Ōiso

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大磯町
Town
Oiso Town Office.JPG
Flag of Ōiso
Official seal of Ōiso
Location of Ōiso in Kanagawa Prefecture
Location of Ōiso in Kanagawa Prefecture
Coordinates: 35°18′31″N 139°18′46″E / 35.30861°N 139.31278°E / 35.30861; 139.31278Coordinates: 35°18′31″N 139°18′46″E / 35.30861°N 139.31278°E / 35.30861; 139.31278
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureKanagawa Prefecture
DistrictNaka
Area
 • Total17.18 km2 (6.63 sq mi)
Population
 (June 1, 2012)
 • Total32,786
 • Density1,910/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
City symbols 
- TreeJapanese black pine & Camellia sasanqua
- FlowerCalystegia soldanella
- BirdCommon gull
Phone number0463-61-4100
Address183 Ōiso, Ōiso-machi, Naka-gun, Kanagawa-ken
255-8555
Website[1]

History

 
Ōiso — ukiyo-e woodblock print by Hiroshige, circa 1830s

In the Edo period, Ōiso-juku was 8th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.[1]

Geography

Ōiso is on the coastline of Sagami Bay.

Related pages

References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōkaidō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 973.

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