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Yamato City

The floorboard's back bore a black ship.

Former Ogura House, Shimotsuruma

Photo by 小池隆 (CC BY 3.0)

01 ／ Excavated finds

Eight layers of earth showhow hunting tools changed.

A site excavated from 1979 to 1982 with Paleolithic, Jomon and Heian remains. Stone tools came from strata divided into eight Paleolithic periods, and the hunting tools shifted from knife-shaped points to pointed tools and microblades. The city says a pottery fragment positioned as the oldest in Japan was also found.

Prefecturally designated Important Cultural Property (archaeological material)
Designated 20 February 1987
Strata of eight Paleolithic periods (city)

02 ／ Farmhouse

Over 2,000 bundles of thatch.The whole roof was re-laid.

A farmhouse built in the mid-Edo period in the Kuden hamlet of Kamiwada; the city records it as the oldest house left in the city. The ridge is covered with cedar bark pressed down by bamboo. The city's record says over 2,000 bundles of thatch went into the full re-thatching of fiscal 2020-21.

City-designated Important Tangible Cultural Property
Ridge of cedar bark and bamboo
Over 2,000 bundles of thatch (city record)

03 ／ Town planning

Radiating roads at Chuo-Rinkan,a grid at Minami-Rinkan.

In 1929, as the Enoshima Line opened, a vast new town was planned with housing, schools, a golf course, a film studio, an amusement park and an industrial zone. Chuo-Rinkan has radiating roads; Minami-Rinkan has a grid of roads and large blocks, still called by number streets (jo-dori).

1929: a vast town planned
Chuo-Rinkan: radiating roads (city)
Minami-Rinkan: still "jo-dori" streets

Yamato 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 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））

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

Living here

37 minutes to Shinjuku and to Shibuya, without changing.

about 240,000 people

From Chuo-Rinkan Station in the city, the Odakyu Enoshima Line rapid express reaches Shinjuku and the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line express reaches Shibuya, both in 37 minutes (October 2026 timetables). City Hall is about a 12-minute walk from Odakyu's Tsuruma Station (city guide).

People living here: 239,169people
Area: 27.09km²
Households: 110,519households
Rent (average for rentals): 64,239yen
Healthcare: 9 hospitals ／ 174 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —42 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.

Yamato City in Japan35.487°N 139.458°E

to ShinjukuOdakyu Enoshima Line rapid express37min
to ShibuyaTokyu Den-en-toshi Line express37min

Travel times follow 小田急電鉄の駅時刻表（大和駅・中央林間駅の下り。NAVITIME が配信する小田急公式サイトの時刻表と列車ごとの停車駅・時刻）と、東急電鉄の駅時刻表（渋谷駅の田園都市線中央林間方面。同じく東急公式サイトの時刻表と停車駅・時刻）を、2026-10-21 現在のダイヤで1本ずつ引いて数えた (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Yamato 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

10.8km

Kanagawa Prefecture: Yokohama City, Ayase City, Fujisawa City, Zama City, Sagamihara City, Ebina City
Tokyo: Machida City

Yamato City isthis kind of town.

01Former Ogura House was a merchant house in Shimotsuruma post town on the Yagurasawa Okan road; a drawing of a black ship and the year Ansei 3 were written on the back of a floorboard in its zashiki room
02Finds from the Ueno site, from the Paleolithic to the Incipient Jomon, are a prefectural Important Cultural Property
0337 minutes from Chuo-Rinkan Station to Shinjuku and Shibuya, without changing

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yamato City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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