Totsuka 戸塚区 | |
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| Totsuka Ward | |
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 Location of Totsuka inKanagawa | |
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| Coordinates:35°23′47″N139°31′57″E / 35.39639°N 139.53250°E /35.39639; 139.53250 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Kanagawa |
| City | Yokohama |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.70 km2 (13.78 sq mi) |
| Population (September 2010) | |
• Total | 274,783 |
| • Density | 7,697/km2 (19,940/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| - Flower | Sakura |
| Address | 16-17 Totsuka-chō, Totsuka-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 244-0003 |
| Website | Totsuka Ward Office |
Totsuka-ku (戸塚区) is one of the 18wards of the city ofYokohama inKanagawa Prefecture,Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimatedpopulation of 273,418 and adensity of 7,640 persons per km2. The total area was 35.70 km2.
Totsuka Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and in the center-western area of the city of Yokohama. The area is largely flatland, with scattered small hills. TheKashio River passes through the Ward.
The area around present-day Totsuka Ward has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found ceramic shards from theJōmon period at numerous locations in the area. There are numerouskeyhole tombs from theKofun period in Totsuka, including one on the grounds of Tomizuka Hachiman Shrine, from which the ward's name is derived. Under theNara periodRitsuryō system, it became part of Kamakura District and Kōza District inSagami Province. By theHeian period it was part of ashōen controlled by the Sudō clan, but came under the control of the Kamakura clan (of whichKamakura Gongorō Kagemasa was the most illustrious member) by the start of theKamakura period. During the Kamakura period, it was largely farmland, supporting the population of nearby Kamakura; however by theMuromachi period it had become a contested territory divided between theHatakeyama clan,Miura clan, Oba clan, and others until their territories were seized by theLater Hōjō clan fromOdawara in the lateSengoku 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 asTotsuka-juku, apost station on theTōkaidō connectingEdo withKyoto.
After theMeiji Restoration, the area was transferred to the newKanagawa Prefecture, with Totsuka-shuku becoming the capital of the Kamakura District. In the cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, Totsuka Town was established; two years after the completion ofTotsuka Station on theTōkaidō Main Line railway connectingTokyo withOsaka. During theMeiji period the area prospered as a center of meat production to supply the foreign population of nearby Yokohama. In April 1939, Totsuka and neighboring villages were annexed by the neighboring city of Yokohama, becoming Totsuka Ward. In 1944, theImperial Japanese Navy established a medical school and large scale hospital facilities in Totsuka. In 1966,Seya Ward was separated from Totsuka. In a major administrative reorganization of 1986,Izumi Ward andSakae Ward were also separated from Totsuka.
Totsuka Ward is largely a regional commercial center andbedroom community for central Yokohama and Tokyo. Totsuka retains a relatively strong industrial base. In 2010, 160 factories in the ward employed 12,010 employees and their shipment amounted to 399 billion yen.[1]There are major factories operated byKI Holdings,[2]Hitachi,Nissin Foods,Yamazaki Baking, Pola Cosmetics, and others.[citation needed]
Colleges and Universities:
Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education operates prefectural senior high schools:
Yokohama Municipal Board of Education [ja] operates the following municipal high school:
Private secondary school:
The municipal board of education operates municipal elementary schools and junior high schools.
Junior high schools:[3]
Additionally, Ryokuen Gakuen (緑園学園), a combined elementary and junior high school outside of Totsuka-ku, has an attendance zone including parts of Totsuka-ku.[4]
Elementary schools:[5]
Former elementary schools:
Additionally, Kosugaya Elementary School (小菅ケ谷小学校), Kuzuno Elementary School (葛野小学校), Mutsukawa Nishi Elementary School (六つ川西小学校), and Toyoda Elementary School (豊田小学校), outside of Totsuka-ku, have attendance zones including parts of Totsuka-ku.[7]
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