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Narashino

Coordinates:35°40′49.4″N140°01′35.4″E/ 35.680389°N 140.026500°E/35.680389; 140.026500
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Narashino
Tập chí dã thị
downtown at night Morisia Tsudanuma Chiba Institute of Technology Yatsu Rose Garden Chiba International Swimming Center Frontier Soccer Field Yatsu-higata
downtown at night
Morisia Tsudanuma Chiba Institute of Technology
Yatsu Rose Garden Chiba International Swimming Center
Frontier Soccer Field Yatsu-higata
Flag of Narashino
Official seal of Narashino
Location of Narashino in Chiba Prefecture
Location of Narashino in Chiba Prefecture
Narashino is located in Japan
Narashino
Narashino
Coordinates:35°40′49.4″N140°01′35.4″E/ 35.680389°N 140.026500°E/35.680389; 140.026500
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureChiba
Government
• MayorTaisuke Miyamoto (since May 2011)
Area
• Total20.97 km2(8.10 sq mi)
Population
(November 30, 2020)
• Total175,292
• Density8,400/km2(22,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9(Japan Standard Time)
- TreeAcacia
- FlowerHydrangea
Phone number047-451-1151
Address2-1-1 Saginuma, Narashino-shi, Chiba-ken 275-8601
WebsiteOfficial website
Narashino City Hall

Narashino(Tập chí dã thị,Narashino-shi)is acitylocated inChiba Prefecture,Japan.[1][2] As of 30 November 2020,the city had an estimatedpopulationof 175,292 in 81,985 households and apopulation densityof 8400 persons per km2.[3]The total area of the city is 20.97 square kilometres (8.10 sq mi)

Geography

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Narashino is located in far northwestern Chiba Prefecture, bordered byTokyo Bayto the southwest,[4]and the prefectural capital ofChibato the east. It is approximately 20 to 30 kilometers from central Tokyo.

The city is located on theShimōsa Plateauand reclaimed land fill on Tokyo Bay, with a large difference in elevation from the inland area to the coastal area.[2]

Surrounding municipalities

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Chiba Prefecture

Climate

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Narashino has ahumid subtropical climate(KöppenCfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Narashino is 15.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1410 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.9 °C.[5]

Demographics

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Per Japanese census data,[6]the population of Narashino increased rapidly between 1950 and 1990 and has grown at a slower pace since.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
195028,667
196042,167+47.1%
197099,995+137.1%
1980125,155+25.2%
1990151,471+21.0%
2000154,036+1.7%
2010164,530+6.8%
2020176,167+7.1%

History

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The area around Narashino has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Archaeologists have foundshell middensand numerous other remains fromJōmon period,as well asburial tumulifrom theKofun period.However, for most of its history, the area was a sparsely populated wetland and swamp along the northern shore ofEdo Bay.

After theMeiji Restoration,Tsudanuma(Tân điền chiểu thôn,Tsudanuma-mura)was founded withinChiba Districton April 1, 1889 on the merger of five small hamlets with a total population of 4500 people. The area only began to develop with the coming of the railway, and Tsudanuma was raised to town status on March 3, 1903, with a population of 6000.

The Narashino area of Tsudanuma was used for cavalry maneuvers by theImperial Guardand the earlyImperial Japanese Army,and was visited by theMeiji Emperorearly in theMeiji period(1868 – 1912).[7][2]Aprisoner of war campwas built in 1904 to housePOWsfrom theRusso-Japanese Warof 1904-1905 andWorld War I.The Imperial Japanese Army Narashino School was the main training school for cavalry, and later fortank warfare.[1]

On August 1, 1954, Tsudanuma merged with a portion of the neighboring city of Chiba (the former town of Makuhari) to form the new city of Narashino.[7]

Neighborhoods

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Government

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Narashino has amayor-councilform of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameralcity council of 30 members. Narashino contributes two members to the Chiba Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part ofChiba 2nd districtof thelower houseof theDiet of Japan.

Economy

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Narashino is a regional commercial center and abedroom communityfor nearby Chiba and Tokyo, with 32,7% of the residents commuting to Tokyo per the 2010 census, and 11.7% to Funabashi and 10.5% to Chiba. The coastal area, mostly onreclaimed landis part of theKeiyō Industrial Zoneand is home to much heavy industry, especially related to chemical processing.

Transportation

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Railways

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JR EastSōbu Main Line

Tsudanuma

JR EastKeiyō Line

Shin-Narashino-

Keisei Electric Railway-Main Line

Yatsu-Keisei Tsudanuma-Keisei Ōkubo-Mimomi

Keisei Electric Railway-Chiba Line

Keisei Tsudanuma

Shin-Keisei Electric Railway-Shin-Keisei Line

Keisei Tsudanuma -Shin-Tsudanuma

Highways

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Education

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  • Chiba Institute of Technology
  • Narashino has 16 public elementary schools and eight public middle schools operated by the city government, and four public high schools operated by the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education.

Local attractions

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  • Akitsu Baseball Stadium
  • Chiba International General Swimming Center
  • Frontier Soccer Field(naming rights from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2018), formerly known as Akitsu Soccer Stadium.
  • Ōnomatsu stable

Notable places

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  • Yatsu-higata( cốc tân làm tả ), aRamsar Siteand protectedwetlandsformigratory birds.The spring and summer months see an increase of jellyfish and small crabs to the wetlands.[4]
  • Yatsu Rose Garden ( cốc tân バラ viên ), a rose garden which displays over 6,000 individual blossoms in May and October. The garden was founded with Yatsu Yūen ( cốc tân dạo chơi công viên ), anamusement parkwhich was managed by Keisei Electric Railway and closed in 1982. When the park was closed, the city bought the garden, and has managed it since that time.

Sister cities

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Noted people from Narashino

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References

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  1. ^ab"Narashino".Encyclopedia of Japan.Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012.OCLC56431036.Archived fromthe originalon 2007-08-25.Retrieved2012-07-26.
  2. ^abc"Tập chí dã ( thị )"[Narashino].Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika)(in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012.OCLC153301537.Archived fromthe originalon 2007-08-25.Retrieved2012-07-15.
  3. ^"Narashino city official statistics"(in Japanese). Japan.
  4. ^ab"Tập chí dã"[Narashino].Dijitaru Daijisen(in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012.OCLC56431036.Archived fromthe originalon 2007-08-25.Retrieved2012-07-26.
  5. ^Narashino climate data
  6. ^Narashino population statistics
  7. ^ab"Tập chí dã"[Narashino].Nihon Kokugo Daijiten(in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012.OCLC56431036.Archived fromthe originalon 2007-08-25.Retrieved2012-07-12.
  8. ^"Interactive City Directory".Sister Cities International.Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2016.Retrieved11 March2014.
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