14212 ／ あつぎし
Kanagawa PrefectureTumulus spared, road half-underground.
Jito-yama Tumulus, Route 24601 ／ Folk performing arts
Sagami puppet theater was designated a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property on 28 January 1980, covering three troupes: Hayashi-za and Hase-za of Atsugi and Shimonaka-za of Odawara. Its signature hold, teppo-zashi, carries the puppet as if aiming a rifle. Hayashi-za keeps 51 heads.
02 ／ History
The city records that Mori Suemitsu lived on the Mori estate in Sagami Province, now Atsugi City, which his father Oe no Hiromoto had been given as territory, and changed his surname from Oe to Mori. The city introduces him as the first person to take the name Mori.
03 ／ Burial mound
The Doyama tumulus group is five round mounds on the Amaji-hara plateau in Iiyama. Mounds 2 to 5 are open as a historic park; Mound 1 was lost to development. Haniwa excavated there, including sumo wrestler, human and cylindrical figures, are a Kanagawa Prefecture Important Cultural Property (14 February 1992), held at Atsugi Local Museum.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot June–August 2019)Shot 1974–78
Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））
Living here
The city says Atsugi sits in the center of Kanagawa Prefecture and borders 6 cities, 2 towns and 1 village. Its fan-like shape measures 13.76 km east to west and 14.71 km north to south, with an area of 93.83 km². City Hall is an 8-minute walk from Hon-Atsugi Station on the Odakyu Odawara Line.
−0.9% since 2015
208,627 → 223,705
67.38km² of it habitable
2024
2.2 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.7 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 小田急電鉄公式「ロマンスカー時刻表」の2026年3月14日ダイヤ改正後のPDF（下り・平日 weekday_down2026.pdf／下り・土休日 holiday_down2026.pdf。https://www.odakyu.jp/romancecar/timetable/ から）。PDF の文字位置から、新宿発の時刻と本厚木着の時刻を同じ列でそろえて引いた（目視の突き合わせはしていない） (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
14.9km
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