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14205 ／ふじさわし

Fujisawa City

Stone signposts point to Enoshima.

Enoshima Benzaiten signposts

Photo by ジェイ.ケイ (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Private school

A school opened in an abandonedtemple's kitchen, by invitation.

In March 1872, a village headman invited Ogasawara Toyo to open Dokushoin in the kitchen hall of Tokushoin, an abandoned temple in Hatori Village. In 1878 a new school building was completed and it was renamed Koyojuku. The site is a city historic site in Hatori 3-chome.

Dokushoin opened in 1872
Renamed Koyojuku in 1878
City historic site (designated 1969)

02 ／ Koshin pillars

Of 15 pillars the city designates,9 carry the name Kanbun.

Fujisawa City designates 15 Koshin memorial pillars, and nine of them have Kanbun in their names. Shirahata Shrine has one dated Kanbun 5 (1665), and the grounds of the Koshin hall on Yugyo-dori hold one dated Kanbun 13. All are city-designated cultural properties.

15 city-designated Koshin pillars
9 pillars named Kanbun
Shirahata Shrine: Kanbun 5 (1665)

03 ／ Castle site

Who built it and when are unknown,yet a belt terrace was confirmed.

Oba Castle is thought to be a fortified residence of the Ogigayatsu Uesugi era, and who built it and when is not known. The 25th excavation (fiscal 2020-21) confirmed a belt terrace on the slope west of the main enclosure; city materials say it is the first confirmed by excavation in the prefecture.

City historic site (designated 2021)
25 excavations
Belt terrace confirmed in the 25th

Fujisawa 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

43 minutes from Fujisawa to Tokyo.

about 440,000 people

From JR Fujisawa Station it is 43 minutes to Tokyo and 35 to Shinagawa on the Tokaido Line. The Shonan-Shinjuku Line special rapid takes 49 minutes to Shinjuku and 44 to Shibuya. The north exit is about a 5-minute walk from City Hall, and the city has 112 designated cultural properties (as of November 2023).

People living here: 436,905people
Area: 69.56km²
Households: 193,204households
Rent (average for rentals): 71,044yen
Healthcare: 16 hospitals ／ 437 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —59 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Fujisawa City in Japan35.339°N 139.491°E

to TokyoJR Tōkaidō Main Line43min
to ShinagawaJR Tōkaidō Main Line35min
to ShinjukuJR Shonan-Shinjuku Line special rapid49min
to ShibuyaJR Shonan-Shinjuku Line special rapid44min

Travel times follow JR東日本「時刻表」（jreast-timetable.jp）の藤沢駅東海道線・横浜・東京方面（上り）の平日（tt1361/1361020）と土曜・休日（1361021）の全列車（計約310本）について、各列車の「停車駅一覧」ページ（2610ダイヤ。2026年10月）の藤沢発と東京・品川・新宿・渋谷着の時刻から分数を出した。平日・土曜休日の両方に同じ列車番号・同じ時刻で載る列車だけを数え、特急（湘南）・平日のみ・休日のみの列車は採らない (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities.

Territory of Fujisawa 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

14.7km

Chigasaki City, Ayase City, Kamakura City, Yokohama City, Yamato City, Samukawa Town, Ebina City

Fujisawa City isthis kind of town.

01Along the Enoshima road from Fujisawa-juku on the Tokaido, 12 Enoshima Benzaiten signposts, said to have been donated by Sugiyama Kengyo, are designated by the city
02Hatori has the site of Koyojuku, a private school where a village headman invited a teacher, and the city has nine Koshin pillars named Kanbun
03Oba Castle site, thought to be an Ogigayatsu Uesugi residence, is a city historic site, and Enoshima and the Jishu temple Yugyo-ji (Shojoko-ji) are in the same city

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Fujisawa City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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