Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama

Coordinates: 35°20′15″N 139°37′28″E / 35.33750°N 139.62444°E / 35.33750; 139.62444
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Not to be confused with Kanazawa, in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Kanazawa
金沢区
UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Treeyamazakura
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Address2-9-1 Deiki, Kanazawa-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken
235-0016
WebsiteKanazawa Ward Office
Kanazawa Ward Office
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History

The area around present-day Kanazawa Ward has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found stone tools from the Japanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from the Jōmon period at numerous locations in the area. Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, it became part of Kuraki District in Musashi Province. By the Kamakura period it was part of a shōen controlled by the Hōjō clan, who established a major seaport for the Kamakura shogunate at Mutsuura, and a noted library and educational center at Kanazawa Bunko.

During the

Keihin Electric Express Railway in 1930. In October 1936, Kuraki District was abolished, and the area was absorbed into Yokohama City, becoming part of Isogo Ward. A large railway carriage factory was established in Kanazawa Ward in 1946 by the Tokyu Corporation on the site of a former Imperial Japanese Navy
Technical Center. Kanazawa Ward gained its independence from Isogo Ward in May 1948.

Geography

Kanazawa Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and in the southeast corner of the city of Yokohama. The area is largely flatland, with scattered small hills. The Ward is bordered to the east by Tokyo Bay.

Surrounding municipalities

Economy

Kanazawa Ward is largely a regional commercial center and

bedroom community
for central Yokohama, Kawasaki and Tokyo.

Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama, Japan, Asia, Earth

Transportation

Railroads

Highways

Prefecture roads

  • Kanagawa Prefecture Road 23
  • Kanagawa Prefecture Road 204
  • Kanagawa Prefecture Road 205

Attractions

Sports centers

  • Rinetsu Kanazawa (pool)
  • Sports center of Kanazawa (indoor gym)

Beaches

  • Nojima Beach—It is the last remaining natural beach in Yokohama city. The beach is shallow for a good distance from the shore.
  • Umi no Kouen—A city park with an artificial beach. The sand was carried by ship from Chiba prefecture. Visitors can go shellfish gathering there.

Fishing ports

  • Shiba fishing port
  • Kanazawa fishing port

Education

Tertiary:

Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education operates prefectural high schools:

Yokohama Municipal Board of Education [ja] operates the following municipal high schools:

Private high schools:

The municipal board of education also operates public junior and senior high schools.

Nishi Kanazawa Elementary/Junior High School a.k.a. Nishi Kanazawa Gakuen (西金沢学園) is a combined elementary and junior high school in Kanazawa-ku.[2]

Junior high schools:[3]

Elementary schools:[4]

Additionally, Bairin Elementary School (梅林小学校), outside of Kanazawa-ku, has an attendance zone that includes a part of Kanazawa-ku.[2]

Famous people

References

  • Kato, Yuzo. Yokohama Past and Present. Yokohama City University (1990).
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama.
  1. ^ a b City of Yokohama statistics
  2. ^ a b "小・中学校等の通学区域一覧（通学規則　別表）". City of Yokohama. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  3. ^ "R04-02-70_kanazawa.xlsx". City of Yokohama. Retrieved 2022-10-29. - From this link
  4. ^ "R04-01-70_kanazawa.xlsx". City of Yokohama. Retrieved 2022-10-29. - From this link

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