Coordinates: 35°29′53″N 140°06′55.6″E

Ichihara, Chiba

Ichihara (市原市 Ichihara-shi) is a city located in Ichihara Chiba Prefecture, Japan. 市原市 As of December 2015, the city has an estimated City population of 27 5,7 7 6, and a population density of 7 49 persons per km2 . The total area is 368.20 square kilometres (142.16 sq mi). The city is home, together with the city of Chiba, to the JEF United soccer team.

The skyline around Goi Station Contents

Geography Surrounding municipalities

History Flag Seal 2011 earthquake Economy Crime and safety Education Transportation Railway Highway Sister city relations Notable people from Ichihara References External links

Geography

Ichihara is located in the western part of the Bōsō Peninsula, and geographically is the largest of Chiba Prefecture's cities and towns. The highly Location of Ichihara in Chiba Prefecture industrialized northern part of the city sits on Tokyo Bay, while the southern part of the city is primarily mountainous. Ichihara, dense in housing developments, serves as a satellite town of Tokyo and Chiba City.

Surrounding municipalities

Chiba Prefecture Chiba Mobara Sodegaura Kisarazu Kimitsu Nagara Chōnan Ōtaki Ichihara History

The area of modern Ichihara is the center of ancient Kazusa province. The ruins of the Nara period Kazusa kokubun-ji have been found within Coordinates: 35°29′53″N 140°06′55.6″E the borders of Ichihara, although the exact Country Japan location of the Nara-period provincial capital Region Kantō remains uncertain. During the Sengoku period, Prefecture Chiba Prefecture the area was contested between the Chiba clan to Government the north, and the Satomi clan to the south. • Mayor Joji Koide (since June 2015) During the Edo period, the area was divided between Goi Domain, Tsurumaki Domain and Area 2 large areas of tenryō territory controlled directly • Total 368.17 km (142.15 sq mi) by the Tokugawa shogunate and administered by Population (December 1, 2015) various hatamoto. During the Meiji period, the • Total 275,776 area was reorganized into 17 1 villages under • Density 749/km2 (1,940/sq mi) Ichihara District, Chiba Prefecture. By 1945, these Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) villages had been consolidated into five towns and Symbols 16 villages. Through further consolidation and • Tree Ginkgo biloba mergers, the city of Ichihara was founded on May • Flower Cosmos 1, 1963. On October 1, 1967 , the neighboring town • Bird Japanese bush-warbler of Nansō, and village of Kamo were merged into Phone number 0436-22-1111 Ichihara. Address 1-1-1 Kokubunjidai Chūō, Ichihara-shi, Chiba-ken 290-8501 2011 earthquake Website http://www.city.ichihara.chiba.jp/ (http://www.city.ichihara.chiba.j On Friday, March 11, 2011, the city was struck by p/) the Tōhoku earthquake. Natural gas storage tanks at the Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara were set on fire by the earthquake.[1][2]

Economy

The city's economy is fueled by a large industrial complex overlooking Tokyo Bay. It contains the largest number of oil refineries in Japan, as well as power, petrochemical and shipbuilding companies.[3]

Crime and safety The Soai-kai yakuza syndicate is headquartered in Ichihara.[4] A designated yakuza group, the Soai-kai is the three dominating yakuza syndicates in Chiba Prefecture, along with the Sumiyoshi-kai and the Inagawa-kai.[5]

Education

Teikyo Heisei University Ichihara has 43 public and one private elementary school, 21 public middle schools and six public and two private high schools. Ichihara City Hall Transportation

Railway

JR East – Uchibō Line Yawatajuku - Goi - Anegasaki Keisei Electric Railway – Keisei Chihara Line Chiharadai Kominato Railway – Kominato Line Goi - Kazusa-Murakami - Amaariki - Kazusa-Mitsumata - Kazusa-Yamada - Kōfūdai - Umatate - Kazusa- Ushiku - Kazusa-Kawama - Kazusa-Tsurumai - Kazusa-Kubo - Takataki - Satomi - Itabu - Tsukizaki - Kazusa-Ōkubo - Yōrōkeikoku

Highway

Tateyama Expressway Ken-Ō Expressway National Route 16 National Route 297 National Route 409

Sister city relations

- Mobile, Alabama, United States,[6] from November 10, 1993

Notable people from Ichihara

Ikuo Suhoh - Show Biz Promoter Denjiro Yonemura - Science Entertainer Chiaki - Singer Neko Hiroshi - Marathon Runner Katsushige Kawashima - Boxer Hirotoshi Ishii - Baseball Player Kohei Kudo- Soccer Player

References 1. "Japan earthquake causes oil refinery inferno" (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8375 497/Japan-earthquake-causes-oil-refinery-inferno.html). Daily Telegraph, London, 11 March 2011, Retrieved 11 March 2011 2. "Natural gas storage tanks burn at Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city" (http://www.trust.org/alertnet/multime dia/pictures/detail.dot?mediaInode=50cde84c-27ff-443c-8ffc-1183be4ce4c2) Archived (https://www.webcitati on.org/66dbx08W0?url=http://www.trust.org/alertnet/multimedia/pictures/detail.dot?mediaInode=50cde84c-2 7ff-443c-8ffc-1183be4ce4c2) 2012-04-03 at WebCite. Reuters AlertNet. 11 March 2011, Retrieved 11 March 2011 3. "An Outline of Ichihara City" (https://web.archive.org/web/20080216090257/http://www.city.ichihara.chiba.j p/english/o_0.htm). Archived from the original (http://www.city.ichihara.chiba.jp/english/o_0.htm) on 2008-02- 16. Retrieved 2008-03-23. 4. "2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures" (http://www.npa.go.j p/hakusyo/h22/honbun/pdf/22p02000.pdf), 2010, National Police Agency (in Japanese) 5. "Condition of Boryokudan" (http://www.police.pref.chiba.jp/safe_life/gangsters/index3.php), as of late 2010, Chiba Prefectural Police (in Japanese) 6. "US-Japan Sister Cities by State" (http://www.asiamattersforamerica.org/japan/data/sister-cities-state). Asia Matters for America. Honolulu, HI: East-West Center. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

External links

Official Website (http://www.city.ichihara.chiba.jp/) (in Japanese)

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