# Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa

Ashigarashimo District (足柄下郡, Ashigarashimo-gun) is a district of Japan located in western Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Most sparsely populated mountainous districts are part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. The majority area of the city of Odawara was formerly part of Ashigarashimo District.
As of 2009, the district had an estimated population of 48,713 and a density of 346 persons per km$^2$. The total area was 140.73 km$^2$.

## Towns and villages

* Hakone
* Manazuru
* Yugawara

## History

Ashigarashimo District was one of the ancient subdivisions of Sagami Province, per the Nara period Ritsuryō system, under the name Ashinoshimo District (足下郡, Ashinoshimo-gun). The area was under the control of the later Hōjō clan in the Sengoku period, and part of Odawara Domain during the Edo period. Following disasters caused by eruptions of nearby Mount Fuji, a portion also came to be held as tenryō territory administered by the Tokugawa shogunate.

### Timeline

After the Meiji Restoration, it initially formed part of the short-lived Ashigara Prefecture before it was established as a district of Kanagawa Prefecture under the cadastral reform of 1878. In 1889, it was administratively divided into two towns (Odawara and Hakone) and 30 villages. On December 20, 1940, Odawara was elevated to city status. Local voters rejected a planned merger of Yugawara into Odawara in 2005 in an August 8, 2004 referendum.

### Merger table

| April 1, 1889 | 1889 - 1926 | 1926 – 1944 | 1926 – 1944 | 1945 - 1954 | 1945 - 1954 | 1955 - 1989 | 1955 - 1989 | 1989–Present | Present |
| Shimonaka village | Shimonaka village | Shimonaka village | Shimonaka village | Shimonaka village | Shimonaka village | April 1, 1955 Tachibana town | April 1, 1971 merged with Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Maeha village | Maeha village | Maeha village | Maeha village | Maeha village | Maeha village | | April 1, 1955 Tachibana town | April 1, 1971 merged with Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Shimofuchu village | Shimofuchu village | Shimofuchu village | Shimofuchu village | April 1, 1948 merged with Odawara city | April 1, 1948 merged with Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Kamifuchu village | Kamifuchu village | Kamifuchu village | Kamifuchu village | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Shimosoga village | Shimosoga village | Shimosoga village | Shimosoga village | | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Toyokawa village | Toyokawa village | Toyokawa village | Toyokawa village | July 15, 1954 merged with Odawara city | July 15, 1954 merged with Odawara city | | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Tajima village | Tajima village | Tajima village | Tajima village | April 1, 1948 merged with Kōzu town | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Kōzu village | April 1, 1924 Kōzu town | Kōzu town | Kōzu town | Kōzu town | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Sakawa village | Sakawa village | Sakawa village | April 1, 1942 Sakawa town | Sakawa town | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Sakawa village | Sakawa village | Sakawa village | December 20, 1940 Odawara city (Amiisshiki・Sannohara area) | Odawara city | Odawara city | | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Odawara town | Odawara town | Odawara town | December 20, 1940 Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Ashiko village | April 1, 1908 Ashigara village | February 11, 1940 Ashigara town | December 20, 1940 Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Futakawa village | April 1, 1908 Ashigara village | February 11, 1940 Ashigara town | December 20, 1940 Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Kuno village | April 1, 1908 Ashigara village | February 11, 1940 Ashigara town | December 20, 1940 Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Tomizu village | April 1, 1908 Ashigara village | February 11, 1940 Ashigara town | December 20, 1940 Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Ōkubo village | Ōkubo village | Ōkubo village | December 20, 1940 Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Hayakawa village | Hayakawa village | Hayakawa village | December 20, 1940 Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Ishibashi village | April 1, 1913 Kataura village | Kataura village | Kataura village | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Yonegami village | April 1, 1913 Kataura village | Kataura village | Kataura village | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Nebukawa village | April 1, 1913 Kataura village | Kataura village | Kataura village | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Enoura village | April 1, 1913 Kataura village | Kataura village | Kataura village | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Yumoto village | Yumoto village | October 1, 1927 Yumoto town | October 1, 1927 Yumoto town | Yumoto town | Yumoto town | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | Hakone town | Hakone |
| Onsen village | Onsen village | Onsen village | Onsen village | Onsen village | Onsen village | | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | Hakone town | Hakone |
| Miyagino village | Miyagino village | Miyagino village | Miyagino village | Miyagino village | Miyagino village | | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | Hakone town | Hakone |
| Sengokubara village | Sengokubara village | Sengokubara village | Sengokubara village | Sengokubara village | Sengokubara village | | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | Hakone town | Hakone |
| Hakone town | Hakone town | Hakone town | Hakone town | January 1, 1954 Hakone town | January 1, 1954 Hakone town | | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | Hakone town | Hakone |
| Motohakone village | Motohakone village | Motohakone village | Motohakone village | | January 1, 1954 Hakone town | January 1, 1954 Hakone town | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | Hakone town | Hakone |
| Ashinoyu village | Ashinoyu village | Ashinoyu village | Ashinoyu village | | January 1, 1954 Hakone town | January 1, 1954 Hakone town | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | September 30, 1956 Hakone town | Hakone town | Hakone |
| Manazuru village | Manazuru village | October 1, 1927 Manazuru town | October 1, 1927 Manazuru town | Manazuru town | Manazuru town | September 30, 1956 Manazuru town | September 30, 1956 Manazuru town | Manazuru village | Manazuru |
| Iwa village | Iwa village | Iwa village | Iwa village | Iwa village | Iwa village | | September 30, 1956 Manazuru town | September 30, 1956 Manazuru town | Manazuru village | Manazuru |
| Doi village | July 1, 1926 Yugawara town | Yugawara town | Yugawara town | Yugawara town | Yugawara town | April 1, 1955 Yugawara town | April 1, 1955 Yugawara town | Yugawara town | Yugawara |
| Yoshihama village | Yoshihama village | April 1, 1940 Yoshihama town | April 1, 1940 Yoshihama town | Yoshihama town | Yoshihama town | | April 1, 1955 Yugawara town | April 1, 1955 Yugawara town | Yugawara town | Yugawara |
| Fukuura village | Fukuura village | Fukuura village | Fukuura village | Fukuura village | Fukuura village | | April 1, 1955 Yugawara town | April 1, 1955 Yugawara town | Yugawara town | Yugawara |
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