Hiratsuka, Kanagawa

Hiratsuka (Japanese平 冢 市, - shi) is a city in the south of the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa.

Geography

Hiratsuka, south of Tokyo and Atsugi, southwest of Yokohama, west of Chigasaki and east of Odawara in Sagami Bay.

The Sagami (river) flows through the city from the northeast to the southeast.

History

Hiratsuka was a post station (宿 场 町Shukuba -machi ) of the Tōkaidō during the Edo period.

The city was founded on April 1, 1932.

Attractions

  • Tanabata Festival

Traffic

  • Road National Road 1, by Tōkyō and Kyōto
  • National Road 129, to Atsugi and Sagamihara
  • Tōkaidō

Factories

Sports

Hiratsuka is the home of the football club Shonan Bell Mare.

Twinning

  • Japan Takayama, Japan, since 1982
  • Japan Izu, Japan, since 1982
  • Japan Hanamaki, Japan, since 1984
  • United States Lawrence, United States, since 1990

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Yohei Kono (* 1937), LDP politicians
  • Taro Kono (* 1963), LDP politicians
  • Kayoko Obata (born 1971 ), marathon runner
  • Hinata Watanabe ( born 1986 ), Welterweight kickboxer

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Chigasaki
  • Atsugi
  • Oiso
  • Ninomiya
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