval Air Facility Atsugi is located on the southwestern city limits of Yamato and Ayase, a base of the United States Navy , which has also been used by the maritime self-defense forces since the 1970s.

geography

The city is south of Tokyo and Sagamihara , west of Yokohama , east of Ebina and Ayase, and north of Fujisawa .

traffic

Yamato Railway Station

Yamato is accessed by National Road 16 , which circles Tokyo in a wide arc. There are also national roads 246 and 467. An important rail link in the north-south direction is the Odakyū Enoshima Line from Sagami-Ōno via Fujisawa to Katase-Enoshima . At Chūō-Rinkan station you can change to the Tōkyū Den'entoshi line , at Yamato station to the Sōtetsu main line .

Neighboring cities and communities

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US Navy, CNIC: Naval Air Facility Atsugi (English)
  2. ↑ Ministry of Defense , kaijo-jieitai: Atsugi Koku kichi (Japanese)