Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki

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Takatsu 高津区
Ward
Takatsu Ward
UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Ume
- Flower	Narcissus
Address	2-8-1 Shimosakunobe, Takatsu-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 213-8570
Website	Takatsu Ward Office

Takatsu-ku (高津区) is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 215,158 and a density of 13,150 persons per km². The total area is 16.38 km².

Geography

Takatsu Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, in the north-center portion of the city of Kawasaki, bordering on Tokyo. It is bordered to the north by the Tama River.

Surrounding municipalities

• Tama-ku, Kawasaki
• Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki
• Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
• Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama
• Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama
• Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Neighborhoods

Mizonokuchi, Futago, Seta, Suwa, Kitamigata, Shimonoge, Hisamoto, Sakado, Kuji, Unane, Shimo-Sakunobe, Kami-Sakunobe, Mukaigaoka, Suenaga, Kajigaya, Shinsaku, Chitose, Chitose-Shin-cho, Shibokuchi, Shibokuchi-Fujimi-dai, Hisasue, Kanigaya, Akutsu, and Nogawa.

History

Archaeologists have found stone tools from the

. After the Meiji Restoration, the area was divided into eight villages within Tachibana District in the new Kanagawa Prefecture on April 1, 1889. These areas were annexed by the neighboring city of Kawasaki from 1937-1938. The area became part of a huge government sponsored housing project from the 1950s and 1960s. The area became part of Tama Ward with the division of the city of Kawasaki into wards from April 1972. In July 1982, Miyamae Ward was separated from Takatsu Ward.

Economy

Takatsu Ward is largely a regional commercial center and

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• The corporate headquarters of Mitutoyo^[1] and NKK Switches^[2]
• Fujitsu General (富士通ゼネラル)
• Fujitsu Access (富士通アクセス)
• Bunkyodo (文教堂)
• Kanagawa Science Park (かながわサイエンスパーク) - a business incubation center. [ also Research center for L'oreal company.]

Transportation

Railway

• JR East - Nambu Line
  • Musashi-Mizonokuchi - Tsudayama - Kuji
• Tōkyū Ōimachi Line
  • Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Tobu Isesaki Line
    )

Highway

• Japan National Route 246 (Atsugi-Oyama Road, as "Atsugi-Kaido" (厚木街道) or "Oyama-Kaido" (大山街道))
• National Route 409
  (Fuchu Road, as "Fuchu-Kaido" (府中街道))
• National Route 466
  (No. 3 Keihin Road, as "Daisan-Keihin" (第三京浜))

Education

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• Senzoku Gakuen College of Music

Municipal junior high schools:^[3]

Municipal elementary schools:^[4]

There is a

Shrines and temples

• Futako Shrine

Noted people from Takatsu Ward

• Tarō Okamoto, artist
• Yoshinobu Minowa, professional soccer player
• Masahiro Abe, professional baseball player
• Riko Narumi, actress
• Eugene Tzigane, conductor

References

External links

• Takatsu Ward Office (in Japanese) (Archive)