is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki 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. Kanag ...

, Japan. As of November 2014, the ward had an estimated

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of 244,565 and a

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of 16,637 persons per km². The total area was 14.70 km².

Geography

Nakahara Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, in the center portion of the city of Kawasaki, bordering on Tokyo to the north and Yokohama to the south.

Surrounding municipalities

* Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki *

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 lo ...

* Setagaya-ku, Tokyo * Ōta-ku, Tokyo *

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History

Archaeologists have found numerous Kofun period remains at numerous locations in what is now Nakahara-ku, indicating a long period of human settlement. 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 c ...

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system, it became part of Tachibana District Musashi Province. In the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...

, it was administered as ''

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'' territory controlled directly by the

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, but administered through various ''

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''. After the

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, the area was divided into Nakahawa Village and Sumiyoshi Village within Tachibana District in the new

on April 1, 1889. The two villages merged in 1925 to form the town of Nakahara. The town was annexed by the neighboring city of Kawasaki in August 1933. In April 1972, the area became Nakahara Ward with the division of the city of Kawasaki into wards.

Economy

Nakahara Ward is largely a regional commercial center and

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for central Kawasaki and Tokyo. The Ward hosts Fujitsu's Main Branch at Kamikodanaka 4-chome in Nakahara-ku. It was formerly Fujitsu's world headquarters. Other industries include factories operated by Mitsubishi Fuso and NEC.

Transportation

Railway

* JR East –

Nambu Line The Nambu Line ( ja, 南武線,) is a Japanese railway line which connects Tachikawa Station in Tachikawa, Tokyo and Kawasaki Station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. For most of its length, it parallels the Tama River, the natural border between Tokyo an ...

** - - - - * JR East –

Yokosuka Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the 23.9 km segment between an ...

** Musashi-Kosugi Station, *

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–

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 ...

Tōkyū Meguro Line The is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tokyu Corporation. As a railway line, the name is for the section between and in southwest Tokyo, but nearly all trains run to on a quad-tracked section of the Tōyoko Li ...

** - - The

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passes through Nakahara-ku but do not stop.

Highway

* National Route 466 (No. 3 Keihin Road, as ) *Kanagawa Prefectural Road 2 *Kanagawa Prefectural Road 14 *Kanagawa Prefectural Road 45 *Kanagawa Prefectural Road 111

Local attractions

* Todoroki Athletics Stadium

Education

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– Shin-Maruko Campus Municipal junior high schools: * Gyokusen ( 玉川中学校) * Hirama ( 平間中学校) * Ida ( 井田中学校) * Imai ( 今井中学校) * Miyauchi ( 宮内中学校) * Nakahara ( 中原中学校) * Nishi Nakahara ( 西中原中学校) * Sumiyoshi ( 住吉中学校) Municipal elementary schools: * Gyokusen ( 玉川小学校) * Higashi Sumiyoshi (東住吉小学校) * Hirama ( 平間小学校) * Ida ( 井田小学校) * Imai (今井小学校) * Kami Maruko (上丸子小学校) * Kariyado ( 苅宿小学校) * Kizuki (木月小学校) * Kosugi ( 小杉小学校) * Miyauchi ( 宮内小学校) * Nakahara ( 中原小学校) * Nishi Maruko (西丸子小学校) * Ogayato ( 大谷戸小学校) * Oto ( 大戸小学校) * Shimogawara ( 下河原小学校) * Shimokodanaka ( 下小田中小学校) * Shimonumabe ( 下沼部小学校) * Shinjo ( 新城小学校) * Sumiyoshi ( 住吉小学校)

References

External links

Nakahawa Ward Office
{{Authority control Wards of Kawasaki, Kanagawa