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The Atsugi AXT office building lies south of central Atsugi, near
the interchange of the
Tōmei Expressway
Atsugi (厚木市,
Atsugi-shi
?) is a city located in central Kanagawa
Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 226,201 and a population
density of 2,410 persons per km². The total area was
93.83 km². While the name “Atsugi” is often associated with
the United
States Navy base at Naval Air Facility Atsugi,
the base is actually not in Atsugi, but straddles the border
between the nearby cities of Ayase and Yamato.
History
The area around present-day Atsugi city has been inhabited for
thousands of years. Archaeologists have found ceramic shards from
the Jōmon
period at numerous locations in the area. By the Kamakura
period, this area part of the Mōri shōen, part of the holdings of Ōe no
Hiromoto. His descendants, the Mōri clan later ruled Chōshū domain. During the Kamakura period,
the area was also known for its foundry industry for the production of bells
for Buddhist temples.
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. With the start of the Edo period, the area was
tenryō territory controlled directly
by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered
through various hatamoto, as well as exclaves under the
control of Odawara
Domain, Sakura
Domain, Mutsuura Domain, Ogino-Yamanaka Domain and Karasuyama
Domain. After the Meiji Restoration, the area was
consolidated into Aikō District of Kanagawa
Prefecture by 1876. Atsugi town was created on April 1, 1889
through merger of several small hamlets. Atsugi gained city status
on February 1, 1955 through merger with neighboring Mutsuai
Village, Koaiyu Village, Tamagawa Village and Minamimori Village.
The city expanded on July 8, 1958 through merger with neighboring
Echi Village, and with Aikawa Village from Naka District. On September 30,
1956, Ogino Village joined with Atsugi. In April 2002, In April
2000, Atsugi exceeded 200,000 in population and was proclaimed a special ordinance city with
increased autonomy from the central government.
Economy
Atsugi is mainly known as a bedroom community
for the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area.
Nissan has
operated a design center in Atsugi, Japan, since 1982.[1] Sony operates the Atsugi Technology
Center and the Atsugi Technology Center No. 2 in Atsugi.[2] Anritsu is headquartered in
Atsugi.
Transportation
Railroad
Atsugi is served by the Odakyu Odawara
Line with connections to Shinjuku and Odawara. The main station is Hon-Atsugi
Station, with Atsugi Station is located in nearby Ebina.
Highway
Sister
City relations
Tourist
attractions
Other
Institutions
Notable
people
References
External
links
- New Britain, Connecticut, USA from May 31,
1983
– Yangzhou. Jiangsu, China from October 23, 1984
– Gunpo, Republic of Korea
from February 5, 2005
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