is one of the 7

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of the city of Kawasaki in

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. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated

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of 215,158 and a

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of 13,150 persons per km². The total area is 16.38 km².

Geography

Takatsu Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, in the north-center portion of the city of Kawasaki, bordering on Tokyo. It is bordered to the north by the

Tama River The is a major river in Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government. Its total length is , and the total of the river's basin area spans . The river ...

Surrounding municipalities

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Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of November 2014, the ward had an estimated population of 244,565 and a density of 16,637 persons per km². The total area was 14.70 km². Geography Nakahara ...

Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 332,488, with 156,198 households and a population density of 10,588.79 persons per km². The total area was ...

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Setagaya-ku, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orch ...

Neighborhoods

Mizonokuchi, Futago, Seta, Suwa, Kitamigata, Shimonoge, Hisamoto, Sakado, Kuji, Unane, Shimo-Sakunobe, Kami-Sakunobe, Mukaigaoka, Suenaga, Kajigaya, Shinsaku, Chitose, Chitose-Shin-cho, Shibokuchi, Shibokuchi-Fujimi-dai, Hisasue, Kanigaya, Akutsu, and Nogawa.

History

Archaeologists have found stone tools from the

Japanese Paleolithic The is the period of human inhabitation in Japan predating the development of pottery, generally before 10,000 BC. The starting dates commonly given to this period are from around 40,000 BC; although any date of human presence before 35,000 BC ...

period and ceramic shards from the

Jōmon period The is the time in Japanese history, traditionally dated between 6,000–300 BCE, during which Japan was inhabited by a diverse hunter-gatherer and early agriculturalist population united through a common Jōmon culture, which reached a c ...

at numerous locations in the area. Under the

Nara period The of the history of Japan covers the years from CE 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740–745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the cap ...

Ritsuryō , , is the historical law system based on the philosophies of Confucianism and Chinese Legalism in Japan. The political system in accord to Ritsuryō is called "Ritsuryō-sei" (律令制). ''Kyaku'' (格) are amendments of Ritsuryō, ''Shiki'' (� ...

system, it became part of Tachibana District

Musashi Province was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo Metropolis, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture. It was sometimes called . The province encompassed Kawasaki and Yokohama. Musashi bordered on Kai, Kōzuke, Sagami, S ...

. By the

Heian period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese. ...

it was part of a ''shōen'' coming under control the Later Hōjō clan from Odawara, Kanagawa, Odawara in the late Muromachi period. In the Edo period, it was administered as ''tenryō'' territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various ''hatamoto''. After the Meiji Restoration, the area was divided into eight villages within Tachibana District in the new

on April 1, 1889. These areas were annexed by the neighboring city of Kawasaki from 1937-1938. The area became part of a huge government sponsored housing project from the 1950s and 1960s. The area became part of Tama Ward with the division of the city of Kawasaki into wards from April 1972. In July 1982, Miyamae Ward was separated from Takatsu Ward.

Economy

Takatsu Ward is largely a regional commercial center and bedroom community for central Kawasaki and Tokyo. Industries are centered on food processing, electronics and precision equipment, and include: *The corporate headquarters of MitutoyoCompany Profile
" Mitutoyo. Retrieved on May 13, 2013. "20-1, Sakado 1-Chome, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 213-8533, Japan" and NKK switches, NKK Switches * * * * - a business incubation center. [ also Research center for L'oreal company.]

Transportation

Railway

*East Japan Railway Company, JR East - Nambu Line ** - - * Tokyu Corporation – Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line / Tōkyū Ōimachi Line ** - - - (through service to Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Tobu Isesaki Line)

Highway

* Japan National Route 246 (Atsugi-Oyama Road, as or ) * Route 409 (Japan), National Route 409 (Fuchu Road, as ) * Route 466 (Japan), National Route 466 (No. 3 Keihin Road, as )

Education

*Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Municipal junior high schools: * Higashitakatsu (:ja:川崎市立東高津中学校, 東高津中学校) * Higashitachibana (:ja:川崎市立東橘中学校, 東橘中学校) * Nishitakatsu (:ja:川崎市立西高津中学校, 西高津中学校) * Tachibana (:ja:川崎市立橘中学校, 橘中学校) * Takatsu (:ja:川崎市立高津中学校, 高津中学校) Municipal elementary schools: * Higashi Takatsu (:ja:川崎市立東高津小学校, 東高津小学校) * Hisamoto (:ja:川崎市立久本小学校, 久本小学校) * Hisasue (:ja:川崎市立久末小学校, 久末小学校) * Kajigaya (:ja:川崎市立梶ヶ谷小学校, 梶ヶ谷小学校) * Kamisakunobe (:ja:川崎市立上作延小学校, 上作延小学校) * Kuji (:ja:川崎市立久地小学校, 久地小学校) * Minamihara (:ja:川崎市立南原小学校, 南原小学校) * Nishi Kajigaya (:ja:川崎市立西梶ヶ谷小学校, 西梶ヶ谷小学校) * Sakado (:ja:川崎市立坂戸小学校, 坂戸小学校) * Shibokuchi (:ja:川崎市立子母口小学校, 子母口小学校) * Shimosakunobe (:ja:川崎市立下作延小学校, 下作延小学校) * Shinsaku (:ja:川崎市立新作小学校, 新作小学校) * Suenaga (:ja:川崎市立末長小学校, 末長小学校) * Tachibana (:ja:川崎市立橘小学校, 橘小学校) * Takatsu (:ja:川崎市立高津小学校, 高津小学校) There is a Chosen gakko, North Korean school, Nambu Korean Primary School (南武朝鮮初級学校).The Education System and Schools

Archive
. Government of Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved on October 13, 2015.

Shrines and temples

* Futako Shrine

Noted people from Takatsu Ward

*Tarō Okamoto, artist *Yoshinobu Minowa, professional soccer player *Masahiro Abe, professional baseball player *Riko Narumi, actress

References

External links

Takatsu Ward Office
(Archive) {{DEFAULTSORT:Takatsu-Ku, Kawasaki Wards of Kawasaki, Kanagawa