ÅŒiso, Kanagawa

Oiso (Japanese大 矶 町, machi ) is a town on the main Japanese island of Honshu in the district of Naka in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Oiso lies south of Tokyo and Yokohama on the Sagami Bay.

History

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

Traffic

  • Street: Route 1, according to Tokyo or Kyoto
  • Tōkaidō
  • JR Tōkaidō Main Line by Tōkyō or Atami

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Hiratsuka
  • Ninomiya

Twinning

  • Japan Komoro, Japan, since 1968
  • United States Dayton, United States, since 1968
  • Japan Yamaguchi, Japan, since 1973
  • United States Racine, United States, since 1982
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