Funabashi

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native_name船橋市
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style"width:100%" colspan="6"Chiba Port (Funabashi Port)）
style"width:50%" colspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle;"View from Tsudanuma Station style="width:50%" colspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle;"Funabashi Station
style"width:33%" colspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;"Funabashi H. C. Andersen Park style="width:34%" colspan="2"Funabashi Ōmiya Jinja lighthouse style="width:33%" colspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;"Funabashi Face Building
style"width:50%" colspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle;"LaLaport Tokyo-Bay style="width:50%" colspan="3"Wakamiya Housing from Minami-Funabashi Station
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subdivision_typeCountry
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subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Kantō
subdivision_type2Prefecture
subdivision_name2Chiba
established_titleFirst official recorded
established_date110 AD
established_title2City Settled
established_date2April 1, 1937
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leader_titleMayor
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blank1_info_sec12-10-25 Minato-cho, Funabashi-shi, 273-8501
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Funabashi is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of 7500 PD/km2. The total area of the city is 85.62 sqkm. It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city (after passing Kawaguchi, Hachioji and Chiba), and second largest in Chiba Prefecture.

Geography

Funabashi is located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture approximately 20 kilometers in either direction from the prefectural capital at Chiba and downtown Tokyo. The central area forms a flat diluvial upland of the Shimōsa Plateau. The city sits at an elevation of 20 to 30 meters above sea level, and is relatively flat. The highest point is 32.3 meters in Narashino 3-chome, and the lowest point is 0.2 meters in Minatomachi 1-chome. Funabashi is crossed by the Tone River, and the small Ebi River is located entirely within city limits. Funabashi formerly had wide, shallow beaches, but much of the coast has been industrialized and transformed by reclaimed land. The city extends for 13.86 kilometers east–west and 14.95 kilometers north–south.

Neighboring municipalities

Chiba Prefecture

Climate

Funabashi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Funabashi is 15.5 C. The average annual rainfall is 1466.1 mm with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8 C, and lowest in January, at around 4.8 C. |width=auto |single line = Y |metric first = Y |location = Funabashi (1999−2020 normals, extremes 1999−present) |Jan record high C = 18.6 |Feb record high C = 24.7 |Mar record high C = 25.2 |Apr record high C = 27.1 |May record high C = 33.2 |Jun record high C = 34.8 |Jul record high C = 38.0 |Aug record high C = 39.0 |Sep record high C = 35.9 |Oct record high C = 32.2 |Nov record high C = 25.2 |Dec record high C = 23.5 |Jan record low C = -5.4 |Feb record low C = -4.7 |Mar record low C = -2.0 |Apr record low C = -0.6 |May record low C = 7.4 |Jun record low C = 10.7 |Jul record low C = 15.7 |Aug record low C = 16.6 |Sep record low C = 9.5 |Oct record low C = 6.0 |Nov record low C = -1.1 |Dec record low C = -3.6 |Jan high C = 9.5 |Feb high C = 10.3 |Mar high C = 13.8 |Apr high C = 18.7 |May high C = 23.1 |Jun high C = 25.9 |Jul high C = 29.7 |Aug high C = 31.3 |Sep high C = 27.5 |Oct high C = 21.9 |Nov high C = 16.7 |Dec high C = 11.7 |Jan mean C = 4.8 |Feb mean C = 5.7 |Mar mean C = 9.0 |Apr mean C = 13.8 |May mean C = 18.5 |Jun mean C = 21.6 |Jul mean C = 25.4 |Aug mean C = 26.8 |Sep mean C = 23.4 |Oct mean C = 17.8 |Nov mean C = 12.2 |Dec mean C = 7.1 |Jan low C = 0.4 |Feb low C = 1.4 |Mar low C = 4.4 |Apr low C = 9.3 |May low C = 14.5 |Jun low C = 18.4 |Jul low C = 22.4 |Aug low C = 23.7 |Sep low C = 20.2 |Oct low C = 14.3 |Nov low C = 8.2 |Dec low C = 2.8 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 63.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 61.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 103.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 114.5 |May precipitation mm = 129.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 155.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 121.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 111.4 |Sep precipitation mm = 189.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 239.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 97.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 63.3 |year precipitation mm = 1466.1 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 4.9 |Feb precipitation days = 6.2 |Mar precipitation days = 9.5 |Apr precipitation days = 10.0 |May precipitation days = 10.2 |Jun precipitation days = 11.7 |Jul precipitation days = 9.8 |Aug precipitation days = 7.8 |Sep precipitation days = 10.9 |Oct precipitation days = 10.9 |Nov precipitation days = 8.4 |Dec precipitation days = 5.9 |Jan sun = 192.0 |Feb sun = 166.0 |Mar sun = 182.8 |Apr sun = 185.3 |May sun = 185.3 |Jun sun = 128.0 |Jul sun = 162.6 |Aug sun = 194.1 |Sep sun = 143.8 |Oct sun = 137.7 |Nov sun = 145.9 |Dec sun = 177.3 |year sun = 1999.9 |source 1 = Japan Meteorological Agency{{cite web | url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/rank_a.php?prec_no=45&block_no=1236&year=&month=&day=&view=h0 |script-title=ja:観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値） | publisher = JMA | access-date = April 3, 2022}}{{cite web | url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_amd_ym.php?prec_no=45&block_no=1236&year=&month=&day=&view=h0 |script-title=ja:気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値） | publisher = JMA | access-date = April 3, 2022}}}}

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Funabashi has increased rapidly over the past century.

| 1920 | 34,119 | 1930 | 46,644 | 1940 | 61,624 | 1950 | 100,134 | 1960 | 135,038 | 1970 | 325,426 | 1980 | 497,439 | 1990 | 533,270 | 2000 | 550,074 | 2010 | 609,040 | 2020 | 642,907 |align = none | footnote =

History

The name "Funabashi" is mentioned in the Kamakura period chronicle Azuma Kagami. However, the name itself is even more ancient, dating from before the Nara period and the Yamatotakeru mythology. Archaeologists have found stone tools from the Japanese Paleolithic period and shell middens from the Jōmon period in the area, indicating continuous inhabitation for thousands of years. A number of Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in the area claim to have been founded in the Nara period or Heian period. During the Muromachi periods, the area was controlled by the Chiba clan. During the Sengoku period, the Chiba clan fought the Satomi clan to the south, and the Late Hōjō clan to the west. After the defeat of the Chiba clan, the area came within the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the area prospered as a post town on the river crossing of the Tone River, and was largely retained as tenryō under the direct control of the Shogunate and administered through a number of hatamoto. The area was also a favored hunting grounds for the Shōgun. During the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, Funabashi was the location of a minor skirmish between Tokugawa loyalists under Enomoto Takeaki and the pro-Imperial forces of Okayama Domain and Satsuma Domain, during which most of the town burned down.

After the abolition of the han system, the area eventually became part of Chiba Prefecture. Funabashi Town was one of several towns and villages created on April 1, 1889, under Inba District with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The area developed rapidly due to its proximity to Tokyo and the presence of numerous military facilities in the area. On April 1, 1937, Funabashi was elevated to city status through merger with neighboring Katsushika Town and Yasakae, Hoden and Tsukada Villages. The new city was host to numerous military installations in World War II, and was bombed in the air raids on Japan in 1945.

The city developed rapidly in the postwar period, with the development of industries, public housing developments and port facilities. With the annexation of neighboring Ninomiya Town in 1953, the population exceeded 100,000. The population exceeded 300,000 in 1969 and 500,000 in 1982. Funabashi was designated a core city on April 1, 2005, with increased local autonomy from the central government. The population exceeded 600,000 in 2006.

Government

Funabashi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 50 members. Funabashi contributes seven members to the Chiba Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between the Chiba 4th district and the Chiba 14th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy

Funabashi is a regional commercial center and, due to its numerous train connections, a bedroom community for nearby Chiba and Tokyo. Approximately 34.5% of the working population commutes to Tokyo, per the 2015 census.

Companies from Funabashi

Education

  • Nihon University branch campus
  • Funabashi has 54 public elementary schools and 27 public middle schools operated by the city government, and 11 public high schools operated by the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education. There are also one private elementary school, one private middle school and four private high schools. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.

Transportation

Railway

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/JR_logo_(east).svg" caption="20px]] [[JR East]] – [[Musashino Line"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/JR_logo_(east).svg" caption="20px]] [[JR East]] – [[Keiyō Line"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/JR_logo_(east).svg" caption="20px]] [[JR East]] – [[Chūō-Sōbu Line"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Keisei_Logo.svg" caption="33px]] [[Keisei Electric Railway]] - [[Keisei Main Line"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Keisei_Logo.svg" caption="33px]] [[Keisei Electric Railway]] - [[Keisei Matsudo Line"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Hokuso_railway_logo.png" caption="64px]] [[Hokusō Railway]] -[[Hokusō Line"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Tōbu_Tetsudō_Logo.svg" caption="32px]] [[Tobu Railway]] – [[Tobu Noda Line"] ::

25px Tōyō Rapid Railway - Tōyō Rapid Line

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Tokyo_Metro_logo.svg" caption="18px]][[Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line"] ::

Highway

Sister cities

Local attractions

Notable structures

Notable places

Notable people from Funabashi

Eponym

References

References

  1. "Funabashi city official statistics".
  2. [https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-chiba.php Funabashi population statistics]
  3. "International Exchange". Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR).

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