Isehara

• Name — Isehara • Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Japan • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Kantō • Subdivision Type2 — Prefecture • Subdivision Name2 — Kanagawa • Established Title — First official recorded • Established Date — 655 BC (official) • Established Title2 — Town settled • Established Date2 — December 1, 1954 • Established Title3 — City settled • Established Date3 — March 1, 1971 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Tetsuya Hagiwara (since October 2024) • Area Total Km2 — 55.56 • Population Total — 101,415 • Population As Of — February 1, 2024 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone1 — Japan Standard Time • Utc Offset1 — +9 • Custom Label Sec1 — City symbols • Custom Label1 Sec1 — • Tree • Custom Data1 Sec1 — Castanopsis • Custom Label2 Sec1 — • Flower • Custom Data2 Sec1 — Chinese bellflower • Custom Label3 Sec1 — • Bird • Custom Data3 Sec1 — Copper pheasant • Custom Label Sec2 — Phone number • Custom Data Sec2 — 0463-94-4711 • Custom Label1 Sec2 — Address • Custom Data1 Sec2 — 348, Tanaka, Isehara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 259-1188

Isehara is located in the hilly center of Kanagawa Prefecture. A large portion of the city is within the Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park.

Kanagawa Prefecture • Atsugi • Hadano • Hiratsuka

Isehara has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Isehara is 14.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1906 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.9 °C.

Per Japanese census data, the population of Isehara has recently plateaued after several decades of strong growth.

The area of present-day Isehara City was part of several large shōen in Sagami Province during the Kamakura period. During the Edo period, it was nominally part of Odawara Domain, although large portions were tenryō territory controlled by the shōgun in Edo through various hatamoto. After the Meiji Restoration and with the establishment of the district system in 1878, the area came under the control of Ōsumi District, Kanagawa Prefecture and became Isehara Town on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. On March 26, 1896, Ōsumi District and Yurugi District were merged to create Naka District. The town began to experience rapid growth after the opening of Isehara Station on the Odakyu Electric Railway on April 1, 1929. On December 21, 1954, the town expanded through merger with neighboring Oyama Town and three villages. Its area expanded further on September 30, 1956, through annexation of a portion of neighboring Okazaki Village. Isehara was elevated to city status on March 1, 1971.

Isehara has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 20 members. Isehara contributes one member to the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Kanagawa 16th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Known primarily as a bedroom community for Yokohama and the greater Tokyo area, Isehara is also home to Amada Co, a machine tool manufacturer and a number of manufacturing plants. It is also home to a Maru-Chan (Toyo Suisan) instant noodle factory.

Isehara has ten public elementary schools and four public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has two public high schools operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, and the prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped. There is also one private high school. Tokyo-based Senshu University, Sanno University and Tokai University all have a campus within Isehara.

Odakyu Electric Railway – Odakyū Odawara Line • Isehara

• Route, to central Tokyo or Numazu

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• Mount Ōyama

• Illustration — Isehara city's center area in 1988 • Illustration — View of around Isehara. • Illustration — View from Odakyu Odawara Line in Isehara. Mount Oyama on the left. Looking due north. • Illustration — Mount Oyama Afuri Jinja • Illustration — Isehara Shibuta River

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