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History Chronology of Kanagawa Ward
Last Updated March 28, 2024
| C.E.E. | Japanese calendar | An event |
|---|---|---|
| 1266 | Bunei 3 | Place names in Kanagawa. Tokimune Hojo's lower sentence "Kannagawa" is written. |
| 1510 | Eisho era 7 | Battle of Gongenyama |
| 1601 | Keicho era 6 | The system of Tokaido-juku station horse riding is established. Kanagawa-juku installation |
| 1604 | Keicho era 9 | The Tokaido Highway is set up and a milestone. |
| 1622 | Genna 8 | It is said that the Kanagawa Goten was built in Gotencho (Kanagawa Aokicho Yearbook) |
| 1655 | Meiryaku era Gen | It is said that the Kanagawa Goten was destroyed (Kanagawa Aokicho Yearbook) |
| 1667 | Kanbun 7 | Reclaimed land at Yoshidashinden |
| 1703 | Genroku era 16 | Genroku era earthquake |
| 1707 | Hoei era 4 | Mount Fuji eruption, Hoeizan can be formed. Damage to Musashi and Sagami |
| 1786 | Tenmei era 6 | Kanagawa-juku fire destroyed 300 houses |
| 1802 | Kyowa era 2 | Published in the first edition of Tokaido Nakakurige Kurige, published by Tokasha Shrine |
| 1803 | Kyowa era 3 | The Shogunate, send a village statement book for Shukumura for the purpose of use of the picture of Gokaido Bunma |
| 1806 | Culture 3 | Completed picture of Gokaido Bunma Nobumichi |
| 1824 | Bunsei 7 | Published by Sunako Kanakawa |
| 1831 | Tenpo era 2 | Kanagawa-juku fire broke out from Arajuku town. It goes to Aokicho. More than 1,200 houses burned down |
| 1832 | Tenpo era 3 | Published by Hokusai Katsushika "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" |
| 1833 | Tenpo era 4 | Hiroshige Ando, "53rd Tokaido" |
| 1836 | Tenpo era 7 | Published by Edo Famous Zoukai |
| 1843 | Tenpo era 14 | Published by Tokaido Sukumura |
| 1853 | Kaei era 6 | Arrival to Perry Uraga |
| 1854 | Ansei Gen | Concluded the Japan-U.S.-Japan Friendship Treaty (Kanagawa Convention) with Perry. |
| 1855 | Ansei 2 | Ansei Great Earthquake |
| 1856 | Ansei 3 | U.S. Consul-General of Harris Shimoda |
| 1857 | Ansei 4 | The Shogunate ordered Matsuyama Domain to guard Kanagawa Prefecture |
| 1858 | Ansei 5 | Concludes Japan-U.S. Trade Treaty with Harris in Kanagawa Prefecture |
| 1859 | Ansei 6 | U.K. Consul General in Japan |
| Opened Kanagawa, Nagasaki and Hakodate | ||
| Started vessel between Kanagawa and Sudan | ||
| Construction of Daiba, Kanagawa | ||
| U.S. Elder Church's missionary Doctor Haebbon, come to Kanagawa | ||
U.S. reformist Church, Brown, missionary physician Simons, arrived in Kanagawa | ||
| 7 gates and 10 guards were set up | ||
| 1860 | Manen Gen | Daiba, Kanagawa completed |
| 1862 | Bunkyu 2 | Namamugi Incident |
| 1868 | Keio 4 | Kanagawa-juku fire broke out from Nishinomachi. It goes to raw wheat village. |
| Meiji Gen | September 8 Meiji and Reform | |
| 1869 | Meiji 2 | Telegraph opened between Tokyo and Yokohama |
| 1870 | Meiji 3 | Abolish the name of Honjin and Wakihonjin. |
| Completed Kanagawa Overpass (the first Aokibashi Bridge) | ||
| 1871 | Meiji 4 | Completed Kaemon Takashima and Takashimacho Landfill |
| Abolition of Kanmon and Bansho. | ||
| 1872 | Meiji 5 | Opened the Shimbashi-Yokohama Railway |
| 1873 | Meiji 6 | Elimination of High Bills |
| 1879 | Meiji 12 | The fire of 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, opened 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, opening between Higashikanagawa and Hachioji (later JR Yokohama Line) |
| 1923 | Taisho 12 | Great Kanto Earthquake |
| 1926 | Taisho 15 | Tokyo Yokohama Railway, 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 | Toukyu Toyoko Line opened between Kanagawa and Takashima (later Takashimacho) |
| 1929 | 4, Showa | It is reclaimed. |
| 1930 | 5, Showa | It is built. |
| Opening of Kanagawa Park | ||
| 1931 | 6, Showa | Opened in Yamanouchicho, Yokohama Central Wholesale Market |
| 1945 | 20, Showa | Yokohama Air Raid |
| World War II is over. | ||
| 1947 | 22, Showa | The current JR Yokohama Line Oguchi Station opened |
| 1949 | 24, Showa | The Yokohama Trade Exposition will be held in Tammachi. |
| Completed in Aokicho, ward office building | ||
| 1950 | 25, Showa | City Hall moved to the site of the Yokohama Trade Expo (Tammachi) |
| 1955 | 30, Showa | Held the 10th National Athletic Meet |
| 1956 | 31, Showa | Yokohama City will become a government-designated city. |
| 1959 | 34, Showa | Relocated to City Hall, Minatocho, Naka-ku |
| 1963 | 38, Showa | Sorimachi Park opened on the site of the city hall |
| 1964 | 39, Showa | Completed in Hirodaiota-cho, General Government Office |
| Completed Mitsuzawa Park Stadium | ||
| Tokyo Olympic Games | ||
| 1965 | 40, Showa | Opened Daisan Keihin Expressway |
| 1967 | 42, Showa | Kanagawa Ward Youth Library opened (now Kougaya Park Community House) |
| 1969 | 44, Showa | Tram abolition of streetcars in ward |
| 1970 | 45, Showa | Hiranuma Memorial Gymnasium opens |
| 1972 | 47, Showa | Abolition of trolley bus in ward |
| 1974 | 49, Showa | 1st inhabitant of a ward meeting |
| 1975 | 50, Showa | Gathering of the first inhabitants of a ward |
| 1976 | 51, Showa | 1st inhabitant of a ward festival held |
| Kanagawa Ondo established and announced | ||
| 1978 | 53, Showa | Opened in Kanagawa public hall |
| 1979 | 54, Showa | Tokaido Freight Line between Tsurumi-Yokohama-Hazawa and Tozuka |
| 1981 | 56, Showa | Opening of Kandaiji District Center |
| Establishment of ward symbol mark | ||
| 1983 | 58, Showa | Hokenji Citizen's Forest Opening |
| Ward mascot mark establishment | ||
| 1984 | 59, Showa | Sawando Chuo Park opened |
| 1985 | 60, Showa | Municipal Subway opened between Yokohama and Shin-Yokohama |
| 1986 | 61, Showa | Kanagawa District Center opened |
| 1987 | 62, Showa | Kanagawa Library opened |
| Urashimaso opened | ||
| 1988 | 63, Showa | Mitsuzawa Seseragi Green Road Improvement |
| Ward tree (fist) of ward, flower (tulip) establishment | ||
| 1989 | Heisei Gen | Held at Yokohama Expo |
| 1990 | 2, Heisei | Ward Office Annex |
| 1991 | 3, Heisei | 1st Kanagawa Ward Tulip Festival |
| Kandaji Chuo Park Children's Log House opened | ||
| Redevelopment of ward office main building | ||
| 1992 | 4, Heisei | Kanagawa Ward Cultural Association established |
| Opening of Urashimaoka Junior High School Community House | ||
| Opening of Tammachi Home Support Service Center (now Sorimachi Community Care Plaza) | ||
| Opening of the Kaminogi District Center (currently with the Kaminogi Community Care Plaza) | ||
| 1993 | 5, Heisei | Selection and presentation of Kanagawa Ward image song "Early Spring Flower" |
| 1994 | 6, Heisei | Kanagawa Sports Center opened |
| Port Said District Type II Urban Redevelopment Project | ||
| Opened Rokukakubashi Junior High School Community House | ||
| Designated elementary and junior high schools (22 schools) designated as evacuation shelter | ||
| Started separate collection of cans and bottles throughout the city | ||
| 1996 | 8, Heisei | "Contact Visit" Start |
| 1997 | 9, Heisei | Lifelong Learning Support Center Establishment |
| Formulated the Kanagawa Ward disaster preparedness plan (Earthquake Countermeasures) | ||
| Completed construction of the Irie River murmuring green road | ||
| Establishment of Child and Family Support Center | ||
| 1999 | 11, Heisei | Hato Tomo, Kanagawa, Wakakusa |
| Kougaya Park Community House opened | ||
| Opening of Sugeta Community Care Plaza | ||
| Opening of the Sugeta District Center | ||
| 2000 | 12, Heisei | Opening of Katakura Sanmai Community Care Plaza |
| Completed a first-class urban redevelopment project in Nishi-Koyasu Station West District | ||
| 2001 | 13, Heisei | Shinkoyasu Community Care Plaza Opening |
| 2002 | 14, Heisei | Health and Welfare Center opened |
| Completed urban redevelopment project in East Exit Higashi-Kannagawa Station | ||
| 2003 | 15, Heisei | Kanaku City Eastern Rehabilitation Building |
| Yokohama City Planning Master Plan Kanagawa WardKanagawa Ward Town Development Plan | ||
| 2004 | 16, Heisei | Minato Mirai Line opened |
| Opening of the Shirohata District Center | ||
| Opening of Kanakaku Hall | ||
| Establishment of inhabitant of a ward activity support center | ||
| 2005 | 17, Heisei | Formulation of Kanagawa Ward Community Welfare and Health Plan |
| 2006 | 18, Heisei | 50 selections of Kanagawa in our town |
| Sawando Mitsuzawa Community Care Plaza Opening | ||
| 2007 | 19, Heisei | Opening of Kanagawa Local Activities Home Honobo |
| Local child-rearing support base “Kanachie” opened | ||
| 2008 | 20, Heisei | Opening of the harbor main road |
| 2009 | 21, Heisei | Selected as one of the best town in Kanagawa Prefecture |
| 2010 | 22, Heisei | Sorimachi Station Contact Salon Open |
| 2011 | 23, Heisei | Opening of Toyoko Flower Green Road |
| Yokohama Animal Protection Center Opened | ||
| 2015 | 27, Heisei | Yokohama Institute of Environmental Science moved from Isogo Ward to Ebisu-cho, Kanagawa-ku |
| Opened at the Bank of Yokohama Ice Arena (former Kanagawa Skating Rink) | ||
| 2016 | 28, Heisei | Kanagawa Support Love Plan (Third Kanagawa Ward Community Welfare and Health Plan) |
| 2017 | 29, Heisei | 90th anniversary of Kanagawa constituency system |
| 2019 | 31, Heisei | Yokohama City Planning Master Plan Kanagawa Ward Plan |
| 2020 | Reiwa 2 | Municipal Municipal Hospital moved to Mitsuzawanishimachi |
| 2021 | Reiwa 3 | Kanachie Satellite Opening |
| 2022 | Reiwa 4 | Kanagawa Support Love Plan (4th Kanagawa Ward Community Welfare and Health Plan) formulated |
| 2023 | Reiwa 5 | Opened a direct line between Sotetsu and Tokyu Corporation |
| 2024 | Reiwa 6 | Multicultural Lounge Open |
Origin of Kanagawa Place Name
What is the origin of the name "Kanagawa"?
There are some theories, and I don't know....。
A long time ago, the small flow that flowed through the ward was called "Kaminashigawa".
It is always flowing only a small amount of water. I didn't know where the water source was, so it was called a "river without upper". It is a story that someday the two letters "mi" and "shi" came to be called "Kana River".
Also, when Yamato Takeru (the only thing Yamato) went east, he prepared to sail at the current seaside Yugaura in Kanagawa. It was "Kaminashigawa". At that time, the treasure sword given by Yamatohime was reflected in the river water shining brightly in the river water, so this area was named Kanakawa. After that, time passed, and Yoritomo Minamoto commended the wind light of Kanakawa (Kanagawa), saying, "<gold> is in charge of the west direction, but the west falls on the upper part, and the Imperial Castle (Koujo = Capital, where Tenshi lives). This is a place that shows God greatly. ”And“ is called“na ”and“ Kanakawa → Shindai Oishikawa → It should be Kanagawa, so it is said that Kanakawa was Kanagawa from that time.
In addition, there are some ancient documents that are described as "Kannagawa", "Kano River", "Kano River", and "Kana River".
[Reference source: Kanagawa Ward magazine etc.]
For inquiries to this page
Kanagawa Ward General Affairs Department Ward Administration Promotion Division
Phone: 045-411-7027
Phone: 045-411-7027
Fax: 045-314-8890
Email address: kg-kusei@city.yokohama.jp
Page ID: 402-148-466
