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Odawara, Kanagawa

Odawara
小田原市
Special city
Top left: Odawara Castle, Top right;Panorama view of around Odawara, from Odawara Castle Park, Middle left: Odawara Fishing Port, Middle right: Odawara Station, Bottom left: Sontoku Ninomiya Shrine, Bottom right: Ishigakiyama Castle Park
Top left: Odawara Castle, Top right;Panorama view of around Odawara, from Odawara Castle Park, Middle left: Odawara Fishing Port, Middle right: Odawara Station, Bottom left: Sontoku Ninomiya Shrine, Bottom right: Ishigakiyama Castle Park
Flag of Odawara
Flag
Official seal of Odawara
Seal
Location of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture
Location of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture
Odawara is located in Japan
Odawara
Odawara
 
Coordinates: 35°15′N 139°9′E / 35.250°N 139.150°E / 35.250; 139.150Coordinates: 35°15′N 139°9′E / 35.250°N 139.150°E / 35.250; 139.150
Country Japan
Region Kantō
Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture
Government
 • - Mayor Kenichi Kato (since May 2008)
Area
 • Total 113.79 km2 (43.93 sq mi)
Population (February 1, 2015)
 • Total 194,672
 • Density 1,710/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
City symbols  
 • Tree Japanese black pine
 • Flower Ume
 • Bird Little tern
 • Fish Medaka, Carangidae
Phone number 0465-33-1302
Address 300 Ogikubo, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 250-8555
Website www.city.odawara.kanagawa.jp

Odawara (小田原市 Odawara-shi?) is a city located in western Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2015, the city had an estimated population of 194,672 and a population density of 1,710 persons per km2. The total area is 113.79 km2.

The area around present day Odawara has been settled since prehistoric times, and archaeological evidence indicates that the area had a high population density in the Jōmon period. From the Ritsuryō system of the Nara period, the area became part of Ashigarashimo District of Sagami Province. It was divided into shōen during the Heian period, mostly controlled by the Hatano clan and its various branches. During the Genpei War between the Heike clan and Minamoto no Yoritomo, the Battle of Ishibashiyama was fought near present-day Odawara. During the Sengoku period, Odawara developed as a castle town and capital of the domains of the late Hōjō clan, which covered most of the Kantō region. The Hōjō were defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Battle of Odawara in 1590, despite the impregnable reputation of Odawara Castle, and the territory came under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu.


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