Tama Hills

The Tama Hill Country (Japanese多摩丘 陵, Tama - kyūryū ) is a hill country in the Japanese Kanto plain. It extends from the south-west of Tokyo down to the northeastern prefecture of Kanagawa and is bordered in the northeast by the same Tama River. The entire area comprises approximately 300 km ².

Location

The hill country touches that belong to the Prefecture Tokyo City Hachioji, Hino, Tama, Inagi and Machida, and the cities of Kawasaki and Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Settlement Historical Notes

Prehistory

Chance of remains have been excavated from Jomon settlements Age hunters and gatherers.

Post-war period

Since the 1950s, the area has been extensively developed to meet the demand for residential space of the two fast-growing megacities Tokyo and Yokohama justice. The hills take now as a patchwork of new residential suburbs and flat wooded hills and remaining agricultural niches; places still exist large areas of forest. During this period notable settlement projects such as the New Towns Tama and the Kohoku.

Attractions

  • TamaTech - a theme park
  • Tama Zoo - one of the largest zoological gardens in Japan
  • Zoorasia - Zoo Asahi district, Yokohama ( English website )
  • Yomiuri Land - a leisure park (Japanese site )
  • Be issued an open air museum in Tama -ku, Kawasaki in the farmhouse ( minka ) from all over Japan (English website) - Nihon Minka -en.

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  • Region in Japan
  • Geography ( Tokyo Prefecture)
  • Yokohama
  • Kawasaki ( Kanagawa )
Hino, Tokyo Tama, Tokyo Inagi, Tokyo Machida, Tokyo Kawasaki (Kanagawa) Planned community Tama Zoological Park Nihon Minka-en
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