Strand of ginkgo trees at Keio University is a part of the city of

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...

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. Kanag ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

. It is located within Kōhoku Ward in the northeast of Yokohama City.

Overview

It is served by Hiyoshi Station on the

Tōkyū Tōyoko Line The is a major railway line connecting Tokyo (Shibuya) to Yokohama. The line is owned and operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. The name of the line, ''Tōyoko'' (東横), is a combination of the first characters of ''Tōky ...

and

Yokohama Subway is the rapid transit network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo in Kanagawa pref. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau as two lines, though three continuous lines exist. Lines The Yokohama Municipal Subway ...

. It is approximately 22 minutes by train from

Shibuya Shibuya (渋谷区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station. As of April 1 ...

, and 15 minutes from Yokohama, being located between Moto-Sumiyoshi on the north and Tsunashima on the south. Limited Express services do not stop at Hiyoshi, however, Express and Commuter Limited Express services do. Hiyoshi is the home of

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowment ...

's Hiyoshi campus, Yagami campus and Keio Business School. The main part of Hiyoshi Campus is located directly to the right of the station exit across Tsunashima Kaidō. The campus sprawls over a low hill and is most remarkable for the many tall trees growing there. Yagami campus, located only a short walk from Hiyoshi campus, holds the faculty of Science and Technology. The town shopping district is on the opposite side of the station, the west side. The town's main thoroughfares run out from the station's Nishiguchi Square like the spokes of a wheel, though the direction of traffic is generally toward the station. Sun Road runs north (traffic south). Hamagin Dōri runs northwest. Chūō Dōri runs out to the west (traffic east). Futsubu Dōri comes in toward the station from the southwest.

Education

The operates public elementary and junior high schools. Hiyoshi 2-

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and parts of 1 and 3-4 chome are zoned to Hiyoshidai Elementary School ( 日吉台小学校). Parts of 5 and 7-chome are zoned to Minowa Elementary School ( 箕輪小学校). Parts of 3-7-chome are zoned to Yagami Elementary School (矢上小学校). 6-chome 14-ban is zoned to Tsunashimahigashi Elementary School (綱島東小学校). Parts of 1-chome are zoned to Shimoda Elementary School ( 下田小学校). Hiyoshidai, Minowa, and Yagami feed into Hiyoshidai Junior High School ( 日吉台中学校), and 6-14 Hiyoshi is also zoned to Hiyoshidai JHS. Shimoda feeds into Hiyoshidai Nishi (West) Junior High School ( 日吉台西中学校).

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External links

Tokyu Department Store map
{{coord, 35, 33, 26.7, N, 139, 38, 49.6, E, source:jawiki_region:JP-14_type:city_scale:10000, display=title Neighborhoods of Yokohama

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