Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki

is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 215,158 and a density 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.

Surrounding municipalities

*Tama-ku, Kawasaki
*Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki
*Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
*Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama
*Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama
*Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

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 period and ceramic shards from the Jōmon period at numerous locations in the area. Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, it became part of Tachibana District Musashi Province. By the Heian period 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 Kanagawa Prefecture 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:
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Transportation

Railway

*East Japan Railway Company, JR East - Nambu Line
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* 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

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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)

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