Sagamihara
Sagamihara (Japanese相 模 原 市, -shi ) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan. It is located inland on the Sagamihara plateau.
History
The present city of Sagamihara was founded on November 20, 1954 by incorporations.
Politics and Administration
Since April 1, 2010 Sagamihara is a " big city by government decree " ( Seirei shitei toshi ) and is divided into the three districts ( Ku ) Midori, Chūō and Minami.
Mayor of Sagamihara since the regional elections in 2007, a first-term Toshio Kayama, previously Deputy Mayor ( joyaku ) under his predecessor died in Isao Ogawa and longtime employee of the municipality. He was confirmed in office in 2011. The same elected City Council has regular 49 members ( Midori -ku: 12, Chūō -ku: 18, Minami -ku: 19), including 2011 22 non-party deputies, spread along with the party bound to multiple fractions. The strongest of these are the two DPJ -affiliated factions Shinsei club with 17 members and Minshu - Shin Mushozoku no Kai ( " Democrat [ s ] / new assembly of Independent " ) with twelve. (Updated: May 16, 2011).
Traffic
- Street: Chūō - highway, Tokyo or Nagoya direction
- National Road 16, to Yokosuka, Saitama or Chiba
- National Road 20
- National roads 129, 412, 413
- JR Yokohama Line, Yokohama direction or Hachioji
- JR Sagami Line, Chigasaki direction
- Odakyu Odawara Line, Shinjuku direction or Odawara
- Odakyu Enoshima Line, direction Fujisawa
Economy
Sagamihara is industrial in character, above all, chemical products, electronic equipment, canned food and metal goods are manufactured.
Other Facilities
- Aoyama Gakuin University since moving from Atsugi in 2003.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Tomoyoshi Koyama ( motorcycle racer )
- Yukio Ozaki ( politicians, in what was then born Matano )
Twin Cities
Adjacent cities and municipalities
- Machida
- Hachioji
- Atsugi
- Yamato
- Zama