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Tama-ku, Kawasaki

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Coordinates:35°37′11″N139°33′43″E / 35.61972°N 139.56194°E /35.61972; 139.56194

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Ward in Kantō, Japan

Tama 多摩区
Ward
Tama Ward
Tama Ward Office
Seal
Location of Tama inKanagawa Prefecture
Tama
Coordinates:35°37′11″N139°33′43″E / 35.61972°N 139.56194°E /35.61972; 139.56194
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Kanagawa
City	Kawasaki
Established	April 1, 1972
Area
• Total	20.49 km² (7.91 sq mi)
Population (March 2010)
• Total	211,221
• Density	10,310/km² (26,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Flowering Dogwood,Nashi Pear
- Flower	Viola,Peach
Address	1775-1 Noborito, Tama-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 214-8570
Website	www.city.kawasaki.jp/71/71tama/home/index.html

Tama-ku (多摩区) is one of the sevenwards of the city ofKawasaki inKanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward has an estimatedpopulation of 211,221 and apopulation density of 10,310 persons per km². The total area is 20.49 km².

Geography

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Tama Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, in the far northwestern corner of the city of Kawasaki, bordering on Tokyo. It is bordered to the north by theTama River.

Surrounding municipalities

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History

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The area around present-day Tama Ward has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have foundkofun along the banks of the Tama River and at other locations in the Ward. Under theNara period Ritsuryō system, it was divided between Tachibana District, Tama District and Tsutsuki District inMusashi Province. By theHeian period it was part of ashōen controlled by the Inage clan. By theKamakura period, it was controlled by their descendants, the Ozawa clan, and in theMuromachi period by the Terao clan. During theSengoku period, the area was a contested territory between theUesugi clan and theLater Hōjō clan fromOdawara, who emerged in control by 1530. The area was devastated by flooding when the Tama River shifted course to the north in 1590. 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. From 1725, the 52 villages of the area were a designated zone forFalconry by the Tokugawa shōguns, but suffered from repeated natural disasters: an earthquake in 1782, floods in 1786, famine in 1787, floods in 1790, 1791 and 1809 andearthquake in 1855.

After theMeiji Restoration, the area was transferred to the newKanagawa Prefecture, and divided into several villages within Tachibana District and Tsuzuki District, Kanagawa on April 1, 1889. These areas were annexed by the neighboring city of Kawasaki from 1938 to 1939. The area became Tama Ward with the division of the city of Kawasaki into wards from April 1972. In July 1982, Asao Ward was separated from Tama Ward. A new Ward Office was completed in 1997.

Economy

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Tama Ward is largely a regional commercial center andbedroom community for central Kawasaki and Tokyo. Several factories producing chemical, glass, and electronics are located in the ward, and there is some residual agriculture (primarily horticulture and market vegetables).