Sagamihara
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.
Getting to Sagamihara
Visitors reach Sagamihara on the JR Yokohama Line at Kobuchi, Fuchinobe, Yabe, or Sagamihara stations.
Worth seeing
- 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.
Things to do
- 01CHAMP SAP
SAP Sagamihara 2F, 7-10-18 Sagamihara, Chuo Ward,.
Where to eat
- 01Kuimonoya Wan Sagamionoten
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