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Yokosuka (city)

Yokosuka
横須賀市
Core city
Yokosuka and Mt. Fuji seen from Uraga Channel
Yokosuka and Mt. Fuji seen from Uraga Channel
Flag of Yokosuka
Flag
Official seal of Yokosuka
Seal
Location of Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture
Location of Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture
Yokosuka is located in Japan
Yokosuka
Yokosuka
 
Coordinates: 35°15′N 139°40′E / 35.250°N 139.667°E / 35.250; 139.667Coordinates: 35°15′N 139°40′E / 35.250°N 139.667°E / 35.250; 139.667
Country Japan
Region Kantō
Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture
Area
 • Total 100.7 km2 (38.9 sq mi)
Population (June 1, 2012)
 • Total 414,960
 • Density 4,120/km2 (10,700/sq mi)
Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree Prunus speciosa
- Flower Crinum asiaticum
- Bird Common gull
Address 11 Ogawa-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 238-8550
Website www.city.yokosuka.kanagawa.jp

Yokosuka (横須賀市 Yokosuka-shi?) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

As of June 2012, the city has an estimated population of 414,960 and a population density of 4,120 people per km2. The total area is 100.7 km2. Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in Greater Tokyo, and the 12th in the Kantō region.

Yokosuka occupies most of Miura Peninsula, and is bordered by the mouth of Tokyo Bay to the east and Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean on the west.

The area around present-day Yokosuka city has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found stone tools and shell middens from the Japanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from the Jōmon and Kofun periods at numerous locations in the area. During the Heian period, local warlord Muraoka Tamemichi established Kinugasa Castle in 1063. He became the ancestor of the Miura clan, which subsequently dominated eastern Sagami Province for the next several hundred years. The Miura clan supported Minamoto no Yoritomo in the foundation of the Kamakura shogunate, but were later annihilated by Hōjō Tokiyori in 1247. However, the family name was reassigned to a supporter of the Hōjō clan, and the Miura continued to rule Miura Peninsula through the Muromachi period until their defeat at Arai Castle in a 1518 attack by Hōjō Sōun. Following the defeat of the Late Hōjō clan at the Battle of Odawara, Toyotomi Hideyoshi transferred Tokugawa Ieyasu to take control over the Kantō region, including Yokosuka in 1590.


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