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14218 ／あやせし

Ayase City

95% of pots show Mikawa–Totomi traits.

Kanzaki Site excavated pottery

Photo by のりまき at Japanese Wikipedia (CC BY 3.0)

01 ／ Hayakawa Castle Ruins

Earthworks and a moat cut remain:a medieval mountain castle site.

Hayakawa Castle Ruins in Ayase City — Photo by Haya4 (CC BY 4.0)

Hayakawa Castle Ruins (Shiroyama Park) was designated a prefectural historic site in 2008 as a site that shows what a medieval mountain castle was like. Earthen ramparts, a moat cut, a lookout mound and enclosures remain. Hibachi braziers found there suggest the castle was used from the 14th to 15th century onward, and one theory holds that the Shibuya clan built it.

Prefectural historic site, 2008
Used from the 14th-15th century onward

02 ／ Tokuhon Myogo Tower

On the base of a single stone,"Kochu 30 villages" is carved.

The Tokuhon Myogo Tower at Renko-ji was erected in 1817 and is a city-designated cultural property. Its base is carved with "Kochu 30 villages" and "Kochu 1,353 people", and the village names include Fukaya in the city, Chogo in the Fujisawa area, Fukuda in the Yamato area and Higashi-Matano in Yokohama.

Erected in 1817
Kochu 30 villages
Kochu 1,353 people

03 ／ Gosha Shrine

On the main hall's munafuda plaques,a carpenter of Kamakura's Engaku-ji is named.

The main hall of Gosha Shrine and its nine munafuda ridge plaques are city-designated cultural properties. The city thinks the shrine may have been the chief local shrine of what was called Shibuya Manor in the Kamakura period. According to the plaques, the carpenter who built it was a carpenter of Kamakura's Engaku-ji, and the work shows traditional Kamakura carpentry techniques.

Main hall and 9 plaques
City-designated cultural property
Carpenter of Kamakura's Engaku-ji

Ayase City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot November 2021)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））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

No railway station; reach it from Ebina or Chogo.

about 80,000 people

There is no railway station in the city, and the city says to come from Ebina Station (Odakyu Odawara Line, Sotetsu Main Line, JR Sagami Line) or Chogo Station (Odakyu Enoshima Line). It lies almost in the middle of Kanagawa Prefecture, and its flower is the rose. At the Ayase Rose Garden in Koryo Park, visitors can see roses including the original "Le Depart de Ayase".

People living here: 83,913people
Area: 22.14km²
Households: 34,879households
Rent (average for rentals): 59,678yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 30 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —9 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Ayase City in Japan35.437°N 139.426°E

Territory of Ayase City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

6.7km

Fujisawa City, Ebina City, Yamato City

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Ayase City isthis kind of town.

01The Kanzaki Site, a national historic site, is a Late Yayoi moated settlement; 95% of the pottery excavated there shows features of eastern Mikawa and western Totomi, and it is thought to be a village of people who migrated from the Tokai region
02Hayakawa Castle Ruins, a prefectural historic site, is a mountain castle site with earthworks and a moat cut remaining, and the base of the Tokuhon Myogo Tower at Renko-ji is carved with "Kochu 30 villages" and "Kochu 1,353 people"
03The munafuda plaques of Gosha Shrine's main hall name a carpenter of Kamakura's Engaku-ji as the builder, and the city thinks the shrine may have been the chief shrine of Shibuya Manor

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