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}} | official_name = | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Ichikawashiyakusyo.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Ichikawa City Office | image_flag = Flag of Ichikawa, Chiba.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = 千葉県市川市市章.svg | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_blank_emblem = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture Ja.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | latd=35 | latm=43 | lats= | latNS=N | longd=139 | longm=56 | longs= | longEW= E | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_display = inline,title | coordinates_footnotes = | coordinates_region = JP | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Japan | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Kantō | subdivision_type2 = Prefecture | subdivision_name2 = Chiba Prefecture | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = - Mayor | leader_name = Hiroshi Okubo (since December 2009) | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | total_type = | unit_pref = | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 57.40 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 469603 | population_as_of = April 2012 | population_density_km2 = 8180 | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = Japan Standard Time | utc_offset1 = +9 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | blank_name_sec1 = City Symbols | blank1_name_sec1 = - Tree | blank1_info_sec1 = Pinus thunbergii | blank2_name_sec1 = - Flower | blank2_info_sec1 = Rose | blank3_name_sec1 = - Bird | blank3_info_sec1 = Cettia diphone | blank4_name_sec1 = | blank4_info_sec1 = | blank5_name_sec1 = | blank5_info_sec1 = | blank6_name_sec1 = | blank6_info_sec1 = | blank7_name_sec1 = | blank7_info_sec1 = | blank_name_sec2 = Phone number | blank_info_sec2 = 047-334-1111 | blank1_name_sec2 = Address | blank1_info_sec2 = 1-1-1 Yawata, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba-ken 272-8501 | website = (Ichikawa City ) | footnotes = }} is a city located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan, approximately 20 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. The city was founded on November 3, 1934. As of April 1, 2012, the city has an estimated population of 469,603 and a population density of 8,180 persons per km². The total area is . Ichikawa is also the home of the chief of the ground staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the Colton Plaza shopping mall. Its close proximity to Tokyo makes it a convenient location for commuters; it is connected to Tokyo by the JR Chuo-Sobu Line, the Toei Shinjuku Line, the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, the Toei Asakusa Line, and the Keisei Line. ==History== The area around present-day Ichikawa has been inhabited since the Japanese Paleolithic period. Archaeologists have found stone tools dating to some 30,000 years ago. Numerous shell middens from the Jōmon period, and hundreds of burial tumuli from the Kofun period have been found in numerous locations around Ichikawa. During the Nara period, Ichikawa was the provincial capital of Shimōsa Province and is mentioned in the ''Man'yōshū''. During the Heian period, this area was the center of the rebellion by Taira Masakado. During the Sengoku period, it was the site of a major battles (Battle of Kōnodai) between the Satomi clan and the Late Hōjō clan. In more recent history, the area was also the site of some minor battles during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration and was promoted as a possible site for the new Diet of Japan by Katsu Kaishu, who envisioned a structure to be built on the Edogawa River similar to the Houses of Parliament in London along the Thames. Ichikawa Town was organized in 1889. On November 3, 1934 it merged with the neighboring towns of Yawata, Nakayama and village of Kokubun to form the city of Ichikawa. The city expanded by annexing the village of Okashiwa on November 3, 1949, the town of Gyotoku on March 31, 1955 and town of Minami-Gyotoku on October 1, 1956. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ichikawa, Chiba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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