Hodogaya 保土ケ谷区 | |
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| Hodogaya Ward | |
 Logo of Hodogaya-ku | |
 Location of Hodogaya inKanagawa | |
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  Hodogaya Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates:35°27′36″N139°35′46″E / 35.46000°N 139.59611°E /35.46000; 139.59611 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Kanagawa |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.81 km2 (8.42 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2010) | |
• Total | 205,887 |
| • Density | 9,400/km2 (24,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| City hall address | 2-9 Kawabe-chō, Hodogaya-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 240-0001 |
| Website | www |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Indian spot-billed duck |
| Flower | Viola |
| Tree | Castanopsis,flowering peach |
Hodogaya-ku (保土ケ谷区) is one of the 18wards of the city ofYokohama inKanagawa Prefecture,Japan. As of 2010, Hodogaya Ward had an estimatedpopulation of 205,887 and adensity of 9,400 inhabitants per square kilometer (24,000/sq mi). The total area was 21.91 km2 (8.46 sq mi).
Hodogaya Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and near the geographic center of the city of Yokohama. The area is largely flatland, with scattered small hills.
The area around present-day Hodogaya has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found stone tools from theJapanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from theJōmon period at numerous locations in the area. Under theNara periodRitsuryō system, it became part of Tachibana District and Tsutsuki District inMusashi Province. By theHeian period it was part of a hugeshōen controlled byIse Shrine and administered by the Hangaya clan, a subsidiary of theHatakeyama clan. By theKamakura period, the Hatakeyama clan ruled as local warlords until their territories were seized by theLater Hōjō clan fromOdawara in the lateMuromachi period. After the defeat of the Hōjō at theBattle of Odawara, the territory came under the control ofTokugawa Ieyasu. It was administered astenryō territory controlled directly by theTokugawa shogunate, but administered through varioushatamoto. The area prospered in theEdo period asHodogaya-juku, apost station on theTōkaidō connectingEdo withKyoto.
After theMeiji Restoration, the area was transferred to the newKanagawa Prefecture, and Hodogaya Town was established on April 1, 1889, two years after the completion ofHodogaya Station on theTōkaidō Main Line railway connectingTokyo withOsaka. Hodogaya suffered severe damage from the1923 Great Kantō earthquake. On October 1, 1927 it was annexed by the neighboring city of Yokohama, becoming Hodogaya Ward. The area suffered greatly again during theYokohama air raid of May 29, 1945.
In a major administrative reorganization of October 1, 1969, Hodogaya gave up a large area the newAsahi Ward, and gained a portion of the territory ofKōhoku Ward.
Hodogaya Ward is largely a regional commercial center andbedroom community for central Yokohama and Tokyo. Formerly a number of chemical, glass and electronics companies maintained factories in Hodogaya, but with the exception of the head offices of Furakawa Battery Company Ltd., all have relocated to less densely populated areas. There is some residual agriculture in Hodogaya Ward, primarily potatoes and cabbage.
University:
Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education operates prefectural high schools. Prefectural senior high schools:
Municipal high schools of theYokohama Municipal Board of Education [ja]:Sakuragaoka High School [ja]
Private high schools:
The board of education operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Junior high schools:[1]
Additionally Karuisawa Junior High School (軽井沢中学校), which has its campus outside of Hodogaya-ku, has a zone that includes portions of Hodogaya-ku.[2]
Elementary schools:[3]
Former:[citation needed]
Additionally, the zones of Higashi Shinano Elementary (東品濃小学校), Mitsuzawa Elementary (三ツ沢小学校), Miyagaya Elementary (宮谷小学校), and Sakaigi Elementary (境木小学校), schools not in Hodogaya-ku, include portions of Hodogaya-ku.[2]
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