Former Tomioka Warehouse Area

Aerial photograph of the former Tomioka Warehouse District

September 2, 1945

May 25, 2009

Kanazawa Ward

Tomioka Higashi 2-chome, Torihama-cho

Land:

28,988 square meters (National)

Designation of regional districts, etc.:

Nozumiba (24,156 square meters) Class 1 residential area, industrial area, semi-fire prevention area

Landing area (4,832 square meters) Industrial and harbor areas

Until 1970, there were warehouses, field yards, heliports, landings, shooting ranges, etc. as destinations of the U.S. Army Storage Bureau, which was a preliminary facility of Yokohama North Dock, but most were returned in February 1971. Was. The rest was used as a field yard and landing site.

Please see here (use of former site of former Tomioka warehouse district) about approach of use of former site.

September 2, 1945

The former Japanese Navy flight base was requisitioned as a facility for the U.S. Army 508 Communication Repair Corps.

December, 1961

The name was changed to "Tomioka Warehouse Area".

September 23, 1970

The facility was transferred from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Navy.

January 7, 1971

The Japan-US Joint Committee agreed to return a part of the Tomioka Warehouse Area.

February 17, 1971

The above 312,573 square meters of land was returned.

May 29, 1972

The National Property Regional Council has decided on a plan to use the site of the return site.
Ministry of Finance (3.75 hectares of public servant housing)
Kanagawa Prefectural Police (5.65 hectares of riot police training ground)
Yokohama City (Parks and Roads: 23.03 hectares)

March 20, 1975

The city opened the park on the site of the return site as Tomioka General Park.

March 5, 1992

Since timber and other supplies were brought in, we asked the Yokohama Defense Facilities Bureau about the background and purpose of the import, and made an offer not to bring in dangerous goods.

October 30, 1996

At the request of the local Neighborhood Associations, the city requested the Yokohama Defense Facilities Bureau to return or temporarily use it.

October 4, 1998

For the first time, temporary use was recognized as a parking lot for the Southern Market Festival.

October 18, 2004

The Japan-U.S. Joint Committee agreed on the return policy.

May 25, 2009

The above 28,988 square meters of land was returned. As a result, the entire Tomioka warehouse area was returned.

November 17, 2010

We received a report from the government (Yokohama Finance Office, Ministry of Finance) on the final results of the soil contamination survey.

March 31, 2011

A part of the Nozumi area (approximately 650 square meters) was acquired by the city as a site for redevelopment of the Sanitation Research Institute.

July, 2011

We have formulated a basic plan to use the site of the former Tomioka Warehouse district.

March 29, 2012

A part of the Nozumi area (approximately 1,200 square meters) was loaned free of charge from the government as a sewerage management site.

December 1, 2014

The Institute of Health has been opened.

About result of general situation investigation (press release document in April, 2010 (PDF: 46KB), summary of general situation investigation (PDF: 56KB))

About result of detailed investigation (press release document in November, 2010 (PDF: 235KB))

Former Tomioka Warehouse Area Basic Plan (Summary) (PDF: 640KB)