Fujisawa 藤沢市 | |
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 Fujisawa seen from Enoshima Beach Volleyball Japan / Yugyo-ji | |
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 Location of Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture | |
  Fujisawa | |
| Coordinates:35°21′N139°28′E / 35.350°N 139.467°E /35.350; 139.467 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Kanagawa |
| Area | |
• Total | 69.57 km2 (26.86 sq mi) |
| Population (June 1, 2021) | |
• Total | 439,728 |
| • Density | 6,321/km2 (16,370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0466-25-1111 |
| Address | 1 Asahi-cho, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken 251-8601 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Common kingfisher |
| Flower | Wisteria |
| Tree | Japanese black pine |
Fujisawa (藤沢市,Fujisawa-shi) is acity inKanagawa Prefecture,Japan. As of 1 June 2021[update], the city had an estimatedpopulation of 439,728 and apopulation density of 6300 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city is 69.57 square kilometres (26.86 sq mi).
Fujisawa is in the south-central part of Kanagawa Prefecture. It facesSagami Bay of thePacific Ocean. The northern part of the city is on the Sagamino plateau while the southern part is abutted on the Shonan Beach.
Fujisawa has three major topographical features: the island ofEnoshima to the south connected to theKatase shoreline area by a road bridge, and two rivers, theHikiji and theSakai, which run north-south. TheHikiji can be traced from an area designated as a nature reserve park in the city of Yamato and flows directly along the boundary of the jointUS Navy andJapan Maritime Self-Defense ForceAtsugi Naval Air Base and theUnited States ArmyCamp Zama. The Sakai runs directly from the mountains betweenMachida andHachiōji, and for quite some distance forms the border between the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and Kanagawa Prefecture. From Machida city centre, the river can be directly followed by a foot and cycle path to Fujisawa city centre, a distance of approximately 35 km (22 mi). Another cycle path runs along the Shonan Coastal path, from the Sagami River, in Hiratsuka, to Enoshima Bridge in Fujisawa.
Kanagawa Prefecture
Fujisawa has ahumid subtropical climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Fujisawa is 15.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1872 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.4 °C.[2]
| Climate data forTsujido, Fujisawa (1992−2020 normals, extremes 1992−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 23.4 (74.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 32.1 (89.8) | 36.2 (97.2) | 37.0 (98.6) | 36.5 (97.7) | 31.2 (88.2) | 25.2 (77.4) | 22.8 (73.0) | 36.9 (98.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.8 (51.4) | 11.4 (52.5) | 14.2 (57.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.3 (86.5) | 27.6 (81.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 17.8 (64.0) | 13.2 (55.8) | 20.2 (68.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) | 6.8 (44.2) | 9.8 (49.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 18.6 (65.5) | 21.6 (70.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.9 (80.4) | 23.9 (75.0) | 18.7 (65.7) | 13.4 (56.1) | 8.5 (47.3) | 16.1 (61.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) | 2.2 (36.0) | 5.4 (41.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.3 (75.7) | 20.8 (69.4) | 15.3 (59.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 4.1 (39.4) | 12.5 (54.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.3 (24.3) | −5.0 (23.0) | −2.1 (28.2) | −0.2 (31.6) | 7.0 (44.6) | 12.3 (54.1) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.7 (63.9) | 12.2 (54.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | 0.8 (33.4) | −3.5 (25.7) | −5.0 (23.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 60.8 (2.39) | 61.1 (2.41) | 132.6 (5.22) | 134.4 (5.29) | 148.1 (5.83) | 171.9 (6.77) | 159.6 (6.28) | 120.6 (4.75) | 197.3 (7.77) | 191.1 (7.52) | 97.7 (3.85) | 63.7 (2.51) | 1,529.5 (60.22) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.6 | 5.9 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 6.8 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 5.8 | 105 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 202.5 | 177.7 | 181.3 | 182.6 | 187.5 | 133.5 | 171.3 | 214.7 | 147.1 | 144.2 | 160.8 | 192.3 | 2,096.9 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Per Japanese census data,[5] the population of Fujisawa has grown steadily over the past 70 years.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1950 | 96,880 | — |
| 1960 | 124,601 | +28.6% |
| 1970 | 228,789 | +83.6% |
| 1980 | 300,248 | +31.2% |
| 1990 | 350,330 | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 379,185 | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 409,657 | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 436,905 | +6.7% |
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The area around present-day Fujisawa City has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found stone tools andshell middens from theJapanese Paleolithic period, ceramic shards from theJōmon period, and graves from theKofun period at numerous locations. The area is mentioned in theNara periodNihon Shoki chronicles. By theHeian period, centralSagami Province was divided intoshōen controlled by the Muroaoka, Oe, and other local warlords. During theKamakura period, Fujisawa was the setting for a number of battles to overthrow theKamakura shogunate as mentioned in the late 14th centuryTaiheiki. During theMuromachi period, Fujisawa developed aroundYugyo-ji, a Buddhist temple, which was established in 1325.
With theEdo period, Fujisawa prospered asFujisawa-shuku, apost station on theTōkaidō highway connectingEdo withKyoto.ShōgunTokugawa Ieyasu built a palace in Fujisawa as a rest stop between Edo andSunpu.
Following theMeiji Restoration, the area was divided into villages inKōza District andKamakura District within Kanagawa Prefecture. The Kōza District office was located in Fujisawa from 1878. The area developed rapidly after the opening ofFujisawa Station ofTōkaidō Main Line in 1887.
During the cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, Fujisawa-Ōsaka Town (in Kōza District) and Fujisawa-Ōtomi Town (in Kamakura District) were created through the merger of local hamlets.Emperor Meiji visited Fujisawa in 1891 to watch military maneuvers. The IJA 49th Infantry Regiment under theIJA 1st Division was stationed in Fujisawa from 1907. During the same year, Fujisawa-Ōsaka Town absorbed Fujisawa-Ōtomi Town and expanded further in 1908 by annexing the neighboring villages of Kugenuma and Meiji (both from Kamakura District), renaming itself Fujisawa Town.
The1923 Great Kantō earthquake caused severe damage to Fujisawa, with some 4,000 houses destroyed. AnImperial Japanese Navy Artillery School was established in Tsujido in 1926.
The town of Fujisawa was elevated to city status on October 1, 1940. Fujisawa expanded by annexing the village of Muraoka in 1941, the village of Mutsuai in 1942, the town of Katase in 1947, and the villages of Goshomi, Chogo, Takakura and parts of Koide (hamlet of Endo) in 1955. Fujisawa hosted the yachting events of the1964 Summer Olympics.
These improved transport links, such as theYokohama Subway line and express train services on theOdakyu line, have made Fujisawa an increasingly attractive and cost-effectivecommuter suburb forTokyo andYokohama.
Fujisawa has amayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameral city council of 36 members. Fujisawa contributes five members to the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Kanagawa 12th district of thelower house of theDiet of Japan.
Fujisawa has a mixed economy with a strong industrial base.Isuzu retains a large truck factory at Tsuchidana.Kobe Steel has a factory in the east of the city, as doesNSK Microprecision, a maker of bearings and precision parts.Sony operates the Shonan Technology Center in Fujisawa.[6]Ebara Corporation, a major manufacturer of pumps and water treatment equipment has a plant in Fujisawa.[7]
Fujisawa has extensive commercial shopping facilities and has the largest commercial city centre on the Shonan coast. Fujisawa is also abedroom community for Yokohama and Tokyo.
There are four university campuses in Fujisawa:Keio University'sShonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) with three faculties and a graduate school in Endo,Nihon University's School of Natural Science at Mutsuai, andTama University's Global Studies Faculty near Shonandai, all in the northern part of the city, and theShonan Institute of Technology (SIT) in Tsujido Nishikaigan to the south.
Fujisawa has 35 public elementary schools and 19 public middle schools as well as one private elementary school and six private combined middle/high schools, including theShonan Shirayuri Gakuen Junior High School and High School andKeio Shonan-Fujisawa Junior and Senior High School. The city has six public high schools operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, includingShonan High School, one of the leading high schools in Kanagawa with former Tokyo GovernorShintaro Ishihara as a graduate. There are three private schools. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.
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Fujisawa remains at the centre of the 'Shōnan lifestyle' image, and its good rail and adequate road connections make it a very popular destination for day trippers from the Kanto region. Surfing and beach volleyball tournaments in summertime attract visitors, especially younger people, and they are also drawn to the seasonal bars and rest houses that are erected along the beach fromKugenuma Kaigan toEnoshima Kaigan.
Fujisawa has two major firework displays in the summer, in late July and early August, usually sandwiched in between similar festivals in Chigasaki, Hiratsuka, Kamakura, and Yokohama.
Enoshima Island has many attractions, including a botanical gardens and theEnoshima Sea Candle which is open to visitors. Its height of 119.6 meters above sea level affords an excellent view of the area and, on a clear day,Mount Fuji. There are a number of famousShinto shrines, some in caves on the south side of the island.
One of Fujisawa's most popular seasonal products isshirasu, similar to but much smaller and softer thanwhitebait.
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