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Former Tomioka Warehouse Area
Last update date July 5, 2023
Former Tomioka Warehouse Area
Date of requisition
- September 2, 1945
Date of return
- May 25, 2009
Location
- Kanazawa Ward
- Tomioka Higashi 2-chome, Torihama-cho
Area
- Land:
- 28,988 square meters (national state-owned)
- Designation of regional districts, etc.:
- Nozumi area (24,156 square meters) Class 1 residential area, industrial area, semi-fire prevention area
- Landing area (4,832 square meters) Industrial area, harbor area
Overview
- Until 1970, the US Army Storage Bureau had warehouses, field storage, heliport, landing area, shooting range, shooting range, etc., and it was a preliminary facility for Yokohama North Dock, but most of it was returned in February 1971. Was. The remaining part was used as a field and a landing site, but the entire area was returned on May 25, 2009.
Progress
- September 2, 1945
- The former Japanese Navy's flight boat base was requisitioned as the U.S. Army 508 Communication Repair Corps facility.
- December, 1961
- The name was changed to "Tomioka Warehouse Area".
- September 23, 1970
- This 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 has been returned.
- May 29, 1972
- The National Property Regional Council has decided to use the site of the return site.
Ministry of Finance (3.75 hectares for public servants)
Kanagawa Prefectural Police (riot police station: 5.65 hectares)
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 wood and other materials were brought in, we inquired the Yokohama Defense Facilities Bureau about the background and purpose of the import, and made an offer not to carry dangerous goods.
- October 30, 1996
- At the request of the local Neighborhood Associations, the city has requested the Yokohama Defense Facilities Bureau for return or temporary use.
- October 4, 1998
- It was the first time that the parking lot of the Southern Market Festival was approved.
- October 18, 2004
- The U.S.-Japan Joint Committee agreed on a policy to return it.
- May 25, 2009
- The above 28,988 square meters of land has been returned. As a result, all of the Tomioka Warehouse area was realized.
- November 17, 2010
- Received a report from the government (Ministry of Finance, Yokohama Finance Office) on the final results of the soil contamination survey.
- March 31, 2011
- A part of the field (approximately 650 square meters) was acquired by the city as a site for redevelopment of the Hygiene Research Institute.
- July, 2011
- Formulated a basic plan to use the site of the former Tomioka warehouse district.
- March 29, 2012
- A part of the field (approximately 1,200 square meters) was received free loan from the government as a sewerage management site.
- December 1, 2014
- The Health Research Institute has been opened.
Soil Contamination Survey (Ministry of Finance)
About the results of the general survey (April 2010 press release document (PDF: 46KB) ・ Summary of general survey (PDF: 56KB))
Details of the detailed survey (November 2010 press release document (PDF: 235KB)))
Basic Plan for Use of the Site of the former Tomioka Warehouse Area (July 2011)
About ruins use basic plan of former Tomioka warehouse district (summary) (PDF: 640KB)
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