Kamagaya, Chiba
| Kamagaya 鎌ヶ谷市 |
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| Coordinates: 35°46′36″N 140°00′03″E / 35.77667°N 140.00083°ECoordinates: 35°46′36″N 140°00′03″E / 35.77667°N 140.00083°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Chiba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kiyoshi Shimizu (since July 2002) |
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| • Total | 21.11 km2 (8.15 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2011) | |
| • Total | 108,142 |
| • Density | 5,120/km2 (13,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) |
| City Symbols | |
| -Tree | Osmanthus |
| - Flower | Japanese pear and Chinese bellflower |
| Phone number | 047-445-1141 |
| Address | 2-6-1, Shinkamagaya, Kamagaya-shi, Chiba-ken 273-0195 |
| Website | City of Kamagaya |
Kamagaya (鎌ヶ谷市 Kamagaya-shi) is a city located in northern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 108,142 and a population density of 5120 persons per km². The total area was 21.11 km².
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[edit] Geography
Kamagaya is located in the northwestern corner of Chiba Prefecture.
[edit] Neighboring municipalities
[edit] History
The area around Kamagaya has been inhabited since prehistory, and archaeologists have found Jomon period shell middens in the area. During the Kamakura period, the area was controlled by the Soma clan. During the Edo period, the area was largely tenryō territory within Shimosa Province controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, and was divided into several horse ranches, which supplied horses for the Shogun’s armies. After the Meiji Restoration, it became part of Chiba Prefecture. Kamagaya Village was one of several villages created on April 1, 1889 under Inba District. In 1945, the Imperial Japanese Army appropriated the former Musashino Country Club, turning the golf course into an air field. The base was turned over to the United States Air Force after World War II, becoming Shiroi Air Base, and was transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1959, becoming JMSDF Shimofusa Air Base. Kamagaya became a town on August 1, 1968, and achieved city status on September 1, 1971.
[edit] Economy
Kamagaya is a regional commercial center and, due to its numerous train connections, a bedroom community for nearby Chiba and Tokyo. Kamagaya's trademark produce is the round, Nashi Pear, and there are many pear orchards dotted about the city, whose white blossoms open toward the end of the cherry blossom season.
[edit] Education
The city operates five junior high schools and nine elementary schools. English lessons at elementary school begin in either the fifth, fourth, or first grade, varying from school to school, and some elementary schools also offer an English Club. Kamagaya City is one of the closest locations to Tokyo to employ JET Scheme ALTs.
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Railway
- Shin-Keisei Electric Railway - Shin-Keisei Line
- Hokusō Railway - Hokusō Line
- Keisei Electric Railway - Narita Sky Access
[edit] Highway
[edit] Local attractions
[edit] Sister City relations
Whakatane, New Zealand, since November 16, 1997.
[edit] See also
- Kamagaya International Friendship Association, or KIFA, organises inexpensive language lessons[1] (in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean), and cultural events. KIFA has an office in Kamagaya City Hall.
[edit] References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kamagaya, Chiba |
- Kamagaya official website in Japanese
- Kamagaya International Friendship Association (KIFA) in Japanese
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