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is a
city
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in
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...
, Japan. , the city had an estimated
population
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of 163,787 and a
population density
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of 1600 persons per km².
The total area of the city is .
Geography
Hadano is located in the foothills of the
Tanzawa Mountains in west-central Kanagawa Prefecture and is approximately 12.8 kilometers north-to-south by 13.6 kilometers east-to west. About half of the city area is within the borders of the
Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park.
Surrounding municipalities
Kanagawa Prefecture
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Atsugi
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 223,960 and a population density of 2400 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
While the name "Atsugi" is often associated with the United ...
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Isehara
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is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 101,670 and a population density of 1800 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Ge ...
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Hiratsuka
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Matsuda
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,
Yamakita
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Kiyokawa
Climate
Hadano has a
Humid subtropical climate
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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hadano is 13.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1906 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.9 °C.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,
Hadano population statistics
/ref> the population of Hadano has grown steadily over the past 70 years.
History
The name "Hadano" appears as a geographic term in the Heian period
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'' Wamyō Ruijushō'', as "Hatano", and there has been scholarly speculation as to possible connections with the Nara period
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Hata clan. From the late Heian period until the Kamakura period
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, the area was divided into ''shōen
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Shōen, from about the 8th to the late 15th century, describes any of the private, ...
'' controlled by descendants of Fujiwara no Hidesato
, was a '' kuge'' (court noble) of tenth century Heian period Japan. He is famous for his military exploits and courage and is regarded as the common ancestor of numerous clans, including the Ōshū branch of the Fujiwara clan.
Hidesato served u ...
, including the Sengoku-period ''daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...
'', the Hatano clan. During the Edo period
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, it was nominally part of Odawara Domain, although large portions were '' tenryō'' territory controlled by the ''shōgun
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'' in Edo
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Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...
through various '' hatamoto''.
After the Meiji Restoration
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and with the establishment of the district system in 1878, the area came under the control of and became Hadano town on 1 April 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. On 26 March 1896, Ōsumi District and Yurugi District were merged to form Naka District. The town began to experience rapid growth after the opening of the Odakyu Electric Railway in 1927. Hadano became a city on 1 January 1955, through the merger of former towns of Hadano and Minamihadano with the villages of Kitahadano and Higashihadano. The new city annexed neighboring the village of One, and the village of Kamihatano (from Ashigarakami District) later the same year, and annexed the town of Nishihadano in 1964.
Government
Hadano has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral
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city council of 24 members. Hadano contributes two members to the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Kanagawa 17th district of the lower house
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of the Diet of Japan
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.
Economy
Hadano was a regional commercial center during the Edo period following the introduction of tobacco cultivation to the area. The curtains closed on the industry's 300-year history in 1984, and the local farmers have largely converted to production of green tea
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and ornamental flowers. A former tobacco-trading center and processing plant belonging to Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation (now Japan Tobacco) has been replaced by a large shopping mall.
Education
Hadano has 13 public elementary schools and nine public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has three public high schools operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, and the prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped. A private junior college, the Sophia Junior College
is a private junior college in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan. It was founded in 1973 and since then it has admitted only females.
Due to population decline and increasing popularity of four-year co-educational universities and colleges among female ...
is located within Hadano.
Transportation
Railway
Odakyu Electric Railway – Odakyū Odawara Line
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Highways
* Hadano-Nakai Interchange
*, to central Tokyo and Numazu
*, to Odawara
Local attractions
* Tanzawa Mountains
*Tsurumaki Hot Spring
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* Mount Ōyama
*Hadano Castle
is the name for the remains of a castle structure in Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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ruins
*Sakuradote Kofun
is a group of ''kofun'' burial mounds located in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is protected by the prefectural government as a national historic site.
Located on the right bank of the Mizunashi River, the Sakuradote Kofun complex cons ...
Park
Sister cities
* Suwa, Nagano, Japan
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* Paju
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, Gyeonggi-do
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, South Korea
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* General Santos City, Soccsksargen
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, Philippines
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Notable people from Hadano
* Inoran, musician, singer-songwriter, rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the J-rock band Luna Sea (Real Name: Kiyonobu Inoue, Nihongo: 井上 清信, ''Inoue Kiyonobu'')
* J, musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, bassist and co-founder of the J-rock band Luna Sea (Real Name: Jun Onose, Nihongo: 小野瀬 潤, ''Onose Jun'')
*Rinko Kikuchi
(born ; January 6, 1981) is a Japanese actress. She was the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years, for her work in ''Babel'' (2006). Kikuchi's other notable films include '' Norwegian Wood'' (2010), which sc ...
, Japanese actress
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(Real Name: Yuriko Kikuchi, Nihongo: 菊地 百合子, ''Kikuchi Yuriko'')
* Izumi Sakai, singer-songwriter, pop singer and member of the group Zard (Real Name: Sachiko Kamachi, Nihongo: 蒲池 幸子, ''Kamachi Sachiko'') – Originally from Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
* Sugizo, musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, composer, lead guitarist, violinist and member of the J-rock band Luna Sea (Real Name: Yūne Sugihara, Nihongo: 杉原 有音, ''Sugihara Yūne''/Yasuhiro Sugihara, Nihongo: 杉原 康弘, ''Sugihara Yasuhiro'')
* Shinya, musician, media personality, entrepreneur, drummer and member of the J-rock band Luna Sea (Real Name: Shinya Yamada, Nihongo: 山田 真矢, ''Yamada Shin'ya'')
References
External links
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