Fujimino, Saitama

Fujimino
Fujimino; ふじみ野市
	City
	Fujimino City Hall
; Flag	; Seal
	Location of Fujimino in Saitama Prefecture
	Fujimino Location of Fujimino in Saitama Prefecture
	Coordinates: 35°52′46.3″N139°31′11.2″E / 35.879528°N 139.519778°E Coordinates: 35°52′46.3″N139°31′11.2″E / 35.879528°N 139.519778°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Saitama Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Hiroshi Takahata (since November 2009)
Area
• Total	14.64 km2 (5.65 sq mi)
Population (February 2016)
• Total	111,218
• Density	7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number	049-261-2611
Address	1-1-1 Kamifukuoka, Fujimino-shi, Saitama-ken 356-8501
Website	http://www.city.fujimino.saitama.jp/

Last updated April 02, 2019

Fujimino(ふじみ野市,Fujimino-shi) is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2016^[update], the city had an estimated population of 111,218, and a population density of 7600 persons per km². Its total area is 14.64 square kilometres (5.65 sq mi).

A city is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as towns and villages, with the difference that they are not a component of districts. Like other contemporary administrative units, they are defined by the Local Autonomy Law of 1947.

Saitama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region. The capital is the city of Saitama.

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

Geography

Fujimino is located in southern Saitama, on the northern edge of the Musashino Terrace, and is approximately 30 kilometers from downtown Tokyo.

The Musashino Plateau, also translated as Musashino Platform, is a large tableland in the Kantō region of Honshu, Japan.

Surrounding municipalities

Saitama Prefecture

History

Earthenware pottery fragments from the Kamifukuoka Shell Mound dating to the Early Jōmon period, were discovered beneath the Dainihon Print Company in Fujimino, indicating a long period of settlement. The city also has an important early Kofun period archaeological site, the Gongenyama Tumuli Cluster, from the late 3rd century. During the Edo period, the port of Fukuoka was an important river port on a branch of the Arakawa River and was under the control of Kawagoe Domain. The modern village of Fukuoka was created within Iruma District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The first public housing estates (Uenodai and Kasumigaoka) in Japan were built in Fukuoka after the Second World War. The village was raised to town status in 1960 and to city status on April 10, 1972, changing its name to Kamifukuoka to avoid confusion with the more famous city of Fukuoka in Kyushu. The modern city of Fujimino was established on October 1, 2005, from the merger of the city of Kamifukuoka, and the neighboring town of Ōi (from Iruma District).

The Jōmon period is the time in Japanese prehistory, traditionally dated between c. 14,000–300 BCE, recently refined to about 1000 BCE, during which Japan was inhabited by a hunter-gatherer culture, which reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity. The name "cord-marked" was first applied by the American scholar Edward S. Morse, who discovered sherds of pottery in 1877 and subsequently translated it into Japanese as jōmon. The pottery style characteristic of the first phases of Jōmon culture was decorated by impressing cords into the surface of wet clay and is generally accepted to be among the oldest in East Asia and the world.

Kofun period period of Japanese history (250–538 CE)

The Kofun period is an era in the history of Japan from about 300 to 538 AD, following the Yayoi period. The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes collectively called the Yamato period. This period is the earliest era of recorded history in Japan, but studies depend heavily on archaeology since the chronology of historical sources tends to be distorted.

The Edo period or Tokugawa period (徳川時代) is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō. The period was characterized by economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies, a stable population, "no more wars", and popular enjoyment of arts and culture. The shogunate was officially established in Edo on March 24, 1603, by Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period came to an end with the Meiji Restoration on May 3, 1868, after the fall of Edo.

Economy

Due to this location, Fujimino is primarily a bedroom community with over 25% of its population commuting to the Tokyo metropolis for work. There are a number of industrial parks in the city.

An industrial park is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. An industrial park can be thought of as a more "heavyweight" version of a business park or office park, which has offices and light industry, rather than heavy industry.

Education

Fujimino has 13 elementary schools, six middle schools, and one high school. Bunkyo University also has a campus in Fujimino.

Bunkyo University is a private university in Japan.

Public facilities

There are two libraries, two public swimming pools (summer season only), and a number of public halls and community centres.

Transportation

Railway

Tobu Railway – Tōbu Tōjō Line
- Kami-Fukuoka ^[1]

Highway

Japan National Route 254

Local attractions

Jizoin Temple, famous for a weeping cherry tree which is more than 300 years old.
Benten-no-mori Park, which has a small temple noted for cherry blossoms in spring, and kudzu in autumn.
Shingashi River, used for transporting goods in the Edo period, with a warehouse from the 1870s now called the Fukuokagashi Riverside Heritage Hall.
Green Park, on the bank of the Shingashi River, noted as a location where Tokugawa Ieyasu used to go falconing.

A cherry blossom is a flower of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is called sakura after the Japanese.

Kudzu is a group of plants in the genus Pueraria, in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. They are climbing, coiling, and trailing perennial vines native to much of eastern Asia, Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands. The name is derived from the Japanese name for the plant East Asian arrowroot, クズ or 葛 (kuzu). Where these plants are naturalized, they can be invasive and are considered noxious weeds. The plant climbs over trees or shrubs and grows so rapidly that it kills them by heavy shading. The plant is edible, but often sprayed with herbicides.

The Shingashi River is a 34.6-kilometre (21.5 mi) long river that flows through Saitama and Tokyo, Japan. It flows from the Musashino Plateau into the Sumida River at Iwabuchi in Kita, Tokyo.

Chūō Park.

Festivals

There are two major festivals in Fujimino: the Kamifukuoka Tanabata Festival and the Oi Festival.

Kamifukuoka Tanabata Festival

This is a lively festival held on the first Saturday and Sunday of August every year since more than 50 years ago. It includes a bamboo decoration contest, Awa Odori dancing, Bon Odori dancing, and traditional taiko drumming.

Oi Festival

Oi Festival is held in the middle of July every year and features historic mikoshi portable shrines and a parade of floats, with Yosakoi dancing by dancers with naruko clappers in their hands.

Noted people from Fujimino

Hikari Ōta, comedian
Yumi Kakazu, voice actress
Shigenobu Shima, professional baseball player
Eri Nitta, musician and actress
Mari Hoshino, actress
Aoi Hiiragi, manga artist

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References

↑ Confusingly, Fujimino Station is located in the neighbouring city of Fujimi

External links

Official Website (in Japanese)

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[1] Confusingly, Fujimino Station is located in the neighbouring city of Fujimi

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