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Konan

Last update date December 13, 2023

Konan

Konan Location on the Konan Ward Map (Image: 66KB)

Postal code: ２３３‐０００３

Konan 1-chome to Konan 6-chome

Statistical data representing the current status and transition of Konan Ward
Please refer to the latest data book Konan.

Origin and history of town name

It is a town newly established from each part of Sasashita-cho, Kamiooka-cho, and Hino-cho with the enforcement of the house indication in 1972.
In the old days, Kuraki-gun (Kurakigun) miscellaneous village, Matsumoto-mura, and Sekimura, when the municipal system was enforced in 1889, Hino-mura, Tanaka-mura, Kuriki-mura, Kaminakasato-mura, Minemura, Kooritori Sawamura and became Sasashita-cho, and became Sasashita-shi in 1927. The town name took the ward name "Konan" at local request.
"Muro no Kisaka", which is derived from the character name "Muro no Kisaka", and "Sakuramichi", famous for its row of cherry trees, pass. Sasa Shimokawa (Ookagawa) flows on the east side of 4-chome, and the Sasashita Kamariya Road passes.

Source: "Yokohama Town Name" (Issued by Yokohama City)
For more information, please see the page that summarizes the names of Konan Ward.

"Fifty Old Story of Konan"

"Town boasting Guidebook"

"Kamiooka-Konan Chuo" (PDF: 3,581KB)
"Sasashita-Hino" (PDF: 4,274KB)

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