is one of the 18 wards of the city of

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. In 2010 the ward had an estimated

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of 155,674 and a

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of 6,620 persons per km². The total area was 23.51 km².

Geography

Izumi Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and on the central-western borders of the city of Yokohama. The area is largely flatland, with scattered small hills.

Surrounding municipalities

** Seya-ku, Yokohama ** Asahi-ku, Yokohama ** Totsuka-ku, Yokohama **

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** Fujisawa

History

The area around present-day Izumi Ward has been inhabited continuously for thousands of years. 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, with recent authors suggesting that there is good evi ...

period and ceramic shards from the

Jōmon period In Japanese history, the is the time between , during which Japan was inhabited by the Jōmon people, a diverse hunter-gatherer and early agriculturalist population united by a common culture, which reached a considerable degree of sedentism an ...

, and tombs from the

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at numerous locations in the area. Under the

Nara period The of the history of Japan covers the years from 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 capita ...

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system, it became part of Kamakura and Kōza Districts in

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. In 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 Kammu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means in Japanese. It is a ...

, it was divided between ''

shōen A was a field or Manorialism, manor in Japan. The Japanese language, Japanese term comes from the Tang dynasty Chinese language, Chinese term "莊園" (Mandarin: ''zhuāngyuán'', Cantonese: ''zong1 jyun4''). Shōen, from about the 8th to th ...

'' controlled by the Ōba clan and the Kamakura clan (of which Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa was the most illustrious member). By the

Kamakura period The is a period of History of Japan, Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the G ...

, much of the area was farmland supporting the population of nearby Kamakura. During the

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

, the territory came under the control of

Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

. It was administered as ''

tenryō The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil war ...

'' territory controlled directly by the

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, but administered through various ''

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''. After the

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, Izumi Ward became part of the new

in 1868. In the cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, the area was divided into numerous villages under Kamakura District. During the

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, the area was a center for

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. On April 1, 1939, Izumi was annexed by the neighboring city of Yokohama, becoming part of Totsuka Ward. In a major administrative reorganization of October 1, 1969, Totsuka Ward was divided, and Izumi emerged as an independent ward within Yokohama.

Economy

Izumi Ward is largely a regional commercial center and

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for central Yokohama and Tokyo. In 1996, in conjunction with the San Diego-Yokohama sister city relationship, Sotetsu Real Estate Co., Ltd. developed and constructed ten imported housing units, using construction documents and building materials from the United States, with a San Diego theme and style. The project was called San Diego Street of Dreams, in total, 30 such import housing units were constructed and still remain today in Ryokuentoshi, Izumi-ku.

Education

University: *

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Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education operates prefectural senior high schools: * * (formerly Ryokuen Sohgoh) * Private senior high schools: * (Correspondence) operates public elementary and junior high schools. Combined elementary and junior high schools: * Ryokuen Gakuen ( 緑園学園) Junior high schools: *Izumigaoka (泉が丘) *Izumino (いずみ野) *Kami-Iida (上飯田) *Nakada ( 中田) *Nakawada (中和田) *Okazu (岡津) *Ryoke ( 領家) Additionally, Minamiseya Junior High School ( 南瀬谷中学校), outside of Izumi-ku, has an attendance zone including parts of Izumi-ku. Primary schools:
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/ref> *Higashi-nakada (東中田) *Iidakita-Ichō ( 飯田北いちょう) *Iseyama (伊勢山) *Izumi (和泉) *Izumino (いずみ野) *Kami-Iida (上飯田) *Kuzuno (葛野) *Nakada (中田) *Nakawada (中和田) *Nakawada-minami (中和田南) *Nishigaoka (西が岡) *Okazu (岡津) *Shimo-Izumi (下和泉) *Shinbashi ( 新橋) Additionally, Kamiyabe Elementary School (上矢部小学校), Seya Sakura Elementary School ( 瀬谷さくら小学校), and Torigaoka Elementary School (鳥が丘小学校), outside of Izumi-ku, have attendance zones including parts of Izumi-ku. Former elementary schools *Ryokuen-higashi (緑園東) - Merged into Ryokuen Gakuen in 2022 *Ryokuen-nishi ( 緑園西) - Merged into Ryokuen Gakuen in 2022

Transportation

Railroads

* Sagami Railway – Izumino Line ** - - - - *

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- Blue Line ** – – –

Highways

Prefecture roads

*Kanagawa Prefectural Route 22 *Kanagawa Prefectural Route 401 *Kanagawa Prefectural Route 402

Noted people from Izumi

* Yuka Kosaka, gravure idol * Tomomi Itano, singer, gravure idol * Mari Yaguchi, singer * Kohei Usui, professional soccer player * Fūka Haruna, actress

References

* Kato, Yuzo. ''Yokohama Past and Present''. Yokohama City University (1990).

External links

Izumi Ward Office
* {{Authority control Wards of Yokohama