Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa

right|thumb|600px|Map of Ashigarashimo District with Meiji period area in yellow, modern area in green 1 - [[Hakone, Kanagawa|Hakone, 2 - Manazuru, 3 - Yugawara]]

is a district of Japan located in western Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Most sparsely populated mountainous districts are part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. The majority area of the city of Odawara was formerly part of Ashigarashimo District.

As of 2009, the district had an estimated population of 48,713 and a density of 346 persons per km2. The total area was 140.73 km2.

Towns and villages

Hakone
Manazuru
Yugawara

History

right|thumb|600px|Historic Map of Ashigaramshimo District

Ashigarashimo District was one of the ancient subdivisions of Sagami Province, per the Nara period Ritsuryō system, under the name . The area was under the control of the later Hōjō clan in the Sengoku period, and part of Odawara Domain during the Edo period. Following disasters caused by eruptions of nearby Mount Fuji, a portion also came to be held as tenryō territory administered by the Tokugawa shogunate.

Timeline

After the Meiji Restoration, it initially formed part of the short-lived Ashigara Prefecture before it was established as a district of Kanagawa Prefecture under the cadastral reform of 1878. In 1889, it was administratively divided into two towns (Odawara and Hakone) and 30 villages. On December 20, 1940, Odawara was elevated to city status. Local voters rejected a planned merger of Yugawara into Odawara in 2005 in an August 8, 2004 referendum.

Merger table

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:x-small"

! before 1889

! April 1, 1889

! 1889 - 1926

! colspan="2" |1926 – 1944

! colspan="2" |1945 - 1954

! colspan="2" |1955 - 1989

! 1989–Present

!Present

| rowspan="33" |  

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Shimonaka village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Shimonaka village

| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | April 1, 1955 Tachibana town

| rowspan="2" | April 1, 1971 merged with Odawara city

| rowspan="21" | Odawara city

| rowspan="21" | Odawara

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Maeha village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Maeha village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Shimofuchu village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Shimofuchu village

| colspan="2" | April 1, 1948 merged with Odawara city

| colspan="2" rowspan="19" | Odawara city

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kamifuchu village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kamifuchu village

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Shimosoga village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Shimosoga village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Toyokawa village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Toyokawa village

| colspan="2" | July 15, 1954 merged with Odawara city

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Tajima village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Tajima village

| style="background-color:#6ff;" | April 1, 1948 merged with Kōzu town

| rowspan="3" |December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kōzu village

| style="background-color:#6ff;" | April 1, 1924 Kōzu town

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Kōzu town

| style="background-color:#6ff;" | Kōzu town

| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Sakawa village

| style="background-color:#6ff;" | April 1, 1942 Sakawa town

| style="background-color:#6ff;" | Sakawa town

| December 20, 1940 Odawara city (Amiisshiki・Sannohara area)

| colspan="2" rowspan="8" | Odawara city

| style="background-color:#6ff;" | Odawara town

| rowspan="7" | December 20, 1940 Odawara city

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ashiko village

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:#9cf;" |April 1, 1908 Ashigara village

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:#6ff;" |February 11, 1940 Ashigara town

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Futakawa village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kuno village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Tomizu village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ōkubo village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Hayakawa village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ishibashi village

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:#9cf;" | April 1, 1913 Kataura village

| colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kataura village

| colspan="2" rowspan="4" | December 1, 1954 merged with Odawara city

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Yonegami village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Nebukawa village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Enoura village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Yumoto village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | October 1, 1927 Yumoto town

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Yumoto town

| colspan="2" rowspan="7" style="background-color:#6ff;" | September 30, 1956 Hakone town

| rowspan="7" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hakone town

| rowspan="7" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hakone

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Onsen village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Onsen village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Miyagino village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Miyagino village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Sengokubara village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Sengokubara village

| style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hakone town

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hakone town

| colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="background-color:#6ff;" | January 1, 1954 Hakone town

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Motohakone village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Motohakone village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ashinoyu village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ashinoyu village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Manazuru village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | October 1, 1927 Manazuru town

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Manazuru town

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | September 30, 1956 Manazuru town

| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Manazuru village

| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Manazuru

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Iwa village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Iwa village

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Doi village

| style="background-color:#6ff;" | July 1, 1926 Yugawara town

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Yugawara town

| colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="background-color:#6ff;" | April 1, 1955 Yugawara town

| rowspan="3" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Yugawara town

| rowspan="3" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Yugawara

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Yoshihama village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" |April 1, 1940 Yoshihama town

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Yoshihama town

| style="background-color:#9cf;" | Fukuura village

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Fukuura village