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Ichikawa city / The Short Summary Of Ichikawa-shi
Ichikawa city is on the western part of Chiba prefecture, so it is also east side of Tokyo. And also Ichikawa city is located on the middle of Narita International Airport and Haneda International Airport, therefore almost foreigners had visited Japan might have passed Ichikawa city once or more.
Ichikawa city has many historical remains. There was the provincial government of Shimousa in the classic Japan at west part of the city, Konodai. And the kokubun-ji Temple was built in Nara period, and Nakayama Hokekyo-ji Temple, one of the grand headquarter of Nichiren Sect, is there in the city. And the Mikoshi daiku carpenters who specially construct Mikoshi live at Gyotoku in Ichikawa city, and they built and repair most Mikoshis in Japan. And many artists and writers , Hakushu Kitahara, Rohan Koda, Kafu Nagai, Kaii Higashiyama, Masashi Sada, Hiroshi Motomiya, Hisashi Inoue and so on lived and live in. Sometimes, Ichikawa appears on their works.
The city name of Ichikawa named after 2 stories, one said that the city was along the Edo river, the biggest river in the Eastern Japan, therefore the first river is spoken as Ichi-Kawa in Japanese, then the city was named 'Ichikawa' in the ancient time. And other said that there were big markets on the river, Japanese call market 'Ichi' and river 'Kawa', then the name Ichikawa was created. Anyway Ichikawa has long history.
It is said that people has lived in Ichikawa area since twenty thousands years ago. In the city, there are several shell middens, so Ubayama, Soya and Horinouchi shell midden are the larger horseshoe shaped middens than any other middens in Japan. And Ichikawa has the remains of the governor office of the classic district Shimousa and Shimousa Kokubun-ji Temple. And the legend of Mama-no-tekona was written in Manyoshu (Collection for a Myriad Ages). The first the name of Ichikawa had appeared on the book 'Gikei-ki' (the record of Yoshitsune), and that said that Minamoto-no-Yoritomo who was the first Shogun and founded the Kamakura Bakufu took his army and reached at Ichikawa in Matsudo-sho after he rebuilt his army at Awa-no-kuni after he had lost the battle of Mt.Ishibashi in Sagami-no-kuni (Kanagawa Prefecture). In Kamakura period (1185~1333), Nichiren who was the founder of Nichiren Sect in Buddhism started his missionary works at Nakayama in Ichikawa city. His first preaching spot as Nakayama Hokekyo-ji preserves many important cultural and historical properties including the tow National Treasures of Japan. During Sengoku Period (The Warring States Period), Hojo at Odawara (in Kanagawa prefecture) and Satomi at Awa (the southern Chiba prefecture) had fought at Konodai twice, and finally Hojo won the battle of Konodai. In Edo period (1603~1867), Tokugawa Clan who was the Shogun family directly controlled most part of the city, so the salt made in Gyotoku was very famous. It was introduced on the book 'Edo-meisho-zue' (The guidebook for tourists in Edo period) .
Even now, people could feel the history in Ichikawa city. And also they could get much nature and natural products from the sea and the earth. In northern part of the city, farmers growing pears flourishes, so the city has much nature as in the metropolitan area. It takes only 20 minutes from Tokyo Station to Ichikawa Station by JR East. And also it takes 50 minutes from Narita International Airport to Keisei-Yawata Station by Keisei Line. So Ichikawa is easy to live, over 450 thousand people live in.
Now Ichikawa city has many historical assets; Nakayama Hokakyoji Temple, Mamasan Guboji Temple, Katsushika Hachimangu Shrine and so forth have their own history and important properties. And also Higashiyama Kaii Memorial Hall preserves his great works and exhibits them. Moreover on the first Saturday of August, almost millions of people visit to watch the Fireworks Display for Residents in the Cool Summer Evening in Edogawa River. Ichikawa has great accessibility both Tokyo (Haneda International Airport) and Narita International Airport. Why don't you visit Ichikawa city?
* If you want to know more about Ichikawa city, why don't you visit the site 'A Walk In Nakayama Shimousa'?
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デジタル大辞林
ブリタニカ国際大百科事典
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Visit Events, Landmarks and Areas Near ICHIKAWA City
Ichikawa City has very long history and there are a lot of historical assets in the city. Moreover it is very close to the center of Tokyo and Narita International Airport, tourists could easily feel and touch Japanese culture. Why don't you visit Ichikawa City?Areas
- Funabashi
- Ichikawa
- Katori
- Narita
- Sakura
- Urayasu
Landmarks and Events
- Nakayama Hokekyoji Temple
- Mamasan Guboji Temple
- Higashiyama Kaii Memorial Hall
- Katsushika Hachimangu Shrine
- Edogawa River Fireworks: Fireworks Display for Residents in the Cool Summer Evening (at the Edogawa River)