Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki

Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 153,255 and a density of 15,250 persons per km². The total area was 10.05 km².
Geography
Saiwai Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, in the center portion of the city of Kawasaki, bordering on Tokyo to the north and Yokohama to the south.
Surrounding municipalities
Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
Ōta-ku, Tokyo
Kohoku-ku, Yokohama
Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
History
Archaeologists have found numerous Kofun period remains at numerous locations in what is now Saiwai-ku, indicating a long period of human settlement. Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, it became part of Tachibana District Musashi Province. In the Edo period, it was administered as tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto, and was the center of a prosperous farming area adjacent to Kawasaki-juku, a post station on the Tokaido highway connecting Edo with Kyoto.
After the Meiji Restoration, the area urbanized due to its proximity to Kawasaki Station on the Tokaido Main Line. Saiwai Village within Tachibana District in the new Kanagawa Prefecture was created on April 1, 1889 through the merger of eight smaller hamlets. In the early twentieth century, the area was dominated by factories; notably Meiji Sugar and Toshiba. The area was largely destroyed by the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923, but was soon rebuilt. The area was annexed by the neighboring city of Kawasaki in two stages in 1927 and in 1937. The area was heavily damaged by American bombing during World War II.
Saiwai Ward was established with the division of Kawasaki into wards on April 1, 1972.
Economy
The economy of Saiwai Ward continues to be dominated by industry, with Toshiba, Canon, Pioneer Corporation, and Hitachi. A number of companies are headquartered in Sawai Ward, including the Japanese subsidiaries of Dell Computer, Toys "R" Us as well as Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, Universal Shipbuilding Corporation, and Fuji Sash.
Transportation
Rail
JR East – Nambu Line
Kashimada Station, Mukaigawara Station
JR East – Yokosuka Line
Shin-Kawasaki Station
Road
Japan National Route 1 (Dai-ni Keihin)
National Route 466 (No. 3 Keihin Road, as )
Kanagawa Prefectural Road 9
Kanagawa Prefectural Road 14
Kanagawa Prefectural Road 111
Kanagawa Prefectural Road 140
Local attractions
Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall.
Lazona Kawasaki Plaza
Education
Keio University – Kawasaki Campus
Kawasaki City College of Nursing
Municipal junior high schools:
Hiyoshi (日吉中学校)
Minamigawara (南河原中学校)
Minamikase (南加瀬中学校)
Miyuki (御幸中学校)
Tsukagoshi (塚越中学校)
Municipal elementary schools:
Furuichiba (古市場小学校)
Furukawa (古川小学校)
Higashi Ogura (東小倉小学校)
Hiyoshi (日吉小学校)
Minamigawara (南河原小学校)
Minamikase (南加瀬小学校)
Miyuki (御幸小学校)
Nishi Miyuki (西御幸小学校)
Ogura (小倉小学校)
Saiwaicho (幸町小学校)
Shimo Hirama (下平間小学校)
Tode (戸手小学校)
Yumemigasaki (夢見ヶ崎小学校)
Former elementary schools:
Kawaramachi (河原町小学校) - Closed on March 31, 2006 (Heisei 18)
Noted people from Saiwai Ward
Noriyuki Higashiyama, actor
Tetsuya Enomoto, professional soccer player
Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of bitcoin
References
External links
Saiwai Ward Office
Wards of Kawasaki, Kanagawa