Hadano, Kanagawa
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is a city
in west-central Kanagawa Prefecture
, Japan
. As of February 2010, Hadano has an estimated population
of 170,293 and a population density
of 1,640 persons per km²; it had a total area of 103.61 km².
.
Wamyō Ruijushō
, as “Hatano”, and there has been scholarly speculation as to possible connections with the Nara period
Hata clan. From the late Heian period through the Kamakura period
, the area was divided into shoen
controlled by descendants of Fujiwara no Hidesato
, including the Sengoku period
daimyo
, the Hatano clan.
During the Edo period
, it was nominally part of Odawara Domain
, although large portions were tenryō territory controlled by the Shogun
in Edo
through various hatamoto
. After the Meiji Restoration
and with the establishment of the district system in 1878, the area came under the control of and became Hadano town on April 1, 1889. On March 26, 1896, Ōsumi District and Yurugi District were merged to form Naka District
. The town began to experience rapid growth after the opening of the Odakyu Electric Railway
in 1927. Hadano became a city on January 1, 1955 through the merger of former towns of Hadano and Minamihadano with the villages of Kitahadano and Higashihadano. The new city annexed neighboring One village and Ashigaraami District's
Kamihadano village later the same year and merged with Nishihadano Town in 1964.
cultivation to the area. The curtains closed on the industry's 300-year history in 1984, and the local farmers have largely converted to production of green tea
and ornamental flowers. A former tobacco-trading center and processing plant belonging to Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation (now Japan Tobacco
) has been replaced by a large shopping mall
.
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Cities of Japan
||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...
in west-central Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
, Japan
Japan
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. As of February 2010, Hadano has an estimated population
Population
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of 170,293 and a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 1,640 persons per km²; it had a total area of 103.61 km².
Geography
Hadano is located in the hills of west-central Kanagawa Prefecture. About half of the city area is within the borders of the Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National ParkTanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park
is a quasi-national park in the Kantō region of Honshū in Japan. It is rated a protected landscape according to the IUCN. The park includes the Tanzawa Mountains, Miyagase Dam and its surrounding forests, Hayato Great Falls and the religious sites of Mount Ōyama in the mountains of western...
.
Surrounding municiplities
- AtsugiAtsugi, Kanagawais a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 225,622 and a population density of 2,410 persons per km². The total area was 93.83 km²...
- IseharaIsehara, Kanagawais a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, Isehara had an estimated population of 100,976 and a density of 1,820 persons per km². The total area was 55.52 km². There is School of Medicine, Tokai University.-Geography:...
- HiratsukaHiratsuka, Kanagawais a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 259,991 and the density of 3,830 persons per km²...
- ŌiOi, Kanagawais a town located in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 17,928 and a density of 1,250 persons per km²...
, NakaiNakai, Kanagawais a town located in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2009, the town had an estimated population of 10,042 and a density of 502 persons per km². The total area was 20.02 km².-Surrounding municipalities:*Hiratsuka*Odawara*Hadano*Ninomiya...
, MatsudaMatsuda, Kanagawais a town located in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 11,716 and a density of 312 persons per km2...
, YamakitaYamakita, Kanagawais a town located in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 11,863 and a density of 52.8 persons per km². The total area was 224.70 km².-Geography:... - KiyoawaKiyokawa, Kanagawais a village located in Aikō District, Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the village had an estimated population of 3,556and a density of 49.9 persons per km². The total area is 71.29 km².-Geography:...
History
The name “Hadano” appears as a geographic term in the Heian periodHeian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
Wamyō Ruijushō
Wamyo Ruijusho
The is a 938 CE Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters. The Heian Period scholar Minamoto no Shitagō began compilation in 934, at the request of Emperor Daigo's daughter...
, as “Hatano”, and there has been scholarly speculation as to possible connections with the Nara period
Nara period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794. Empress Gemmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō . Except for 5 years , when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kammu established a new capital, Nagaoka-kyō, in 784...
Hata clan. From the late Heian period through the Kamakura period
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
, the area was divided into shoen
Shoen
A was a field or manor in Japan. The Japanese term comes from the Tang dynasty Chinese term zhuangyuan.Shōen, from about the 8th to the late 15th century, describes any of the private, tax-free, often autonomous estates or manors whose rise undermined the political and economic power of the...
controlled by descendants of Fujiwara no Hidesato
Fujiwara no Hidesato
was a kuge of tenth century Heian Japan. He is famous for his military exploits and courage, and is regarded the common ancestor of the Ōshū branch of the Fujiwara clan, the Yūki, Oyama, and Shimokōbe families....
, including the Sengoku period
Sengoku period
The or Warring States period in Japanese history was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century. The name "Sengoku" was adopted by Japanese historians in reference...
daimyo
Daimyo
is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...
, the Hatano clan.
During the Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
, it was nominally part of Odawara Domain
Odawara Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in western Sagami Province. It was centered on Odawara Castle in what is now the city of Odawara.-History:...
, although large portions were tenryō territory controlled by the Shogun
Shogun
A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...
in Edo
Edo
, also romanized as Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868...
through various hatamoto
Hatamoto
A was a samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as gokenin. However, in the Edo period, hatamoto were the upper vassals of the Tokugawa...
. After the Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration
The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, Reform or Renewal, was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868...
and with the establishment of the district system in 1878, the area came under the control of and became Hadano town on April 1, 1889. On March 26, 1896, Ōsumi District and Yurugi District were merged to form Naka District
Naka District, Kanagawa
is an administrative district of Japan located in central Kanagawa Prefecture. It currently consists of two towns, Ōiso, and Ninomiya.-History:Naka District was one of the four subdivisions of Sagami Province established by the late Hōjō clan of Odawara during the Sengoku period...
. The town began to experience rapid growth after the opening of the Odakyu Electric Railway
Odakyu Electric Railway
, or OER, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan best known for its Romancecar series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone....
in 1927. Hadano became a city on January 1, 1955 through the merger of former towns of Hadano and Minamihadano with the villages of Kitahadano and Higashihadano. The new city annexed neighboring One village and Ashigaraami District's
Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa
is an administrative district of Japan located in western Kanagawa Prefecture. Most of the mountainous district is sparsely populated, and is part of the Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park.-History:...
Kamihadano village later the same year and merged with Nishihadano Town in 1964.
Economy
Hadano was a regional commercial center during the Edo period following the introduction of tobaccoTobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
cultivation to the area. The curtains closed on the industry's 300-year history in 1984, and the local farmers have largely converted to production of green tea
Green tea
Green tea is made solely from the leaves of Camellia sinensis that have undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea originates from China and has become associated with many cultures throughout Asia. It has recently become more widespread in the West, where black tea is traditionally...
and ornamental flowers. A former tobacco-trading center and processing plant belonging to Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation (now Japan Tobacco
Japan Tobacco
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) has been replaced by a large shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
.
Railway
- Odakyu Electric RailwayOdakyu Electric Railway, or OER, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan best known for its Romancecar series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone....
- Odakyū Odawara Line- Tsurumaki-Onsen StationTsurumaki-Onsen Stationis a railway station on the Odakyu Electric Railway’s Odakyu Odawara Line in the city of Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The station is 55.9 rail kilometers from the line’s terminal at Shinjuku Station.- Station history:...
- Tōkaidaigaku-mae StationTokaidaigaku-mae Stationis a railway station on the Odakyu Electric Railway’s Odakyu Odawara Line in the city of Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The station is 57.0 rail kilometers from the line’s terminal at Shinjuku Station...
- Hadano StationHadano Stationis a railway station on the Odakyu Electric Railway’s Odakyu Odawara Line in the city of Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The station is 61.7 rail kilometers from the line’s terminal at Shinjuku Station.- Station history:...
- Shibusawa StationShibusawa Stationis a railway station on the Odakyu Electric Railway's Odakyu Odawara Line in the city of Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.-Lines:Shibusawa Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, and lies 65.6 rail kilometers from the line's Tokyo terminal at Shinjuku Station.-Station layout:Shibusawa...
- Tsurumaki-Onsen Station
Highways
- Japan National Route 246, to central Tokyo and NumazuNumazu, Shizuokais a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 205,636 and a population density of 1,100 persons per km². The total area was 187.11 km².- Geography:...
- Japan National Route 255, to OdawaraOdawara, Kanagawais a city located in western Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 198,466 with a population density of 1,740 persons per km² . The total area was .-Geography:...
- Tōmei ExpresswayTomei ExpresswayThe is a national expressway on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company. It is a part of Asian Highway Network -Naming:The word Tōmei is an acronym consisting of two kanji characters...
Hadano-Nakai InterchangeInterchange (road)In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...
Tourist attractions
- Tanzawa MountainsMount Tanzawais a mountain of the Tanzawa Mountains, with an elevation of . Its summit marks the border between Sagamihara, Kiyokawa in Aikō District, and Yamakita in Ashigarakami District.-References:*...
- Tsurumaki Hot SpringOnsenAn is a term for hot springs in the Japanese language, though the term is often used to describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth...
- Mount ŌyamaMount Oyama (Kanagawa), also or Mount Kunimi , is a high mountain situated on the border of Isehara, Hadano and Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Together with Mount Tanzawa and other mountains in the Tanzawa Mountains it forms the Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park...
- Hadano Castle RemainsHadano CastleHadano Castle is the name for the earthly remains of a castle structure in Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.The only feature visible is the main mound and moats....
- Sakuradote KofunSakuradote Kofunis a group of kofun burial mounds located in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture Japan. It is protected by the prefectural government as a national historic site....
Park
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Notable people from Hadano
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, singer, song-writer - SugizoSugizo, born , is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Referred to by his stage name Sugizo, he is best known as lead guitarist of the rock band Luna Sea, who were popular in the 1990s. He started his solo career in 1997 and has since collaborated with many artists...
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