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Fujisawa: Shojoko Temple
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Fujisawa, city, southern Kanagawa ken (prefecture), east-central Honshu, Japan. It is situated on Sagami Bay of the Pacific Ocean, between Chigasaki (west) and Kamakura (east). During the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867), Fujisawa was a post town on the Tōkaidō (“Eastern Sea Road”)—the main historic land route between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyōto. After the Tōkaidō Line (railway) was opened in 1889, Fujisawa grew as a residential suburb of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area. The northern part of the city was the site of industrial development (automobiles, electric appliances) after World War II. To the south is Kugenuma beach and the resorts of ...(100 of 153 words)

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