Ebina (Japanese: 海老名市; -shi) is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ... Kanagawa Prefecture (ç¥å¥å·ç; Kanagawa-ken) is a geographic and political area located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan. ...
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 121,367 and the density of 4,583.35 persons per km². The total area is 26.48 km². 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The city gained a city status on November 1, 1971. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
Ebina Station, 50 minutes from Shinjuku on the Odakyu line, and 30 minutes from Yokohama on the Sotetsu line, was surrounded by rice fields until the 1990's. Because it is conveniently accessed from the Yokohama and Tokyo business centers, the city has seen rapid growth in recent years, when 'mansions' and shopping malls started to spring up. The overall atmosphere is very friendly. There are several high-tech movie theaters as well as great date spots within walking distance from the station.
Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県; Kanagawa-ken) is a geographic and political area located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan.
Kanagawa is a relatively small prefecture wedged between Tokyo on the north, the foothills of Mount Fuji on the northwest, and the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay on the south and east.
The Convention of Kanagawa was the event that forced open Japanese ports to the United States by Commodore Matthew Perry.