Ichihara

Ichihara is a metropolis positioned in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of December 2015, the city has an anticipated population of 275,776, and a populace density of 749 persons according to km2. The total area is 368.20 rectangular kilometres. The metropolis is home, collectively with the city of Chiba, to the JEF United football crew. The area of present day Ichihara is the center of historic Kazusa province.

The ruins of the Nara period Kazusa kokubun-ji were observed within the borders of Ichihara, despite the fact that the precise vicinity of the Nara-length provincial capital stays uncertain. During the Sengoku length, the region become contested between the Chiba clan to the north, and the Satomi clan to the south. During the Edo length, the vicinity was divided among Goi Domain, Tsurumaki Domain and massive regions of tenryo territory controlled at once by means of the Tokugawa shogunate and administered by numerous hatamoto.

During the Meiji period, the region turned into reorganized into 171 villages under Ichihara District, Chiba Prefecture. By 1945, these villages were consolidated into 5 towns and sixteen villages. Through in addition consolidation and mergers, the city of Ichihara was based on May 1, 1963. On October 1, 1967, the neighboring metropolis of Nanso, and village of Kamo have been merged into Ichihara. The metropolis's economy is fueled by way of a big industrial complicated overlooking Tokyo Bay.