Sagamihara
Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2021, the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 328.91 square kilometres (126.99 sq mi). Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city in the prefecture, after Yokohama and Kawasaki, and the fifth most populous suburb of the Greater Tokyo Area. Its northern neighbor is Machida, with which a cross-prefectural merger has been proposed.
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Worth seeing in and around Sagamihara
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tama Art University
Tama Art University or Tamabi is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan.
5.2 km · university · Wikipedia - 02Tokyo metropolitan university
Tokyo Metropolitan University, often referred to as TMU, is a public research university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. In contrast to other non-private universities in Tokyo, the university is established under the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and not the national government.
5.6 km · Japanese University · Wikipedia - 03Sanrio Puroland
Sanrio Puroland, also known as Hello Kitty Land, is an indoor theme park located in Tama New Town, Tokyo, Japan. Opened on December 7, 1990, it hosts attractions, live shows, shopping outlets, and restaurants dedicated to Sanrio characters such as Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Gudetama, and Aggretsuko, in a manner akin to Disney theme parks.
8.6 km · amusement park in Tama New Town, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Tama Zoological Park
The Tama Zoological Park is a zoo, owned by the government of Tokyo Metropolis, and located in Hino, Tokyo, Japan. The Tama Zoo was opened on May 5, 1958, originally as a branch of the Ueno Zoo.
9.9 km · park · Wikipedia - 05Tokyo University of Technology
Tokyo University of Technology is a private university in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in May 1947.
7 km · private university in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Machida Athletic Stadium
The Machida GION Stadium or Machida Municipal Athletic Stadium or Machida City Nozuta Park Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Machida, Tokyo, Japan, a.k.a. the “Nozuta Stadium” because it is located in Nozuta Park.
7.1 km · building in Machida, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Honzawa Dam
Honzawa Dam is a dam in Midori-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The reservoir is called Shiroyama Lake.
9.4 km · Japanese dam · Wikipedia - 08Shiroyama Dam
The Shiroyama Dam is a multi-purpose dam on the main stream Sagami River in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
7.3 km · Japanese dam · Wikipedia - 09Oberlin University
J. F. Oberlin University is a private university in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. The university also has campuses in Shinjuku and Tama, Fuchinobe, and Hakuba.
4.1 km · Japanese private university · Wikipedia - 10Keisen University
Keisen University is a private women's college in Tama, Tokyo, Japan, established in 1988. The university is linked to the Keisen School for Young Women, founded in 1929 by Michi Kawai, the National Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Associations of Japan.
7.8 km · private women's college in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Fuchinobe Park
Contains an indoor pool called the Ginga Arena.
- 02Kanuma Park
Contains a duck pond also frequented by swans.
- 03Sagami Lake
- 04Sagamihara North Park
- 05Tanamukaihara Ruins
- 06Tsukui Lake
Contains a large lake in which fishing is permitted.
From Wikivoyage: Sagamihara, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01CHAMP SAP
SAP Sagamihara 2F, 7-10-18 Sagamihara, Chuo Ward,.
From Wikivoyage: Sagamihara, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Kuimonoya Wan Sagamionoten
From Wikivoyage: Sagamihara, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Sagamihara
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 38 km · Narita (NRT), 95 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 117 km
- Stations
- Sagami-Ōno Station, 7.5 km · Chūō-Rinkan Station, 9.7 km · Machida Station, 7.6 km · Kitano Station, 8.7 km · Hirayamajōshi-kōen Station, 9.1 km
- Narita → Sagamihara100 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ¥1,400–1,910
- Omitama → Sagamihara125 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · ¥1,670–2,280
- Makinohara / Shimada → Sagamihara127 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ¥2,010–2,750
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Sagamihara
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sagamihara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Sagamihara
Sagamihara is 6 km from Aihara, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.