Fujisawa

Fujisawa is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2018, the metropolis had an expected population of 429,317, and a populace density of 6,171 humans according to km2. The general vicinity is 69.57 km2. The region around present-day Fujisawa City has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have located stone equipment and shell middens from the Japanese Paleolithic length, ceramic shards from the Jomon duration, and graves from the Kofun length at severa places.

The location is cited within the Nara duration Nihon Shoki chronicles. By the Heian period, critical Sagami Province become divided into shoen managed via the Muroaoka, Oe, and other nearby warlords. During the Kamakura duration, Fujisawa turned into the setting for some of battles to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate as stated in the overdue 14th century Taiheiki. During the Muromachi length, Fujisawa evolved round Yugyo-ji, a Buddhist temple, which became hooked up in 1325.

Fujisawa has a blended economic system with a robust industrial base. Isuzu keeps a large truck manufacturing facility at Tsuchidana. Kobe Steel has a factory within the east of the city, as does NSK Microprecision, a maker of bearings and precision elements. Sony operates the Shonan Technology Center in Fujisawa. Ebara Corporation, a main producer of pumps and water treatment device has a plant in Fujisawa.