Hiratsuka, Kanagawa

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It has been recognized as a special city since 2001.^[1]

History

Main page: List of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō

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

In the Edo period, Hiratsuka-juku was 7th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.^[2]

Geography

Hiratsuka is located on the western Kantō region midway between Tokyo and Mount Fuji. The city is on the coastline in the Sagami Bay.

Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Media

Hiratsuka from Shonandaira (The left side is the north, the center is Hiratsuka TV Tower, and on the right in the rear is Sagami Bay and the mouth of the Sagami River.)
Hiratsuka Tanabata festival

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References

↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research (2011), Table 3; retrieved 2012-12-18.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)."Tōkaidō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 973.

Other websites

http://www.city.hiratsuka.kanagawa.jp/index-e.htm Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; http://www.city.hiratsuka.kanagawa.jp/index.htm Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research (2011), Table 3; retrieved 2012-12-18.

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

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