Oyama Kaido TimelineYear Period
ca.10000B.C.

-Futago, Mizonokuchi Area-

Events in Japan

Events near Oyama Road

Jomon Culture Jomon-style pottery madeShell middens common

ca.5000B.C.

The ocean shoreline comes close toMizonokuchi.
Appearance of villages at Shinsaku, Hisamotoand Suenaga.

ca.3000B.C.

ca.200B.C Yayoi Culture.

239A.D.
300
500710 Nara Period
794 Heian Period

Production of Yayoi-style pottery, ricecultivation, and usage of iron tools
Queen Himiko sends ambassador to Wei(China).
Burial mounds (Kofun) made in Kinki
The Shimosakunobe Inarizuka Burial Mound(Kofun) is built.
Capital shifted to Heijyo-Kyo (Nara).
Capital shifted to Heian-Kyo (Kyoto).

1192 Kamakura Period Kamakura Shogunate established.
1338 Muromachi Period Muromachi Shogunate established.
1496
1590
1603 Edo Period
1611
1615

Hideyoshi Toyotomi attacks Odawara
Castle and destroys the Hojo Clan.
The Edo Shogunate is established.

Hideyoshi orders soldiers to stop violent
disorder in Sakunobe village.

After the Siege of Osaka, the Toyotomi
Clan is extinguished.
Futago Village is started.
Futago and Mizonokuchi villages are designated as
stops on the Yakurazawa Major Highway.

1724

The Great Tenmei Famine

The Nikaryo Irrigation water allocation pipe ismade.
The Haifukiya Pharmacy is established.
Soy sauce production prospers in Mizonokuchi.

The Shogun restores the government tothe Emperor.

The Koshin Belief stone carving at theKatamachi intersection is made.
Around this period sake brewing prospers inFutago.

1806
1867

Soryuji Temple converted to Nichiren Buddhism.

The Nikaryo-yosui irrigation canal is completed.

1641
1669

1770
1782

About this time the road that will become
Oyama Road begins to be used1868 Meiji Era
1874

The Futago School is established at Komyoji.

1879

Ueda Tadaichiro is elected from Mizonokuchi village
as the first representative of Tachibana District tothe first Kanagawa Assembly.

1889

The Constitution of the Empire of Japan Takatsu Village is formed by combining Futago,
is promulgated (Meiji Constitution).
Mizonokuchi, Sakado, Kitamikata, Suwa, Kuji,
Shimosaku, and Hisamoto villages.

1894
1897

Sino-Japanese War
Author Doppo Kunikida visits Mizonokuchi andwrites the famous story "Unforgettable People".

1Year Period

Events in Japan

1904
1911

Russo-Japanese War begins

Events near Oyama Road
Cultivation of peaches and Japanese pears
spreads near Mizonokuchi. The Tanakaya
Kimono Shop Warehouse is completed.

1913 Taisho Era

Electricity lights Takatsu Village, and a horsedrawn omnibus line begins between Kawasaki
and Mizonokuchi.
A motor bus line begins between Kawasaki andMizonokuchi.

1919
1921
1923
1924
1925
1927 Showa Era

The Tamagawa Gravel Railroad is renamed theNambu Line.
The Great Kanto Earthquake
Kawasaki is designated a city.
The Futago Bridge is built across Tama River.
The Tamagawa Electric Train Line is extended
to Mizonokuchi.
A simple drinking water system is completed atMizonokuchi by the Waterworks Association.

1931
1937
1941
1943
1945
1955

Takatsu Town is incorporated into Kawasaki
The cylindrical irrigation water diversion iscompleted.
The Oimachi Line is extended to Mizonokuchi.

The Pacific War begins.

Tokyo bombing, End of the war
Potter Shoji Hamada of Mizonokuchi is named
one of the first Living National Treasures.

1962
1964

The literary monument to Kanoko Okamoto iscompleted on the grounds of Futago Shrine.
The Tokaido Shinkansen begins
operations. Tokyo Olympics

1966

The Denentoshi Line extends to Nagatsuda
Station.

1972

Kawasaki City becomes a government ordinancedesignated city. Takatsu Ward is born.

1974

The first Takatsu Ward Festival is held.

1978

The New Futako Bridge is opened.

1982

Miyamae Ward is separated from Takatsu Ward.

1984

The Denentoshi Line is extended fromTsukimino to Chuo Rinkan.
The Oyama Kaido Furusato Museum opens.

1992 Heisei Era
1995
1997

Hanshin-Awagi Great Earthquake
Redevelopment of Mizonokuchi Station iscompleted.
The memorial of Doppo Kunikida is moved fromin front of Kameya Ryokan site to the Takatsu
Library.

2002

2004
2011

The first Oyama Road festival is held.
National Summit on the Cylindrical Water
Diverter is held.

The Great Tohoku Earthquake2