Coordinates: 35°43′N 140°13′E

Sakura,

佐 倉 市 Sakura ( Sakura-shi) is a city located in Sakura , . 佐倉市 As of December 2014, the city has an estimated City population of 17 7 ,601, and a population density of 17 14 persons per km². The total area is 103.59 km².

Contents Geography Neighboring municipalities History Economy Yuukarigaoka district of Sakura Education Transportation Railway Highway Local attractions Flag Noted people from Sakura Seal References External links

Geography

Sakura is located in northeastern Chiba Prefecture on the Shimōsa Plateau.[1] It is situated 40 kilometers northeast of the Tokyo and 15 kilometers from Narita International Airport. Chiba City, the prefectural capital, lies 15 kilometers southwest of Sakura. Lake Inba and the Inba Marsh form the northern city limits.[2][3]

Neighboring municipalities

Chiba, Chiba Location of Sakura in Chiba Prefecture Narita, Chiba Yotsukaido, Chiba Yachiyo, Chiba , Chiba , Chiba , Chiba History

The area around Sakura has been inhabited since prehistory, and archaeologists have found numerous Kofun period burial tumuli in the area, along with the remains of a Hakuho period Buddhist temple. During the Kamakura and Muromachi Sakura periods, the area was controlled by the Chiba clan. During the Sengoku period, the Chiba clan fought the Satomi clan to the south, and the Later Hōjō clan to the west. After the defeat of the Chiba clan, the area came within the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who assigned one of his chief generals, Doi Coordinates: 35°43′N 140°13′E Toshikatsu to rebuild Chiba Castle and to rule over Country Japan Sakura Domain as a daimyō.[2] Doi rebuilt the area Region Kantō as a jōkamachi, or castle town, which became the Prefecture Chiba Prefecture largest castle town in the Bōsō region.[1][3] Under Government the , Sakura Domain came to • Mayor Kazuo Warabi be ruled for most of the period under the Hotta Area clan. In the Bakumatsu period the domain became • Total 103.59 km2 (40.00 sq mi) a center for studies, centered on the Population (December 2014) Juntendō school of the doctor Taizen Satō (1804 – • Total 177,601 [1][4] 187 2). The Juntendō and other educational • Density 1,714/km2 (4,440/sq mi) institutions in Sakura contributed greatly to the Time zone (UTC+9) Restoration.[1] After the abolition of Sakura -Tree Sakura Domain, the area eventually became part of Chiba - Flower Hanashōbu (Iris ensata var. Prefecture. ensata)

Sakura Town was one of several towns and villages Phone number 043-484-1111 created on April 1, 1889 under Inba District. On Address 97, Kairinjimachi, Sakura-shi, Chiba-ken 285-8501 March 31, 1954, Sakura achieved city status through merger of the neighboring municipalities Website http://www.city.sakura.chiba.jp/ (http://www.city.sakura.chiba.j of Usui, Wada, Nego, Y adomi and Shizu.[1] p/) Economy

Sakura is a regional commercial center and, due to its numerous train connections, a bedroom community for nearby Chiba and Tokyo.

Education

Keiai University branch campus Chiba Keiai Junior College Wayo Women's University branch campus Sakura City Hall Transportation Railway

JR East - , Sōbu Main Line Sakura - Shizu - Yūkarigaoka - Keisei-Usui - Keisei-Sakura - Ōsakura Yamaman - Yamaman Yūkarigaoka Line Yūkarigaoka - Chiku Center - Kōen - Joshidai- Chūgakkō - Ino

Highway

Higashi-Kantō Expressway Japan National Route 51 Japan National Route 296[1]

Local attractions

Sakura boasts a number of tourist attractions, including the large National Museum of Japanese History (http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp, phone 043-486-0123, address 117 Jonai-cho) located on the ruins of Sakura Castle in the Sakura Castle Park.[2] Several samurai houses near the old castle are open to the public and are protected as Important Cultural Properties. Other sights of interest include the Tsukamoto Sword Museum, Sakura Museum of History and Folklore, Sakura City Museum of Art, and the Sakura Juntendo Memorial Building. Nearby is also the Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art. In 1994 on the 40th anniversary of the city’s foundation a Dutch windmill called De Liefde was erected by the Dutch millwright company "Verbij Hoogmade BV" on the south-eastern shore of Lake Inba as a landmark of Sakura Furusato Square. The mill serving as a polder mill is named after the first Dutch sailing ship De Liefde Windmill, constructed in which landed on the Japanese shore in 1600. It is the only 1994 windmill of this type in Japan (a so-called "ground-sailer", which means a windmill whose sails reach almost down to the ground.

Noted people from Sakura

Hayashi Tadasu – Meiji period statesman Tsuda Sen – Meiji period statesman Nagashima Shigeo – Professional baseball player

References

1. "佐倉（市）" (http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) [Sakura (City)]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537 (https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/153301537). Retrieved 2012-06-20. 2. "Sakura" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/). Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036 (https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56431036). Archived from the original (http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-06-30. 3. "佐倉" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) [Sakura]. Dijitaru daijisen (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036 (https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56431036). Archived from the original (http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-06-24. 4. "佐藤泰然" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) [Satō Taizen]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537 (https://www.worldca t.org/oclc/153301537). Archived from the original (http://rekishi.jkn21.com/) on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-06-29.

External links

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

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