Ichikawa

Ichikawa is a city positioned in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is about 20 kilometers from the middle of Tokyo. The town become based on November 3, 1934. As of February 1, 2016, the city had an expected populace of 481,790, and a populace density of 8,390 individuals consistent with km2. The general vicinity is 57.45 km2. Ichikawa is likewise the home of the chief of the ground personnel of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the Colton Plaza shopping center.

Its close proximity to Tokyo makes it a convenient vicinity for commuters; it's far related to Tokyo by using the JR Chuo-Sobu Line, the Toei Shinjuku Line, the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, the Toei Asakusa Line, and the Keisei Line. The region around gift-day Ichikawa has been inhabited since the Japanese Paleolithic length. Archaeologists have discovered stone gear dating to a few 30,000 years ago. Numerous shell middens from the Jomon length, and loads of burial tumuli from the Kofun period had been located in numerous places round Ichikawa.

During the Nara period, Ichikawa became the provincial capital of Shimo sa Province and is mentioned within the Man'yoshu. During the Heian length, this area changed into the center of the insurrection with the aid of Taira Masakado. During the Sengoku length, it become the site of a prime battles Battle of Konodai between the Satomi clan and the Later Hojo extended family. It merged with the neighboring cities of Yawata, Nakayama and village of Kokubun to shape the town of Ichikawa.