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Origin of ward name

The name of "Asahi Ward" was determined.

Last Updated January 25, 2019

Open call for participants of ward name

From November to December 1968, the names of the new four wards that are separated from Minami Ward, Hodogaya Ward, Kohoku Ward and Totsuka Ward were solicited in "Public Relations Yokohama".

Results of open call for participants

There were 801 entries for the new ward name from Hodogaya Ward.

Breakdown of
Ranking Ward name Number of entries

1st place

West Hodogaya 119
2nd place Port West

116

3rd place

Tsurugamine

86

4th place Fujimi 80
5th place Asahi 47
6th place Green 42
7th place Sagami 23
8th place Futamatagawa 17
9th place Kibogaoka 11
10th place Nishiho 6
  Others 254
Total   801

Selection of ward name

We respected many of application ward names from citizen and were decided by discussion of ward name examination committee consisting of the mayor, assistant, related bureau Director General.

Reason for selection

Regarding the ward name, at first, group applications by residents of certain areas were also made, and concentrated on "Tsurugamine", but group applications against it from other districts were issued as "Nishiho Dogaya" and "Konishi". Was. In this way, the top three create a rivalry phenomenon in the region, and furthermore, the "mine" of "Tsurugamine" are difficult to unify characters, which may cause confusion in various registrations.
In addition, "Nishiho Dogaya" and "Konishi" are inconsistent with Nishi Ward, Hodogaya Ward and Kohoku Ward.
As a result, "Fujimi", "Asahi" and "Green" are candidates. Of these, the number of characters is the smallest and the font is concise and clear, so it was decided to be "Asahi Ward".

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Asahi Ward General Affairs Department Ward Administration Promotion Division

Phone: 045-954-6022

Phone: 045-954-6022

Fax: 045-955-2856

Email address: as-kusei@city.yokohama.jp

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