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History of Kanagawa Ward
Last Updated March 28, 2024
| Christian era | Japanese calendar | An event |
|---|---|---|
| 1266 | Bunei 3 | The place name of Kanagawa. In the lower sentence of Tokimune Hojo, there is "Kannagawa". |
| 1510 | Eisho era 7 | Battle of Gongenyama |
| 1601 | Keicho era 6 | The Tokaido-juku station horseback system is established. Kanagawa-juku installation |
| 1604 | Keicho era 9 | Maintain the Tokaido and place a milestone |
| 1622 | Genna 8 | It is said that Kanagawa Goten was built in Gotencho (Kanagawa Aokicho Yearbook) |
| 1655 | Meiryaku era Source | It is said that the Kanagawa Goten was destroyed (Kanagawa Aokicho Yearbook) |
| 1667 | Kanbun 7 | Yoshidashinden Landfill |
| 1703 | Genroku era 16 | Genroku era earthquake |
| 1707 | Hoei era 4 | Mount Fuji eruption, you can see Hoeizan. Major damage to Musashi and Sagami |
| 1786 | Tenmei era 6 | 300 houses burned down in Kanagawa-juku fire |
| 1802 | Kyowa era 2 | The first edition of "Tokaido Naka-Kurige" by Tokasha 19 |
| 1803 | Kyowa era 3 | To send out a village statement book of Shukumura for the purpose of the Shogunate and the Gokaido Branch Office |
| 1806 | Culture 3 | Completed five-kaido section extension picture |
| 1824 | Bunsei 7 | Published by Sunako Kanakawa |
| 1831 | Tenpo era 2 | Kanagawa-juku fire, a fire from Arajuku town. I go to Aokicho. More than 1,200 houses burned down |
| 1832 | Tenpo era 3 | Hokusai Katsushika "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" |
| 1833 | Tenpo era 4 | Published by Hiroshige Ando, "53rd Tokaido" |
| 1836 | Tenpo era 7 | Published by the Edo Famous Zoukai |
| 1843 | Tenpo era 14 | Published by Tokaido-juku Village Major Book |
| 1853 | Kaei era 6 | Arriving to Perry Uraga |
| 1854 | Ansei Gen | Concluded Japan-U.S. Peace Treaty (Kanagawa Convention) with the Shogunate and Perry |
| 1855 | Ansei 2 | Ansei Earthquake |
| 1856 | Ansei 3 | Became Consul General Harris Shimoda |
| 1857 | Ansei 4 | Ordering the Shogunate and Matsuyama Domain to guard Kanagawa |
| 1858 | Ansei 5 | The Shogunate concludes the Japan-U.S. Osamu Trade Treaty with Harris in Kanagawa |
| 1859 | Ansei 6 | Consul-General of Japan in the United Kingdom arrived |
| Open Kanagawa, Nagasaki and Hakodate | ||
| Start of ship traffic between Kanagawa and Sudai | ||
| Construction of Daiba, Kanagawa | ||
| Hebon, a missionary doctor of the U.S. Elders Missionary, arrived in Kanagawa | ||
Provincial Church Missionary Brown, Missionary Doctor Simons, Visit Kanagawa | ||
| Set up 7 barrier gates and 10 guard stations | ||
| 1860 | Manen Gen | Completed Daiba, Kanagawa |
| 1862 | Bunkyu 2 | Namamugi Incident |
| 1868 | Keio 4 | Kanagawa-juku big fire, Nishinomachi fire. I'm going to the village. |
| Meiji Gen | September 8 Meiji and Kaigen | |
| 1869 | Meiji 2 | Telegraph opening between Tokyo and Yokohama |
| 1870 | Meiji 3 | The name of Honjin and Wakihonjin is abolished. |
| Completed Kanagawa Overpass (first Aokibashi Bridge) | ||
| 1871 | Meiji 4 | Completion of Takashimacho landfill at Kaemon Takashima |
| Abolition of gates and guards | ||
| 1872 | Meiji 5 | Opening of railway between Shimbashi and Yokohama |
| 1873 | Meiji 6 | Elimination of high bills |
| 1879 | Meiji 12 | Fire at Aokicho, burned down 220 houses |
| 1889 | Meiji 22 | The birth of Yokohama-shi |
| 1901 | Meiji 34 | Kanagawa Town merged into the city |
| 1904 | Meiji 37 | Yokohama Electric Railway opens between Kanagawa and Oebashi Bridge (beginning of streetcars) |
| 1905 | Meiji 38 | Keihin Electric Railway, between Shinagawa and Kanagawa (later Keikyu) |
| 1908 | Meiji 41 | Yokohama Railway opened between Higashikanagawa and Hachioji (later JR Yokohama Line) |
| 1923 | Taisho 12 | Great Kanto Earthquake |
| 1926 | Taisho 15 | Tokyo Yokohama Railway opens between Maruko Tama River and Kanagawa (later Toukyu Toyoko Line) |
| Completion of Keihin Daiichi National Highway | ||
| 1927 | 2, Showa | Kanagawa ward system enforcement |
| 1928 | 3, Showa | Opening between Toukyu Toyoko Line and Kanagawa-Takashima (later Takashimacho) |
| 1929 | 4, Showa | It is reclaimed. |
| 1930 | 5, Showa | It is built. |
| Opening of Kanagawa Park | ||
| 1931 | 6, Showa | Established in Yamanouchicho, Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market |
| 1945 | 20, Showa | Great Yokohama Air Raid |
| World War II ended. | ||
| 1947 | 22, Showa | Opened Oguchi Station on the JR Yokohama Line |
| 1949 | 24, Showa | The Yokohama Trade Expo will be held in Tammachi. |
| Completed in Aokicho, ward office building | ||
| 1950 | 25, Showa | City Hall moved to the site of the Yokohama Trade Exposition (Tammachi) |
| 1955 | 30, Showa | The 10th National Athletic Meet held |
| 1956 | 31, Showa | Yokohama City will become a government-designated city. |
| 1959 | 34, Showa | Relocated to City Hall, Minatocho, Naka-ku |
| 1963 | 38, Showa | The opening of Sorimachi Park on the site of the city hall |
| 1964 | 39, Showa | Completed in Hirodai-Ota-cho, ward general government building |
| Completed Mitsuzawa Park Stadium | ||
| Tokyo Olympics held | ||
| 1965 | 40, Showa | Opening of the Daisan Keihin Expressway |
| 1967 | 42, Showa | Opened Kanagawa Ward Youth Library (currently Kougaya Park Community House) |
| 1969 | 44, Showa | Abolition of streetcars in the ward |
| 1970 | 45, Showa | Opening of Hiranuma Memorial Gymnasium |
| 1972 | 47, Showa | Abolition of trolley bus in ward |
| 1974 | 49, Showa | The first inhabitant of a ward meeting |
| 1975 | 50, Showa | The first gathering of inhabitants of a ward |
| 1976 | 51, Showa | The first inhabitant of a ward festival held |
| Kanagawa Ondo establishment and announcement | ||
| 1978 | 53, Showa | Opening of Kanagawa public hall |
| 1979 | 54, Showa | Tokaido Freight Line Tsurumi-Yokohama-Hazawa-Tozuka opens |
| 1981 | 56, Showa | Opening of the Kandaiji District Center |
| Establishment of ward symbol mark | ||
| 1983 | 58, Showa | Opening of the Forest of Toyokenji Citizens |
| Ward mascot mark establishment | ||
| 1984 | 59, Showa | Opened Sawando Chuo Park |
| 1985 | 60, Showa | Municipal Subway, opening between Yokohama and Shin-Yokohama |
| 1986 | 61, Showa | Opening of the Kanagawa District Center |
| 1987 | 62, Showa | Kanagawa Library Opens |
| Opening of Urashimaso | ||
| 1988 | 63, Showa | Complete maintenance of Mitsuzawa murmuring green road |
| Tree of ward (fist), flower of ward (tulip) establishment of ward | ||
| 1989 | Heisei Gen | Yokohama Exposition held |
| 1990 | 2, Heisei | The ward office annex |
| 1991 | 3, Heisei | The first Kanagawa Ward Tulip Festival |
| Kandaiji Chuo Park Children's Log House Opening | ||
| Ward Office Main Building Redevelopment | ||
| 1992 | 4, Heisei | Established Kanagawa Ward Cultural Association |
| Urashimaoka Junior High School Community House Opening | ||
| Opened Tammachi Home Support Service Center (currently Sorimachi Community Care Plaza) | ||
| Opened the Kaminogi District Center (currently attached to the Kaminogi Community Care Plaza) | ||
| 1993 | 5, Heisei | Selection and presentation of Kanagawa Ward's image song "Hayaharuka" |
| 1994 | 6, Heisei | Kanagawa Sports Center opened |
| Type 2 Urban Redevelopment Project in Port Said District | ||
| Opening of Rokukakubashi Junior High School Community House | ||
| Designated municipal elementary and junior high schools (22 schools) as evacuation shelter | ||
| Start of separate collection of cans and bottles throughout the city | ||
| 1996 | 8, Heisei | Start of "Fureai Visit" |
| 1997 | 9, Heisei | Establishment of Lifelong Learning Support Center |
| Formulated Kanagawa Ward disaster preparedness plan (Earthquake Countermeasures) | ||
| Completed maintenance of the Irie River murmuring green road | ||
| Establishment of Child and Family Support Center | ||
| 1999 | 11, Heisei | Hato friend Kanagawa Wakakusa opened |
| Open Kougaya Park Community House | ||
| Opening of Sugeta Community Care Plaza | ||
| Opening of the Sugeta District Center | ||
| 2000 | 12, Heisei | Opening of Katakura Sanmai Community Care Plaza |
| Completed first-class urban redevelopment project in the west area of Shinkoyasu Station | ||
| 2001 | 13, Heisei | Opening of Shinkoyasu Community Care Plaza |
| 2002 | 14, Heisei | Establishment of Health and Welfare Center |
| Higashi-Knagawa Station East Exit Type 1 Urban Redevelopment Project Completed | ||
| 2003 | 15, Heisei | Kankaku City Eastern Nursing Building |
| Yokohama City Urban Planning Master Plan Kanagawa Ward Plan “Kanagawa Ward Town Development Plan” | ||
| 2004 | 16, Heisei | Opening of Minato Mirai Line |
| Opening of the Shirohata District Center | ||
| Opening of the Kankaku Hall | ||
| Inhabitant of a ward activity support center establishment | ||
| 2005 | 17, Heisei | Formulation of Kanagawa Ward Community Welfare and Health Plan |
| 2006 | 18, Heisei | 50 selections of Kanagawa in our town |
| Opened Sawando Mitsuzawa Community Care Plaza | ||
| 2007 | 19, Heisei | Opening of Kanagawa Local Activities Home Honobo |
| Opening of "Kanachie", a local child-rearing support base | ||
| 2008 | 20, Heisei | Opening of the harbor main road |
| 2009 | 21, Heisei | Select "I'm the best place in my town" |
| 2010 | 22, Heisei | Sorimachi station square contact salon opening |
| 2011 | 23, Heisei | The entire Toyoko Flower Green Road opened |
| Opening of the Yokohama Animal Protection Center | ||
| 2015 | 27, Heisei | Yokohama Institute of Environmental Science moved from Isogo Ward to Ebisu-cho, Kanagawa-ku |
| Opened the Bank of Yokohama Ice Arena (formerly Kanagawa Skate Rink) | ||
| 2016 | 28, Heisei | Kanagawa Support Love Plan (3rd Kanagawa Ward Community Welfare and Health Plan) Formulation |
| 2017 | 29, Heisei | 90th Anniversary of Kanagawa Ward System |
| 2019 | 31, Heisei | Yokohama City Planning Master Plan Kanagawa Ward Plan |
| 2020 | Reiwa 2 | Municipal Municipal Hospital moved to Mitsuzawanishimachi |
| 2021 | Reiwa 3 | Opened Kanachie Satellite |
| 2022 | Reiwa 4 | Kanagawa Support Love Plan (4th Kanagawa Ward Community Welfare and Health Plan) Formulation |
| 2023 | Reiwa 5 | Opened Sotetsu and Tokyu Direct Lines |
| 2024 | Reiwa 6 | Multicultural Symbiosis Lounge Open |
Origin of Kanagawa place name
What is the origin of the name "Kanagawa"?
There are several theories, and I don't know the truth....。
A long time ago, the small flow that flowed through the ward was called "Kaminashigawa".
It's always a little bit of water running out. Because I don't know where the water source was, it was called a "river without upper (kami)". It is a story that one day, abbreviated the two characters of "mi" and "shi" and came to refer to "Kanakawa".
Also, when Yamato Takeru went east, he was ready to sail at the current seaside Yugaura in Kanagawa. That was the "Kaminashigawa". At that time, the treasure sword received by Yamatohime was brilliantly reflected in the river water of the river, so this area was named Kanakawa. After that, time went on, and Yoritomo Minamoto won the wind and light of this Kanagawa, saying, "<gold> controls the west direction, but the west corresponds to the upper part, and the Imperial Castle (Kojo = the capital, the place where Tenshi lives). This is a place that greatly shows God. Kanakawa with <very indicating greatly> as the word "na". → Shindaiji River → It is said that Kanagawa should be Kanagawa, so from that time Kanakawa was Kanagawa.
In addition, some ancient documents are described as "Kannagawa", "Kano River", "Kano River", and "Kana River". .
[Reference Source: Kanagawa Ward, etc.]
Inquiries to this page
Kanagawa Ward General Affairs Department Ward Administration Promotion Division
Telephone: 045-411-7027
Telephone: 045-411-7027
Fax: 045-314-8890
Email address: kg-kusei@city.yokohama.jp
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