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14203 ／ひらつかし

Hiratsuka City

A city name with a mound legend.

Hiratsuka Mound, name legend

Photo by 蝉の抜殻 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Tumulus

From a 4th-century tomb,a mirror and bronze arrowheads.

Shindo Otsukayama Tumulus is thought to be the tomb of a chief who led groups along the Sagami River. The Henkei Shijukyo mirror and other finds from the 1960 survey are City Important Cultural Properties. The triangular-rimmed mirror and other items found in 1935 are held by the Tokyo National Museum. A park nearby has a re-creation of the tumulus.

Early Kofun period (4th century)
City-designated (2010)
Surveyed in 1960

02 ／ Post town

The Edo-side gate was restored,it is said, from a photograph.

The site of the Edo-guchi Mitsuke gate is said to have been restored from a photograph that an Italian envoy took home in the early Meiji era. From here to the Kyokata Mitsuke gate, about 1 km of Hiratsuka-juku's streets once stretched. A signboard stands where the post town's only secondary inn (wakihonjin) was.

7th post town from Nihonbashi
About 1 km of streets
Site of the Edo-guchi Mitsuke gate

03 ／ Architecture

The Kannon hall was restoredto its original form.

The Komyoji Kannon-do (main hall) is a prefecturally designated building thought to have been built at the 1498 hall dedication. In the Genroku era a front porch was added and the roof thatched, but the 1983–86 dismantling repair restored its original form.

Prefectural designation (1979)
Meio 7 hall dedication
Repaired 1983–86

Hiratsuka 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

48 minutes from Shinagawa, no change.

about 260,000 people
60 min to a city centre

On the JR Tokaido Line it is 56 minutes from Tokyo Station and 48 minutes from Shinagawa Station, with no change. On the Shonan-Shinjuku Line it is 55 minutes from Shibuya and 60 minutes from Shinjuku (fastest daily service from each station).

People living here: 258,422people
Area: 67.83km²
Households: 112,191households
Rent (average for rentals): 57,358yen
Healthcare: 9 hospitals ／ 189 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —39 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.

Hiratsuka City in Japan35.336°N 139.349°E

to TokyoJR Tōkaidō Main Line56min
to ShinagawaJR Tōkaidō Main Line48min
to ShinjukuJR Shonan-Shinjuku Line60min
to ShibuyaJR Shonan-Shinjuku Line55min

Travel times follow JR東日本「駅の時刻表」（2610 版）の平塚駅東海道線の上り・下りの平日・土曜休日（timetables.jreast.co.jp/timetable/list1337.html）と、各列車の停車駅一覧のページ（列車ごとの発着時刻） (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 8 municipalities.

Territory of Hiratsuka 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

10.2km

Isehara City, Oiso Town, Hadano City, Samukawa Town, Chigasaki City, Nakai Town, Atsugi City, Ninomiya Town

Hiratsuka City isthis kind of town.

01A legend of a mound lies behind the city name, which the city museum calls a mystery
02Finds from Shindo Otsukayama Tumulus include a mirror and bronze arrowheads
03The site of the Edo-guchi gate and the prefecturally designated Komyoji Kannon-do

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hiratsuka City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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