Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama

in Yokohama, Japan, established 1927, is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Originally including the area of the Asahi Ward, the ward was split in 1969. The area is 21.81 square km and the population is more than 200,000.

History

Hodogaya was part of the "Shukuba" system established by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the 1600s. "Shukuba" were road stations offering lodging for travelers between Edo and Kyoto.

Transportation

Railroads

*Yokosuka Line
**- Hodogaya Station -
*Sotetsu Main Line
**- Ten-nōchō Station - Hoshikawa Station - Wadamachi Station - Kami-Hoshikawa Station - Nishiya Station -
*Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Tōkaidō Main Line pass through this ward, but doesn't have any station here.

Bus services

*Yokohama City Transportation Bureau(Yokohama Muncipal Bus)
**Yokahama Municipal Bus Hodogaya Garage
*Sagami Railway Bus
**Sotetsu Bus Yokohama Garage
*Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu

Roads

=nihongo|Expressways|高速道路|kōsoku dōro=

*Shuto Expressway Kanagawa No. 2 Mitsuzawa Line from Kinkō JCT in Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa to here
**- Hodogaya IC
*Shuto Expressway Kanagawa No. 3 Kariba Line from here to Honmoku JCT in Naka Ward, Yokohama
**Kariba IC -
*Yokohama Shindō (a bypass of Route 1) from Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa to Totsuka Ward, Yokohama
**Hodogaya IC - Tokiwadai IC - Mineoka IC - Hoshikawa IC - Fujitsuka IC - Shin-Hodogaya IC - Imai IC -
*Hodogaya Bypass (a bypass of Route 16) from Machida, Tokyo to here
** - Shin-Sakuragaoka IC - Shin-Hodogaya IC
*Yokohama Yokosuka Road (a bypass of Route 16) from here to Yokosuka, Kanagawa

=nihongo|National Highways|一般国道|ippan kokudō=

*Route 1 (so called "Ichikoku" at this location, most part is built on Tōkaidō) from Chūō, Tokyo to Osaka, Osaka
*Route 16 (Tokyo Loop Line, a loop line starting in Yokohama, Kanagawa)
*Route 466 (No. 3 Keihin Road) from Tamagawa IC in Setagaya, Tokyo

nihongo|Prefecture roads|県道|kendō

*Kanagawa Prefecture Road No. 21 Yokohama-Kamakura Line
*Kanagawa Prefecture Road No. 109 Aoto-Kamihoshikawa Line
*Kanagawa Prefecture Road No. 201 Hodogaya Stop Line

nihongo|City roads|市道|shidō

*Tokyo Urban Planning Road Loop Line 2

Education

*Yokohama National University

External links

* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=104581 Yokohama Business Park] in English
* [http://www.ynu.ac.jp/admission_en/adm_inter.htm Yokohama National University]
* [http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/hodogaya/english/about_hodogaya/facilities.html Hodogaya Ward Office Official Website] in English