Nakahara-ku (中原区) is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
The name as "Nakahara-ku" is derived from being a palace and a camp shop in Kosugi as a relay place by the Nakahara highway where Edo is formed with Nakahara palace (Hiratsuka-city) in the Edo Period.
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Geography
Nakahara 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
Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Ōta-ku, Tokyo
Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama
History
Archaeologists have found numerous Kofun period remains at numerous locations in what is now Nakahara-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. After the Meiji Restoration, the area was divided into Nakahawa Village and Sumiyoshi Village within Tachibana District in the new Kanagawa Prefecture on April 1, 1889. The two villages merged in 1925 to form the town of Nakahara. The town was annexed by the neighboring city of Kawasaki in August 1933. In April 1972, the area became Nakahara Ward with the division of the city of Kawasaki into wards.
Economy
Nakahara Ward is largely a regional commercial center and bedroom community for central Kawasaki and Tokyo. The Ward hosts Fujitsu's Main Branch at Kamiodanaka 4-chome in Nakahara-ku. It was formerly Fujitsu's world headquarters. Other industries include factories operated by Mitsubishi Fuso and NEC.
Transportation
Railway
JR East – Nambu Line
Musashi-Shinjō - Musashi-Nakahara - Musashi-Kosugi - Mukaigawara - Hirama
JR East – Yokosuka Line
Musashi-Kosugi Station,
Tokyu Corporation – Tōkyū Tōyoko Line / Tōkyū Meguro Line
Shin-Maruko - Musashi-Kosugi - Motosumiyoshi
The Tōkaidō Shinkansen passes through Nakahara-ku but does not stop.
Highway
National Route 466 (No. 3 Keihin Road, as "Daisan-Keihin" (第三京浜))
Kanagawa Prefectural Road 2
Kanagawa Prefectural Road 14
Kanagawa Prefectural Road 45
Kanagawa Prefectural Road 111
Local attractions
Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Education
Nippon Medical School – Shin-Maruko Campus
Municipal junior high schools:
Municipal elementary schools: