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Sagamihara

Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Sagamihara
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Tama 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
  2. 02
    Tokyo 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
  3. 03
    Sanrio 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
  4. 04
    Tama 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
  5. 05
    Tokyo 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
  6. 06
    Machida 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
  7. 07
    Honzawa 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
  8. 08
    Shiroyama 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
  9. 09
    Oberlin 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
  10. 10
    Keisen 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Fuchinobe Park

    Contains an indoor pool called the Ginga Arena.

  2. 02
    Kanuma Park

    Contains a duck pond also frequented by swans.

  3. 03
    Sagami Lake
  4. 04
    Sagamihara North Park
  5. 05
    Tanamukaihara Ruins
  6. 06
    Tsukui Lake

    Contains a large lake in which fishing is permitted.

From Wikivoyage: Sagamihara, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    CHAMP SAP

    SAP Sagamihara 2F, 7-10-18 Sagamihara, Chuo Ward,.

From Wikivoyage: Sagamihara, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Kuimonoya Wan Sagamionoten

From Wikivoyage: Sagamihara, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

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 → Sagamihara
    100 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ¥1,400–1,910
  • Omitama → Sagamihara
    125 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · ¥1,670–2,280
  • Makinohara / Shimada → Sagamihara
    127 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ¥2,010–2,750
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Not yet researched

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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,175 km
  2. 02
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,307 km
  3. 03
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,548 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,926 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    2,120 km

If you know how people move in Sagamihara – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Sagamihara

Sagamihara is 6 km from Aihara, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Machidacity in Tokyo, Japan6.9 km
  • Zamacity in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan9.4 km
  • Aikawatown in Aikō district, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan5.9 km
  • Minami-kuone of the three wards of the city of Sagamihara7.2 km
  • Shiroyamadissolved municipality in Tsukui district, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan6.6 km