• Source: Asahi-ku, Yokohama

      • Asahi-ku (旭) is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward has an estimated population of 249,045 and a population density of 7,600 persons per km2. The total area is 32.77 km2.


      Geography


      Asahi is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and on the northwest borders of the city of Yokohama.


      = Surrounding municipalities

      =
      Seya Ward
      Totsuka Ward
      Midori Ward
      Izumi Ward
      Hodogaya Ward


      History


      The area around present-day Asahi Ward was formerly part of Tsuzuki District in Musashi Province. By the Heian period it was part of a huge shōen administered by the Hangaya clan, a subsidiary of the Hatakeyama clan. During the Edo period, it was a rural region classified as tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto. After the Meiji Restoration, the area became part of the new Kanagawa Prefecture in 1868. In the cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, the area was divided into numerous villages. During the Meiji period, the area was a center for sericulture. The area began to urbanize only during the 1920s and 1930s with the building of the Sagami Railway Main Line. On October 1, 1927, it was annexed by the neighboring city of Yokohama, becoming part of Hodogaya Ward. In a major administrative reorganization of October 1, 1969, Asahi Ward was separated from Hodogaya Ward, becoming an independent ward within the city of Yokohama.


      Economy


      Asahi Ward is largely a regional commercial center and bedroom community for central Yokohama and Tokyo.


      Transportation




      = Railroads

      =
      Sagami Railway – Sagami Railway Main Line
      Tsurugamine - Futamata-gawa - Kibōgaoka
      Sagami Railway – Sagami Railway Izumino Line
      Futamata-gawa - Minami-Makigahara
      The Tōkaidō Shinkansen passes through Asahi Ward, but has no stations.


      = Highways

      =
      Japan National Route 16
      Hodogaya Bypass


      Prefectural roads


      Kanagawa Prefectural Route 40
      Kanagawa Prefectural Route 45
      Kanagawa Prefectural Route 401
      Kanagawa Prefectural Route 402


      Education


      Prefectural high schools are operated by the Kanagawa Prefecture Board of Education. Prefectural senior high schools:

      Asahi High School
      Futamatagawa Nursing And Welfare Senior High School
      Kibōgaoka High School
      Yokohama Kyokuryō High School
      Private secondary schools:

      Seisa Junior & Senior High School - JHS and HS
      Yokohama Fujimigaoka Gakuen - JHS and HS
      Yokohama Shōdai High School
      The Yokohama Municipal Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.
      Public junior high schools:

      Primary schools:

      Kamisugeda Sasa-no-oka Elementary School (上菅田笹の丘小学校) and Kawashima Elementary School (川島小学校), which have their campuses outside of Asahi-ku, have zones that include portions of Asahi-ku.


      Local attractions



      Yokohama Zoological Gardens


      Notable people from Asahi Ward



      Hideyuki Awano, professional baseball player
      Ryō Kase, actor
      Kentarō Kobayashi, actor, artist
      Ryoko Yonekura, actress


      References


      Kato, Yuzo. Yokohama Past and Present. Yokohama City University (1990).


      External links



      Official website
      City of Yokohama statistics (in Japanese)
      Geographic data related to Asahi-ku, Yokohama at OpenStreetMap

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