Oiso, Japan (1964)
Close to both Yokohama and Tokyo, Dayton’s relationship with Oiso also began with NCR. Industries include agriculture and fishing. Many residents commute to the major cities for work. Oiso is a popular location for vacations and summer homes.
Population:*
32,725
Country:*
Japan
Region
Kanto
Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
District
Naka District
City Website:*
http://www.town.oiso.kanagawa.jp/
Government:*
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Geographical facts:*
Ōiso (Ōiso-machi?) is a town located in Naka District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 32,725 and a density of 1,910 persons per km². The total area was 17.18 km².
Ōiso is located on the coastline of central Kanagawa Prefecture, facing Sagami Bay of the Pacific Ocean. The area is generally hilly, rising to 168-meter Mount Koma in the northwest of the center of town. The coastline of Ōiso is sandy, and is regarded as the western end of the Shōnan area and remains a popular beach resort and vacation spot for residents of Tokyo.
Time zone:*
Climate:*
The area has a temperate maritime climate with short, cool winters and hot, humid summers.
Historical Synopsis:*
Ōiso is the ancient center of Sagami Province. The exact location of the Nara period provincial government of Sagami Province is unknown, but tradition and the place name “Kōzu” place its probable location to within the boundaries of present-day Ōiso.
As a minor coastal settlement, Ōiso was under the control of the late Hōjō clan of Odawara during the Sengoku period. In the Edo period, it was nominally part of Odawara Domain, and developed as Ōiso-juku, a post town on the Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto. After the Meiji Restoration and with the establishment of the district system in 1878, it came under the control of Yurugi District (淘綾郡, Yurugi-gun?). Ōiso became a town on April 1, 1889. Blessed with a temperate climate, and with convenient access to Tokyo due to the Tōkaidō Main Line railway, it was favored as a seaside health resort by politicians and literary figures during the Meiji period after a glowing report on its location was written by noted physician Matsumoto Jun. Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi, Yamagata Aritomo, Saionji Kinmochi and Ōkuma Shigenobu, Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu, writer Shimazaki Toson and zaibatsu founder Yasuda Zenjiro had summer residences in Ōiso. This popularity continued into the postwar era, and Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida also had a residence in Ōiso to which he retired after leaving politics. The former Itō, Yoshida and Shimazaki residences have been preserved as memorial museums.
Ōiso merged with neighboring Kōzu Town on December 1, 1954.
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