# Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa

Ashigarakami District (足柄上郡, Ashigarakami-gun) is a district located in western Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Most of the mountainous district is sparsely populated, and is part of the Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park. Parts of the cities of Hadano and Odawara, and the entire city of Minamiashigara were formerly part of Ashigarakami District.
As of 2009, the district had an estimated population of 67,954 and a density of 224 persons per km$^2$. The total area was 303.44 km$^2$.

## Towns and villages

* Kaisei
* Matsuda
* Nakai
* Ōi
* Yamakita

## History

Ashigarakami District was one of the ancient subdivisions of Sagami Province, per the Nara period Ritsuryō system, under the name as Ashinokami District (足上郡, Ashinokami-gun). The area was under 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 was established as a district of Kanagawa Prefecture under the cadastral reform of 1878. In 1889, it was administratively divided into 26 villages.
On April 1, 1972, part of Ashigarakami District became the city of Minamiashigara.

### Merger table

| April 1, 1889 | 1889–1926 | 1889–1926 | 1926–1944 | 1926–1944 | 1945 - 1954 | 1955–1989 | 1955–1989 | 1955–1989 | 1989–Present |
| Kamihadano village | Kamihadano village | Kamihadano village | Kamihadano village | Kamihadano village | Kamihadano village | July 28, 1955 Naka District, Nishihadano town | January 1, 1963 merged with Hadano city | Hadano city | Hadano |
| Yamada village | Yamada village | Yamada village | Yamada village | November 3, 1946 Aiwa village | June 20, 1951 merged with Nishihadano village (Tochikubo area) | July 28, 1955 Naka District, Nishihadano town | January 1, 1963 merged with Hadano city | Hadano city | Hadano |
| Kaminaka village | Kaminaka village | Kaminaka village | Kaminaka village | November 3, 1946 Aiwa village | Aiwa village | April 1, 1956 Ōi town | April 1, 1956 Ōi town | Ōi town | Ōi |
| Kaneda village | Kaneda village | Kaneda village | Kaneda village | Kaneda village | Kaneda village | | April 1, 1956 Ōi town | April 1, 1956 Ōi town | Ōi town | Ōi |
| Soga village | Soga village | Soga village | Soga village | Soga village | Soga village | April 1, 1956 Ōi town (Nishiōi・Kamiōi areas) | April 1, 1956 Ōi town (Nishiōi・Kamiōi areas) | | Ōi town | Ōi |
| Soga village | Soga village | Soga village | Soga village | Soga village | Soga village | April 1, 1956 merged with Odawara city (except Nishiōi, Kamiōi areas) | April 1, 1956 merged with Odawara city (except Nishiōi, Kamiōi areas) | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Sakurai village | Sakurai village | Sakurai village | Sakurai village | December 18, 1950 merged with Odawara city | December 18, 1950 merged with Odawara city | Odawara city | Odawara city | | Odawara city | Odawara |
| Naka village | April 1, 1908 Nakai village | April 1, 1908 Nakai village | Nakai village | Nakai village | Nakai village | December 1, 1963 Nakai town | December 1, 1963 Nakai town | Nakai town | Nakai |
| Inokuchi village | April 1, 1908 Nakai village | April 1, 1908 Nakai village | Nakai village | Nakai village | Nakai village | December 1, 1963 Nakai town | December 1, 1963 Nakai town | Nakai town | Nakai |
| Sakata village | Sakata village | Sakata village | Sakata village | Sakata village | Sakata village | February 1, 1955 Kaisei town | February 1, 1955 Kaisei town | Kaisei town | Kaisei |
| Yoshidajima village | Yoshidajima village | Yoshidajima village | Yoshidajima village | Yoshidajima village | Yoshidajima village | | February 1, 1955 Kaisei town | February 1, 1955 Kaisei town | Kaisei town | Kaisei |
| Matsuda village | April 1, 1909 Matsuda town | April 1, 1909 Matsuda town | Matsuda town | Matsuda town | Matsuda town | Matsuda town | Matsuda town | Matsuda town | Matsuda |
| Yadoriki village | Yadoriki village | Yadoriki village | Yadoriki village | Yadoriki village | Yadoriki village | April 1, 1955 merged with Matsuda town | April 1, 1955 merged with Matsuda town | | Matsuda town | Matsuda |
| Minamiashigara village | Minamiashigara village | Minamiashigara village | April 1, 1940 Minamiashigara town | Minamiashigaru town | Minamiashigaru town | April 1, 1955 Minamiashigara town | April 1, 1972 Minamiashigara city | Minamiashigara city | Minamiashigara |
| Fukuzawa village | Fukuzawa village | Fukuzawa village | Fukuzawa village | Fukuzawa village | Fukuzawa village | | April 1, 1955 Minamiashigara town | April 1, 1972 Minamiashigara city | Minamiashigara city | Minamiashigara |
| Okamoto village | Okamoto village | Okamoto village | Okamoto village | Okamoto village | Okamoto village | | April 1, 1955 Minamiashigara town | April 1, 1972 Minamiashigara city | Minamiashigara city | Minamiashigara |
| Kitaashigara village | Kitaashigara village | Kitaashigara village | Kitaashigara village | Kitaashigara village | Kitaashigara village | April 1, 1955 Minamiashigara town (except Hirayama area) | April 1, 1972 Minamiashigara city | Minamiashigara city | Minamiashigara |
| Kitaashigara village | Kitaashigara village | Kitaashigara village | Kitaashigara village | Kitaashigara village | Kitaashigara village | April 1, 1955 merged with Yamakita town (Hirayama area) | April 1, 1955 merged with Yamakita town (Hirayama area) | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
| Kawa village | Kawa village | Kawa village | April 1, 1933 Yamakita town | Yamakita town | Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
| Kyowa village | Kyōwa village | Kyōwa village | Kyōwa village | Kyōwa village | Kyōwa village | | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
| Kawanishi village | April 1, 1911 Kawanishi village | April 1, 1923 Shimizu village | Shimizu village | Shimizu village | Shimizu village | | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
| Yubure village | April 1, 1911 Kawanishi village | April 1, 1923 Shimizu village | Shimizu village | Shimizu village | Shimizu village | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
| Yaga village | Yaga village | April 1, 1923 Shimizu village | Shimizu village | Shimizu village | Shimizu village | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
| Yamaichiba village | Yamaichiba village | April 1, 1923 Shimizu village | Shimizu village | Shimizu village | Shimizu village | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
| Kaminawa village | Kaminawa village | February 1, 1925 merged with Shimizu village (Kaminawa area) | Shimizu village | Shimizu village | Shimizu village | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
| Kaminawa village | Kaminawa village | February 1, 1925 merged with Miho village (Kamioda area) | Miho village | Miho village | Miho village | | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
| Nakakawa village | April 1, 1909 Miho village | April 1, 1909 Miho village | | Miho village | Miho village | Miho village | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
| Kurokura village | April 1, 1909 Miho village | April 1, 1909 Miho village | Miho village | Miho village | Miho village | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
| Yozuku village | April 1, 1909 Miho village | April 1, 1909 Miho village | Miho village | Miho village | Miho village | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | February 1, 1955 Yamakita town | Yamakita town | Yamakita |
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