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{{Nihongo| '''Yamato'''|大和市|Yamato-shi}} is a [[Cities of Japan|city]] located in central [[Kanagawa Prefecture]], Japan. {{As of|2021|06|01}}, the city had an estimated [[population]] of 242,065 and a [[population density]] of 8900 persons per km².<ref name="Yamato-hp">{{cite web |url=http://www.city.yamato.lg.jp/web/soumu/tikubetu.tyoutyoubetu.nennreibetujinkou.html|title= Yamato city official statistics|location= Japan|language= ja}}</ref> The total area of the city is {{convert|27.09|km2|2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.city.yamato.lg.jp/web/kouhou/shoukai.html|title= Introduction of Yamato City|publisher= Yamato City|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 5 May 2017}}</ref>
{{nihongo| '''Yamato'''|大和市|Yamato-shi}} is a [[Cities of Japan|city]] located in central [[Kanagawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]].

As of June 2012, the city has an estimated [[population]] of 230,709 and a [[population density]] of 8,530 persons per km². The total area is {{convert|27.06|km²|2|abbr=on}}.


==Geography==
==Geography==
Yamato is located approximately 40 to 50 kilometers from central Tokyo and 20 kilometers from central Yokohama. It measures 3.22 kilometers from east-to-west by 9.79 kilometers north-to-south, and is thus long and narrow orientated from north-to-south. It is located on the Sagamino Plateau (Sagamino Plateau) and has a gently sloping terrain from north to south. The height difference is 38 meters, but there are almost no hills. The highest point in the city is 90 meters above sea level at the site of the Shimotsuruma Asama Shrine, and the lowest point is 30 meters above sea level.
Yamato is located in the plains of north-central Kanagawa Prefecture.


===Surrounding municipalities===
===Surrounding municipalities===
*Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
**[[Zama, Kanagawa|Zama]]
*[[Zama, Kanagawa|Zama]]
**[[Fujisawa, Kanagawa|Fujisawa]]
*[[Fujisawa, Kanagawa|Fujisawa]]
**[[Ebina, Kanagawa|Ebina]]
*[[Ebina, Kanagawa|Ebina]]
**[[Sagamihara, Kanagawa|Sagamihara]]
*[[Sagamihara]]
**[[Ayase, Kanagawa|Ayase]]
*[[Ayase, Kanagawa|Ayase]]
**[[Yokohama]]
*[[Yokohama]]
*[[Tokyo]]
[[Tokyo]]
**[[Machida, Tokyo]]
*[[Machida, Tokyo]]

===Climate===
Yamato has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Yamato is 14.9&nbsp;°C. The average annual rainfall is 1632&nbsp;mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7&nbsp;°C, and lowest in January, at around 4.3&nbsp;°C.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/kanagawa/yamato-764641/ Yamato climate data]</ref>

==Demographics==
Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-chiba.php Yamato population statistics]</ref> the population of Yamato has grown steadily over the past 70 years.

{{Historical populations
| 1950 | 22,326
| 1960 | 40,975
| 1970 | 102,760
| 1980 | 167,935
| 1990 | 194,866
| 2000 | 212,761
| 2010 | 228,186
| 2020 | 239,169
|align = none
| footnote =
}}


==History==
==History==
The area around present-day Yamato city has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found stone tools from the [[Japanese Paleolithic]] period and ceramic shards from the [[Jomon period]] at numerous locations in the area. It is mentioned in the ''[[Engishiki]]'' records from the [[Heian period]]. By the [[Kamakura period]], this area part of the Shibuya ''[[shōen]]''. It came under control of the [[Ashikaga clan]] in the early [[Muromachi period]] and was later part of the territories of the [[Late Hōjō clan]] from [[Odawara, Kanagawa|Odawara]]. With the start of the [[Edo period]], the area was part of the ''[[tenryō]]'' territory in [[Sagami Province]] controlled directly by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], but administered through various ''[[hatamoto]]'' . Under the rule of the 5th [[Shogun]], [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], one of these ''hatamoto'', Sakamoto Shigeharu (1630-1693) by virtue of his position as ''[[Ōmetsuke]]'' and ''[[Jisha-bugyō]]'', exceeded 10,000 ''[[koku]]'' in income, and thus became ''[[daimyo]]'' of the newly proclaimed Fukami Domain in October 1682. However, his revenues decreased below 10,000 ''koku'' in May 1687 and the [[han (administrative division)|domain]] was suppressed.
The area around present-day Yamato city has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found [[stone tool]]s from the [[Japanese Paleolithic]] period and ceramic shards from the [[Jōmon period]] at numerous locations in the area. It is mentioned in the ''[[Engishiki]]'' records from the [[Heian period]]. By the [[Kamakura period]], this area became part of the Shibuya ''[[shōen]]''. It came under control of the [[Ashikaga clan]] in the early [[Muromachi period]] and was later part of the territories of the [[Later Hōjō clan]] from [[Odawara, Kanagawa|Odawara]]. With the start of the [[Edo period]], the area was part of the ''[[tenryō]]'' territory in [[Sagami Province]] controlled directly by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], but administered through various ''[[hatamoto]]''. Under the rule of the 5th ''[[shōgun]]'', [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], one of these ''hatamoto'', Sakamoto Shigeharu (1630–1693) by virtue of his position as ''[[Ōmetsuke]]'' and ''[[Jisha-bugyō]]'', exceeded 10,000 ''[[koku]]'' in income, and thus became ''[[daimyō]]'' of the newly proclaimed Fukami Domain in October 1682. However, his revenues decreased below 10,000 ''koku'' in May 1687 and the [[han (administrative division)|domain]] was suppressed.


During the cadastal reforms after the [[Meiji Restoration]], the area of present-day Yamato became part of [[Kōza District, Kanagawa|Kōza District]], Kanagawa Prefecture. On April 1, 1889, it was administratively divided into Shibuya Village and Tsurumi Village, which later changed its name on September 25, 1891 to Yamato Village. The area was connected by rail in 1926 via the [[Sagami Railway]] and in 1929 by the [[Odakyu Electric Railway]], leading to an increase in population. The [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] Sagamino Air Base was established in 1940. Yamato Village became Yamato Town in 1943, and Shibuya Village became Shibuya Town in 1944. However, Shibuya was dissolved in 1955, with a portion merging with nearby [[Fujisawa, Kanagawa|Fujisawa]], and the remaining portion reverting to village status. That portion was merged with Yamato in 1957, which became Yamato City in 1959. In April 2000, Yamato exceeded 200,000 in population and was proclaimed a [[Special cities of Japan|special city]] with increased autonomy from the central government.
During the cadastral reforms after the [[Meiji Restoration]], the area of present-day Yamato became part of [[Kōza District, Kanagawa|Kōza District]], Kanagawa Prefecture. On April 1, 1889, it was administratively divided into Shibuya Village and Tsurumi Village, which later changed its name on September 25, 1891 to Yamato Village. The area was connected by rail in 1926 via the [[Sagami Railway]] and in 1929 by the [[Odakyu Electric Railway]], leading to an increase in population. The [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] Sagamino Air Base was established in 1940. Yamato Village became Yamato Town in 1943, and Shibuya Village became Shibuya Town in 1944. However, Shibuya was dissolved in 1955, with a portion merging with nearby [[Fujisawa, Kanagawa|Fujisawa]], and the remaining portion reverting to village status. That portion was merged with Yamato in 1957, which became Yamato City in 1959. In April 2000, Yamato exceeded 200,000 in population, and was proclaimed a [[Special cities of Japan|special city]] with increased local autonomy.


In 2020, the city gained international attention for outlawing walking in designated areas while using a smartphone, it was the first of its kind to do so without implementing a fine or monetary penalty.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dayman|first=Lucy|date=19 August 2020|title=The Japanese city that banned 'smartphone-walking'|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200810-yamato-japan-smartphone-ban-while-walking}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200625/p2g/00m/0na/111000c|title=Yamato becomes Japan's 1st city to 'ban' use of phones while walking|newspaper=[[Mainichi Shimbun]]|date=2020-06-25|access-date=2020-06-25}}</ref>
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==Transportation==


==Government==
Yamato has a [[mayor-council]] form of government with a directly elected mayor and a [[unicameral]] city council of 28 members. Yamato contributes four members to the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Kanagawa 13th district of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|lower house]] of the [[Diet of Japan]].

==Education==
Yamato has 19 public elementary schools and nine public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has four public high schools operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, and the prefecture also operates two special education schools for the handicapped. The city also has one private elementary school, one private middle school and one private high school. A private junior college, the [[St. Cecilia Women's Junior College]] is located within Yamato.

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==Transportation==
===Railway===
===Railway===
*[[Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway|Tokyu]] [[Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line|Den-en-toshi Line]]
[[file:Tokyu logo.svg|20px]] [[Tokyu Corporation]] [[Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line]]
**[[Chūō-Rinkan Station]] - [[Tsukimino Station]]
*{{STN|Chūō-Rinkan}} - {{STN|Tsukimino}}
*[[Odakyu Electric Railway|Odakyu]] [[Odakyu Enoshima Line|Enoshima Line]]
[[File:OdakyuGroup logo2.svg|18px]] [[Odakyu Electric Railway]] – [[Odakyū Enoshima Line]]
**[[Chūō-Rinkan Station]] - [[Minami-Rinkan Station]] - [[Tsuruma Station]] - [[Yamato Station (Kanagawa)|Yamato Station]] - [[Sakuragaoka Station]] - [[Kōza-Shibuya Station]]
*{{STN|Chūō-Rinkan}} - {{STN|Minami-Rinkan}} - {{STN|Tsuruma}} - {{STN|Yamato|Kanagawa}} - {{STN|Sakuragaoka}} - {{STN|Kōza-Shibuya}}
*[[Sagami Railway|Sotetsu]] [[Sotetsu Main Line|Main Line]]
[[File:SOTETSU logomark.svg|18px]] [[Sagami Railway]] - [[Sotetsu Main Line]]
*{{STN|Sagami-Ōtsuka}} - {{STN|Yamato|Kanagawa}}
**[[Sagami-Otsuka Station]] - [[Sagamino Station]]


===Highway===
===Highway===
*{{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E1|dab1=T}}
*[[Tōmei Expressway]]
*[[Japan National Route 16]]
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|16}}
*[[Japan National Route 246]]
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|246}}
*[[Japan National Route 467]]
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|467}}


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=== Sister cities===
==International relations==
{{see also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Japan}}

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===Twin towns — Sister cities===
Yamato is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
Yamato is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
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* {{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Minami-Uonuma, Niigata]], Japan
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* {{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Taiwa, Miyagi]], Japan
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* {{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Kōshū, Yamanashi]], Japan


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==Notable people from Yamato==
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* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Minami-Uonuma, Niigata]], Japan
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*[[Jungo Fujimoto]], professional football player
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* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Taiwa, Miyagi]], Japan
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*[[Mitsuko Horie]], singer, voice actress
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* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kōshū, Yamanashi]], Japan
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*[[Ryuichi Kawamura]], singer-songwriter
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*[[Takeo Kawamura (baseball)|Takeo Kawamura]], professional baseball player
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*[[Anri|Eiko Kawashima]], singer-songwriter
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*[[Nahomi Kawasumi]], professional football player
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*[[Masahiko Kondō]], singer
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*[[Hiroshi Nagano]], singer, actor
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*[[Noriko Narazaki]], judoka
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*[[Shinobu Ohno]], professional football player


==References==
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==Noted people from Yamato==
{{Reflist}}
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*[[Jungo Fujimoto]] - professional football player
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*[[Mitsuko Horie]] - singer, voice actress
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*[[Ryuichi Kawamura]] - singer-songwriter
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*[[Takeo Kawamura (baseball)|Takeo Kawamura]] - professional baseball player
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*[[Anri|Eiko Kawashima]] - singer-songwriter
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*[[Nahomi Kawasumi]] - professional football player
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*[[Masahiko Kondō]] - singer
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*[[Hiroshi Nagano]] - singer, actor
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*[[Noriko Narazaki]] - judoka
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*[[Shinobu Ohno]] - professional football player


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://www.city.yamato.lg.jp Yamato City official website] {{ja icon}} {{en icon}} and {{sp icon}}
*[http://www.city.yamato.lg.jp/ Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}


{{Kanagawa}}
{{Kanagawa}}

{{Metropolitan cities of Japan}}
{{Metropolitan cities of Japan}}
{{Most populous cities in Japan}}
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Latest revision as of 10:35, 27 November 2023

Yamato
大和市
Special city
Yamato City Hall
Yamato City Hall
Flag of Yamato
Flag
Official seal of Yamato
Seal
Location of Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture
Location of Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture
Yamato is located in Japan
Yamato
Yamato
 
Coordinates: 35°29′N 139°27′E / 35.483°N 139.450°E / 35.483; 139.450
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureKanagawa
Government
 • MayorTsutomu Koyata
Area
 • Total27.09 km2 (10.46 sq mi)
Population
 (June 1, 2021)
 • Total242,065
 • Density8,900/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
City symbols 
• TreeYamazakura (Prunus jamasakura)
• FlowerNogiku (a group of Asteraceae)
• BirdAzure-winged magpie
Phone number046-263-1111
Address1-1-1 Shimotsuruma, Yamato-shi, Kanagawa-ken 242-8601
WebsiteOfficial website

Yamato (大和市, Yamato-shi) is a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2021, the city had an estimated population of 242,065 and a population density of 8900 persons per km².[1] The total area of the city is 27.09 km2 (10.46 sq mi).[2]

Geography[edit]

Yamato is located approximately 40 to 50 kilometers from central Tokyo and 20 kilometers from central Yokohama. It measures 3.22 kilometers from east-to-west by 9.79 kilometers north-to-south, and is thus long and narrow orientated from north-to-south. It is located on the Sagamino Plateau (Sagamino Plateau) and has a gently sloping terrain from north to south. The height difference is 38 meters, but there are almost no hills. The highest point in the city is 90 meters above sea level at the site of the Shimotsuruma Asama Shrine, and the lowest point is 30 meters above sea level.

Surrounding municipalities[edit]

Kanagawa Prefecture

Tokyo

Climate[edit]

Yamato has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Yamato is 14.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1632 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.3 °C.[3]

Demographics[edit]

Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Yamato has grown steadily over the past 70 years.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1950 22,326—    
1960 40,975+83.5%
1970 102,760+150.8%
1980 167,935+63.4%
1990 194,866+16.0%
2000 212,761+9.2%
2010 228,186+7.2%
2020 239,169+4.8%

History[edit]

The area around present-day Yamato city has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found stone tools from the Japanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from the Jōmon period at numerous locations in the area. It is mentioned in the Engishiki records from the Heian period. By the Kamakura period, this area became part of the Shibuya shōen. It came under control of the Ashikaga clan in the early Muromachi period and was later part of the territories of the Later Hōjō clan from Odawara. With the start of the Edo period, the area was part of the tenryō territory in Sagami Province controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto. Under the rule of the 5th shōgun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, one of these hatamoto, Sakamoto Shigeharu (1630–1693) by virtue of his position as Ōmetsuke and Jisha-bugyō, exceeded 10,000 koku in income, and thus became daimyō of the newly proclaimed Fukami Domain in October 1682. However, his revenues decreased below 10,000 koku in May 1687 and the domain was suppressed.

During the cadastral reforms after the Meiji Restoration, the area of present-day Yamato became part of Kōza District, Kanagawa Prefecture. On April 1, 1889, it was administratively divided into Shibuya Village and Tsurumi Village, which later changed its name on September 25, 1891 to Yamato Village. The area was connected by rail in 1926 via the Sagami Railway and in 1929 by the Odakyu Electric Railway, leading to an increase in population. The Imperial Japanese Navy Sagamino Air Base was established in 1940. Yamato Village became Yamato Town in 1943, and Shibuya Village became Shibuya Town in 1944. However, Shibuya was dissolved in 1955, with a portion merging with nearby Fujisawa, and the remaining portion reverting to village status. That portion was merged with Yamato in 1957, which became Yamato City in 1959. In April 2000, Yamato exceeded 200,000 in population, and was proclaimed a special city with increased local autonomy.

In 2020, the city gained international attention for outlawing walking in designated areas while using a smartphone, it was the first of its kind to do so without implementing a fine or monetary penalty.[5][6]

Government[edit]

Yamato has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 28 members. Yamato contributes four members to the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Kanagawa 13th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Education[edit]

Yamato has 19 public elementary schools and nine public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has four public high schools operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, and the prefecture also operates two special education schools for the handicapped. The city also has one private elementary school, one private middle school and one private high school. A private junior college, the St. Cecilia Women's Junior College is located within Yamato.

Transportation[edit]

Railway[edit]

Tokyu Corporation Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line

Odakyu Electric Railway – Odakyū Enoshima Line

Sagami Railway - Sotetsu Main Line

Highway[edit]

Sister cities[edit]

Yamato is twinned with:

Notable people from Yamato[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Yamato city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
  2. ^ "Introduction of Yamato City" (in Japanese). Japan: Yamato City. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ^ Yamato climate data
  4. ^ Yamato population statistics
  5. ^ Dayman, Lucy (19 August 2020). "The Japanese city that banned 'smartphone-walking'". BBC.
  6. ^ "Yamato becomes Japan's 1st city to 'ban' use of phones while walking". Mainichi Shimbun. 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-25.

External links[edit]

Media related to Yamato, Kanagawa at Wikimedia Commons

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