Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
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Hiratsuka (平塚市 Hiratsuka-shi) is a Japanese city in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū.
It has been recognized as a special city since 2001.[1]
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History [change]
Main page: List of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
In the Edo period, Hiratsuka-juku was 7th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.[2]
Geography [change]
Hiratsuka is located on the western Kantō region midway between Tokyo and Mount Fuji. The city is on the coastline in the Sagami Bay.
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References [change]
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research (2011), Table 3; retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)."Tōkaidō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 973.
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