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Part 1 From the Primitive to the Tokaido

Chapter 1 From Tumulus to the Samurai Government

The primitive ancient times

Akebono in the Nishi Ward area
Jomon period in the Nishi Ward area

Section 2 Takatsuka Tumulus and Yokoana Tomb

Kofun period in the Nishi Ward area
Karuizawa Tumulus
Side cave grave
Asama lower side cave graves

The appearance of Samurai

From ancient times to the Middle Ages
Musashi's samurai group
Bushidan in the Nishi Ward region
Tomb of Gosho Goromaru

Section 4 Minato, Kanagawa

Prosperity of Kanagawa Minato
A small desk battle
Battle of Gongen Yamaai
Dewanokami Uehara and Tobe
The destruction of Gohojo

Chapter 2: The horse riding system on the Tokaido

Section 1 Lord and inhabitants

Tobe Village and Lawn Village
Villages controlled by the government

Section 2 People's Life

Lawn village inspection site
The riverbank
Annual tribute rice
Conflict with the Kawagishi Riverbank
Hachioji Road
Revival of the riverbank of the lawn village
Funairi moat
The overtime work of the lawn village
Conflict with Aokicho middleman
Formation of fellow grain merchants
Structure of Lawn Villagers by hierarchy
Soaring rice prices
Counseling of the Revolt
Salvation hut
Various measures to combat famine
Opening of Yokohama Port
Yes, right?
Sugo
Sukyo Contractor
Contractor's expense
Signpost
The streets of the lawn village
A hard worker
A fisherman
Shozaburo and Takebei
Masonry Angora
Tobe Village and Nogeura
Hay water
Quality of Rice
Sukyo and cleaning place
Hodogaya Road
Yokohama way

Section 3 Fishery

Fishery in Edo Bay
Fish selling
Fishery in Nogeura
The burden of Ura
Noge's wish Shingashi
Fishery in Lawn Village
Salt production

Section 4 Natural Disaster and Famine

Flooding of Katabira River
Eruption of Hoeizan
Heavy rain and famine in the Tenmei era

Section 5 Development of Sodegaura

Natural Yoshu
Horyu Nitta
Yasunaga Nitta
Koka era Nitta
Owariya Nitta
Fujie Nitta
Okanoshinden
Hiranuma Nitta
Management of Nitta

Part 2: History of Modernization

Chapter 1 Opening and Yokohama Port Opening

Section 1 Perry's arrival

The common people of the sights of Kurofune
The difficulty of the residents

Section 2 Opening of Yokohama Port

Signing of a trade treaty
Construction of an opening port
Construction at a rapid pace
Entering Yokohama from various locations

Section 3 Lawn Village Merchant Store in Yokohama

An active lawn merchant
Episode of opening a store
Details of store merchants

Chapter 2 Installation of Kanagawa magistrate's office

Section 1 Opening of Port Yokohama Administration

A foreign magistrate
A magistrate dormitory at Tobe Ganjoji Temple
The government office district in Tobe
Organization and duties of Kanagawa magistrate

Section 2 Conditions in each region

The town hall in Tobe
High, number of units and population of each village
Plan to establish a cotton plantation in lawn village

Chapter 3 Birth of Kanagawa Prefecture

Section 1 Yokohama Gunjin Hospital

Debate campaign
Establishment of a military hospital
Doctor Willis
A soldier sleeping in the Kan Osamu Cemetery

Section 2 From Kanagawa Prefecture to Prefecture

Birth of the Yokohama Court
The birth of Kanagawa Prefecture
Renamed Kanagawa Prefecture
Section 3 Setting of Local Administration Zones
Establishment of family register Ward
Ward program system
O ward small ward system
Reorganized into county municipalities

Chapter 4 Port West Town

Section 1 History of each town

Section 2 A town from Aokicho, Kanagawa-juku

Kita-Karuizawa
Minamikaruizawa
Kusunoki-cho
Miyagaya
Kitako 1-chome and 2-chome
Koichi Minami-chome, 2-chome

Section 3 From the Lawn

Sengencho
Asamadai
Minamiasama-cho

Section 4 From Landfill in the Edo Period

1-chome Hiranuma, 2-chome
Nishihiranumacho
1-chome Okano, 2-chome

Section 5 Town from Tobe

Tobecho
Nishitobecho
Sakainotani
Gosyoyama cho
Nishimaecho
Tobe-honcho
Chuo 1-chome and 2-chome
Fujidanacho
Hamamatsucho
Oimatsucho
Hanasaki-cho
Momijigaoka
Isecho
Miyazakicho

Section 6: Town from Ota

Kasumigaoka
Higashigaoka
Akamoncho

Section 7: Town from Hodogaya

Kubocho
Higashikubo-cho
Motokubocho

Section 8 Town from Landfill

1-chome, 2-chome Takashima
Sakuragicho
Midoricho (Uchidacho 6-8-chome)
Minato Mirai 1-chome to 5-chome

Section 9 Abandoned Town List

Zaimokucho
Nakacho
Owariya-cho
Chitose-cho
Shintamacho
Tsukioka-cho
Ougida-cho
Sugiyamacho
Tenjin-cho
Kobaichou
Ishizakicho
Takashimacho
Back Takashimacho
Fukunaga-cho
Tachibanacho
Nagazumicho
Irifune-cho
Uchidacho
Toru Takashima

Chapter 5 Opening of Railways

Section 1 Carriages and Rrickshaws

A carriage
Rickshaw

Section 2 Opens Yokohama Station

Test operation of a model railway
Proposal for construction of railways
To construction of railways
Foreign engineers come to Japan
Finally, the opening of the railway

Section 3 The Town of Civilization and enlightenment

Photography Research in Tobe
Gaslight in Hanasaki Town
Water supply from Mt. Noge
Matchmaking in Tobe

Chapter 6 Begins Elementary School

From Dai-ichi Terakoya to Gakusha

Terakoya
Takashima School
Establishment of a school building

Section 2 Maintenance of elementary school

Birth of elementary school
Elementary school in Nishi Ward
School life

Chapter 7 From Tota Village to City Area Transfer

Section 1 of the Early Meiji Period

Lawn Village, a commercial center
Road renovation
Measures to restore human power in Tobe
Swelling lawn village
A pastoral company in Tobecho

Section 2 Urbanization and Land Tax

Town and farmland
Direct issuance of gu tickets in the streets of the port
Business conditions of lawn village in the 2025s

3rd Birth of Tota Village

Tocho Office in Municipal Union
To merge each village with municipal and municipal systems
Lawn requests for merger of towns and villages
To expand the city area
A fuss against Kanagawa Village
The name of the new town is born

Chapter 8 Development of Commerce and Industry

Section 1: Establishment of Yokohama Shipyard Company

Enhance its function as a trading port
From the foundation to the construction of two dogs
Establishment of Shipbuilding Division in World War I

Section 2 Establishment of Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. Yokohama Electric Co., Ltd.

Establishment of Yokohama Electric Wire Company
Under the umbrella of Furukawa

Section 3 Akebono of Industry

Deployment of Industry
Landfill in the ward
The Hiranuma area is in the factory area
Factories established in the Meiji period
The rapid rise of Asamada Kogyo
Occurrence of Pollution

Section 4 Bank and Early Commercial

The weakness of local capital
Bankruptcy and consolidation
Tobe Bank
Toyo Bank
Akebono in the shopping street
Regional occupation and commercial company

Chapter 9 Juzen Hospital and Prefectural Junior High School

Section 1 Juzen Hospital

Necessity of modern hospitals
Construction of a hospital
Activities of Juzen Hospitals
From Juzen Hospital to City University Hospital

Section 2 God

Establishment of junior high schools
Fujidana Hill
Activities of Graduates
A school story

Section 3 Normal School

Teacher training
Yokohama Normal School

Section 4 Prefectural Girls

Women's Higher Education
Establishment of a High School
Prefectural Yokohama Daiichi Senior High School

Section 5 Various Schools

Dissemination of Business Guidance
Private schools
Library of Shinjiro Akimoto
Education for the poor elementary school studenｔ
Private Nintoku Elementary School
Mr. Kimura
Transfer of schools and start of full-scale classes

The Birth of Nishi Ward

Chapter 1 The Great Kanto Earthquake and Reconstruction

Section 1 Damage from the Great Kanto Earthquake

Yokohama was born in the sea of fierce fire
A huge whirlwind ignites oil
Situation in each region
The hoax of "the Koreans' attack"

Section 2: Fetal movement toward reconstruction

Funds for reconstruction of the country that has been shrinking
The first step toward the restoration of modern cities
Junichirou Tanizaki worried about Yokohama
Newly established companies and shops
Comfort equipment
Relocation of the stop
Dotted drawing of emerging Yokohama

Section 3 Shrines, temples, churches, Kuboyama Cemetery

Sugiyama Shrine
Okano Jinja
Iseyama Shrine
Hiranuma Shrine
Tenmangu Shrine
Asama Shrine
Shintenchi Sakurakai Inari Shrine
Enmanji
Tofukuji Temple
Ganjoji
Daishoin
Naritasan Yokohama Besin Enmeiin
Yokohama Fudo Church
Toshimasa Temple
Myogenji Temple
Kogenji Temple
Junninji Temple
Kofukuji Temple
Enjoji Temple
Hikaru Hayashi Temple
Mantokuji Temple
Asama-ji Temple
Rissho-ji Temple
Kujyo temple
Daiganji
Myokoji Temple
Hooji
Kawai-ji Temple
Myoshoji Temple
Todaiji Temple
Kangyo-ji Temple
Nichiren sect Church
Tenrikyo Church
Uehara, Yokohama Church
Momijizaka Church
Japan Nazaren Church, Yokohama
Japan Holines Church of Yokohama
The Church of Christ, Mt. Noge
Catholic Tobe Church
Tenshinkai
Kuboyama Cemetery

Section 4 The Great Kanto Earthquake and Citizens' Awakening

Great East Japan Earthquake and Residents' Organization
Great East Japan Earthquake and Labor Movement
Yokohama Dock and Koshinkai
Trade Association and Yokohama Joint Labor Union

Chapter 2 Development of Transportation

The birth of New Yokohama Station

The No. 1 Modern Station in the East
Construction of station buildings is difficult
With the opening of business

Section 2 Development of Private Railways

TOKYU
Keihin Electric Railway
Jinchu Railway

Section 3 streetcars, buses, and automobiles

Streetcars
City bus
Private bus

Chapter 3 Development of Industries

Section 1 From the Gas Bureau to Tokyo Gas

Establishment of Hiranuma Plant, City Gas Bureau
From Yokohama Gas to Tokyo Gas

Section 2 Age of munitions

Development of Heavy Chemical Industry
Large-scale local factories

Section 3 Status of Plants

The construction of factories became more active
Industry and scale of area factories
More than 100 people factories

Chapter 4 Development of Shopping Streets

Various industries in the early Showa period

Chapter 5 The Birth of Nishi Ward Office

Life during World War II

New Year's Day 1941
Day of the Battle of Pacific War
The birth of Kanagawa Shimbun-sha
The first air raid on April 18
Emphasis on civil air defense
The Citizens' Museum opens
"Famous Confectionery" Distribution of Distribution
Mr. sweeping, too
Wedding ceremony
A porridge restaurant appears
Opening of a citizen bar
Evacuation of schoolchildren
Living in an evacuation area

Section 2 Independence of Nishi Ward

New Nishi Ward
Opening of Nishi Ward Office

Section 3 Air Raid

Part 4 Cultural Zone

Chapter 1 Hometown of Literature

Literaries on the west hill of Port

Section 2 novelist

3, Arishima brothers
Yukio Iwato
Shin Hasegawa
Eiji Yoshikawa
Shugoro Yamamoto
Bunroku Shishi
Toshio Shimao
Shiro Ozaki, etc.

Section 3 Short Poetry Writer

Kuraki Sakai
Seihaku Irako
Asukada is not public
Imao Hirano
Masao Fukuda
Kokichi Iioka
Teijo Nakamura

Section 4 critics, playwrights, etc.

Tokoku Kitamura
Shiko Yamazaki
Usui Kojima
People from Oimatsu Elementary School
Kiyoshi Hasegawa

Poets in Section 5, Seaport

Chapter 2 Parks, amusement parks, zoos

Section 1 Park

Prehistory of Park
Situation of Nogeyama Park
Noge-san sponsorship scale and transition
Outdoor public hall
Monument in the park
Kamonyama Park
A park in Kuboyama
Nishi Ward Current Status

Section 2 Amusement Park

Roots of an amusement park
Mt. Noge Amusement Park
Rooftop amusement park
Cosmo world

Section 3 Zoo

The birth of Nogeyama Zoo
History of Nogeyama Zoological Garden
Zoo extension activities
Number of visitors
Survival Problems

Chapter 3 Performing Arts and Movie Theaters

Section 1 Theatre

Iwa Iza
Yumuraza
Yokohama Theater
Asama Theater
Laughing
Fujikan
Tobe Movie Theater
Hamafujikan
Opening of Yokohama Reconstruction
Yokohama Theater
Sky theater
Sotetsu Honda Theater

Section 2

Sotetsu Performing Arts Center
Sky Thursday Yoseki

Section 3 After World War Movie Theater

Sotetsu Muvir

Chapter 4 Sports and Leisure

Section 1 Sports in the Region

Radio exercises
Children's playground
Children and Group Life
Elementary school baseball
Gateball
Administration and Sports
Sports Association

Section 2 Sports at School

Physical education classes at school
Athletic meet, athletic meet
after school program

Section 3 Workplace, facility, sportsman

Sports in the workplace
Sports facility
A group of sportsmen

Section 4

Everyday fun
Four Seasons Holidays

Part 5 Peace and Democracy

Chapter 1: Reviving Peace

Stand up in the ruins of Section 1

Occupied Yokohama
The blow of U.S. forces requisition

Section 2: To rebirth in hardships

Deficiency in clothing, food, and housing
Food demonstration in Nogeyama Park
In inflation
In search of democratization and culture
Cultural Activities in the Workplace

Section 3 Transition to Private Demand Industry

Reconstruction of Industry
Requisition of harbors
Status of each plant
Two inventors

Section 4 City Hall and Ward Office

On Mount Noge City Hall
Relocation of the ward office
History of the ward office
Nishi Ward Current Status

Chapter 2 Academic Reform

Section 1 New education system

Introduction of democratic education
Start of the 63 system
It was launched with a new system

Section 2 Elementary School

A rapidly increasing number of students
Our school is a branch of Inaridai Elementary School
Hiranuma Elementary School, which was partially requisitioned
Miyatani Elementary School used in the administration and military
Sengendai Elementary School
Tobe Elementary School with a long history
Closed and opened Ippommatsu Elementary School

Section 3 Junior High School

Birth of a new junior high school
A school with nothing
Oimatsu Junior High School, where there was no school building
Nisi Junior High School with a night class
Children's Bank
Independence of Iwaihara Branch School
Okano Junior High School where Fushiko blooms
Independence of Karuizawa Branch School

Section 4 New High Schools and Educational Facilities

New High School
Gender co-education and school district system
Fujimioka High School / Junior High School
Public and private kindergartens

Chapter III Democracy Movement

The rise of the post-war labor movement

Reconstruction like a storm
Formation of Mitsubishi Yoko Funayuki Workers' Union
Formation of Yokohama Shipbuilding Workers' Union
Reconstruction of the Yokohama Transport Union
Establishment of the National Railways Labor Union
May Day under Occupation
summer of 1949
Korean War and Speech Repression
Central Yokohama without district labor
Small and medium-sized enterprises and district labor

Section 2 Japan Trade Exposition

Resumption of postwar trade
Regional Expo 19
Yokohama also exposition
Preparation for the event
Nichibo Hiroshi begins
A variety of events
Results of the Trade Expo
Summary

Section 3 Occupational Residents' Life

Yokohama, the window for occupation
A foreign country in the homeland
Keihin and Emperor Showa
Appearance of Aozora Market
Population Growth Nishi Ward
I've lived as hard as I can
One year after the war
Rely on yami
The control of the black market
Small shopping streets in the whole city
Only one style
Armed Forces and Jazz
The dust shook

Chapter 4 Development of Yokohama-sta.-nishiguchi

Section 1 Yokohama Terminal

The third generation Yokohama Station
New style station building
Namely Terminal
Unfruited West Exit Development Campaign
Yokohama Station during the War
Damage to West Exit due to the Great Air Raid
Traffic situation after the war
Goodbye Chinchin Train
I saw the brightness in West Exit
Soutetsu Line's decision
The three good luck
Birth of an urban station

Section 2 Department Store Expansion

The damage of war and occupation
Shopping Aiichi Campaign
Yokohama Station Masterpiece Street
The failure of Sotetsu cultural center
West Exit Onsen is also setback
Yokohama Takashimaya Dept.Store's expansion plan
Opposition to advance to Yokohama Takashimaya Dept.Store
It is no longer after the war
Minato Festival

Section 3 Developing Commerce

Population explosion
Image of Yokohama
Retail business in Yokohama
Supermarket
Supermarket in Yokohama
Supermarket in Nishi Ward
Increase in Urban Households
The World of Children
Sophistication of life
Development of the Nishi Ward Shopping Street
Okadaya and Mitsukoshi also entered the market
Seek a dream from West Exit
A new wind for West Exit

Section 4 Shopping Streets in Nishi Ward

Trends in Retailing
Large-scale retail stores
Current status of downtown areas
Store Association

Section 5 Progress of Aging

Nishi Ward Holiday Emergency clinics
Social background at that time
Health Examination for the Elderly (Nishi Ward Medical Data Bank)
Number of patients undergoing medical examinations for the elderly and the status of the elderly
Other Businesses of Nishi Ward Medical Center
Nishi Ward Health Promotion Council
Received the Health Culture Award

Chapter 5 In Redevelopment

Section 1 Progress of the MM21 Plan

Urban problems to heat
Six Major Business Plans and Nishi Ward
Characteristics around Yokohama Station
Relocation of Mitsubishi Yokohama Shipyard
Dormant for ten years
Characteristics of Nishi Ward Industry
Honmoku and Kanazawa Industries housing complex
Appearance of Mayor Saigo
Comprehensive Development Plan for Urban Coastal Areas in Yokohama

Section 2 Redevelopment of the East Exit of Yokohama Station

West Exit
West Exit Commercial Agglomeration
Commercial around Yokohama Station
Development of East Exit
Porta Opens Lumine Yokohama Shopping Center
Opening of Yokohama Sogo
Yokohama Exposition
Mitsubishi and Huge Building
The yen appreciation and the bubble economy
Heisei recession and around Yokohama Station
Good person, good town, good house

Section 3 Changes in Education Areas

Facilities until the defeat
Noge Mountains
Momijigaoka district
Yokohama-sta.-nishiguchi area
Hiranuma, Okano, and Asama districts
East Exit of Yokohama Station
Minato Mirai District
Cultural organizations
Public awareness survey

Section 4 Yokohama Exposition

Overview
History to the Event
Public Relations and Advertising
Finally the opening
Access to the venue
Exhibited pavilion
An event
Nishi Ward event
The closing of the exposition

The 50th Anniversary of the Nishi Ward System

Establishment of a promotion organization
Smiles spreading in each business

6. Outlook for the 21st Century

Chapter 1: Major Issues facing Nishi Ward

1 Population recovery and aging measures
Integration of two areas
(ii) Improvement of living environment
(Iv) Economic Revitalization of Old Urban Areas
Supporting lifelong learning for citizens of the five wards, improving the cultural environment, and fostering local communities
(V) Promotion of Recycling and Reduction of Waste

Chapter 2 Yumehama 2010 Plan Nishi Ward Plan

IYumehama 2010 Plan Nishi Ward Plan
Living in Nishi Ward in 2010 AD
Direction of goals and main measures for the creation of three wards
(4) Major Businesses
Business to enhance the appeal of Nishi Ward
Six Summary

Chronological table
Topics

　The only plant named Yokohama, and the discoverer Shigetaro Matsuno
　Unexpected export pottery born in Nishi Ward
　A monument left in the Momijizaka Incident of Kurofune in Astronomy
　Former Hiranuma House stone masonry retaining wall, the best in the city, built in the middle of the Meiji era
　Sakuragicho Station train fire accident caused many victims to improve the Japanese National Railways after the war.

List of Nishi Ward History Publication Committee
List of Authors
List of Cooperators
Sweeping