is one of the 18

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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 To ...

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. Kana ...

, Japan. As of 2010, the ward has an estimated

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of 163,406 and a

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of 8,520 persons per km². The total area is 19.17 km².

Geography

Isogo is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and in the southeast corner of the city of Yokohama. The area is largely flatland, with scattered small hills. The Ward is bordered to the east by

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, a minor bay on the coast of larger

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Surrounding municipalities

* Naka Ward *

Minami Ward Minami (kanji 南, hiragana みなみ) is a Japanese word meaning "south". Places Japan There are several Minami wards in Japan, most of them appropriately in the south part of a city: * Minami, Tokushima, a village in Tokushima Prefectur ...

* Kanazawa Ward * Sakae Ward * Kōnan-ku

History

During the

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, area around present-day Isogo Ward was formerly part of the ''

tenryō The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...

'' territory in

Sagami Province was a province of Japan located in what is today the central and western Kanagawa Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kanagawa''" at . Sagami Province bordered the provinces of Izu, Musashi, and Suruga. It had access to the Paci ...

controlled directly by the

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, but administered through various ''

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''. The area consisted of small fishing villages, noted primarily for their catch of

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. After the

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, the area became part of Kuraki District in the new

. In the cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, the area was divided into numerous villages. On April 1, 1901, Negishi village was annexed by neighboring Yokohama. The remaining northern portions of the district were annexed in 1911 and 1927. On October 10, 1927, the 14 former towns and villages were re-organized as Isogo Ward within the city of Yokohama. Isogo Ward annexed the remaining southern portions of Kuraki District (Kanazawa Town and Mutsuuraso Village) in October 1936. During

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, Isogo was bombed twice: once on April 15, 1945, and again during the devastating Yokohama Air Raid of May 29, 1945, during which 692 houses were burned down. On May 15, 1948, Kanazawa Ward was separated from Isogo Ward. During the 1960s, the coastal areas of Isogo were converted into a massive chemical and petrochemical industrial zone through the extensive use of landfill, and the population of the area increased dramatically. The Isogo Ward offices relocated to their present location in June 1967.

Economy

Isogo is largely a regional commercial center and

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for central Yokohama, Kawasaki and Tokyo. The coastal area is part of the Keihin heavy industrial zone, and has numerous chemical and petrochemical plants.

Transportation

Railroads

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Negishi Line The Negishi Line ( ja, 根岸線, ) is a Japanese railway line which connects Yokohama and Ōfuna stations. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Freight trains also operate on this line, and it is essential for the southern K ...

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Keihin Electric Express Railway (), also known as or, more recently, , is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture. It also provides rail access to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. ...

Keikyū Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu. The line connects the Tokyo wards of Minato, Shinagawa, Ōta, and the Kanagawa municipalities of Kawasaki, Yokohama and Yokosuka. The Keikyu Main Line began as ...

** Byōbugaura - Sugita *

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Kanazawa Seaside Line The is an automated guideway transit line operated by which operates between Shin-Sugita in Isogo Ward to Kanazawa-Hakkei in Kanazawa Ward in Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipa ...

Highways

Bayshore Route The signed as Route B, is one of the routes of the tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Greater Tokyo Area. The Bayshore Route is a stretch of toll highway that runs from the Kanazawa ward of Yokohama in the west, northeast to the city of ...

* National Route 16 *

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* Kanagawa Prefectural Road 22

Education

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operates prefectural high schools. They are: * * * operates a municipal high school: *(Barber and beautician) The municipal board of education also operates public elementary and junior high schools. Junior high schools: *Hama ( 浜) *Mori (森) *Negishi ( 根岸) *Okamura ( 岡村) *Shiomidai (汐見台) *Yōkōdai-Dai-ichi (No. 1) (洋光台第一) *Yōkōdai-Daini (No. 2) (洋光台第二) Elementary schools: *Bairin (梅林) *Byōbugaura ( 屏風浦) *Hama (浜) *Isogo ( 磯子) *Mori-higashi (森東) *Negishi (根岸) *Okamura (岡村) *Sannōdai (山王台) *Sawanosato ( さわの里) *Shiomidai ( 汐見台) *Sugita (杉田) *Takigashira (滝頭) *Yōkōdai-Dai-ichi (洋光台第一) *Yōkōdai-Daini (洋光台第二) *Yōkōdai-Daisan (No. 3) (洋光台第三) *Yōkōdai-Daiyon (No. 4) (洋光台第四) Additionally, Fujinoki Elementary School (藤の木小学校), Hishita Elementary School ( 日下小学校), Koda Elementary School ( 小田小学校), and Nishi-Tomioka Elementary School ( 西富岡小学校), outside of Isogo-ku, have attendance zones including parts of Isogo-ku. Private high and secondary schools: * *(Isogo Serendip campus) The South Korean government maintains the Korea Education Institution in Kanagawa ( ko, 가나가와한국종합교육원, ja, 神奈川韓国綜合教育院) in this ward.

Notable people

Hibari Misora was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon. She received a Medal of Honor for her contributions to music and for improving the welfare of the public, and was the first woman to receive the People's Honour Award, which was conferred posth ...

, singer and actress *

Nobuhiko Takada Nobuhiko Takada ( ja, 高田伸彦, ring name: ) (born April 12, 1962) is a Japanese former mixed martial artist, retired professional wrestler, actor, and writer. He competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Universal Wrestling Federation (UW ...

, professional wrestler

References

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

External links

Isogo Ward Office
* {{Authority control Wards of Yokohama