Kashiwanoha

Kashiwanoha (柏の葉) ("Oak Leaf") is located in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, less than 25 minutes by Tsukuba Express, Tokyo's fastest private railway, from Akihabara (秋葉原), Tokyo.

Kashiwanoha 柏の葉
Kashiwanoha
Coordinates: 35°42′2″N 139°42′54″E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Chiba Prefecture
Core city	Kashiwa
Population
• Total	3,031
	Feb. 2010
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Website	city.kashiwa.lg.jp (in Japanese)

With the opening of University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Campus, the population of Kashiwanoha is growing, and the area is undergoing corresponding development, including the recent opening of a baseball stadium and football pitch in Kashiwanoha Park.

Facilities

• Kashiwanoha Park

Kashiwanoha Park covers an area of approximately 3 square kilometers. Complete with a lake, children's playground and running tracks, this is a very popular attraction. Many people visit to go rowing on the lake and make use of the barbecue facilities, or just to view the surrounding gardens.

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  Kashiwanoha Park Boat Pond
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  Kashiwanoha Park Community Gymnasium
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  Kashiwanoha Park Entrance
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  Kashiwanoha Park Koen Center
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  Kashiwanoha Park Makigahara-en
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  Kashiwanoha Park Rest House

• Kashiwanoha Park Stadium

Composed of a baseball stadium and a football pitch.

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  Kashiwanoha Park Stadium

• Kashiwanoha Campus

Kashiwanoha-campus Station is number 13 on the Tsukuba Express line (as numbered with Akihabara being station number 1). The Lalaport centre is immediately adjacent to the station and incorporates a shopping centre, restaurant complex, cinema and gym. The campus centre has bus links to Kashiwa, Nagareyama, Kashiwanoha Park, the University of Tokyo Kashiwa Campus and Edogawadai (for Edogawadai Station).

• University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Campus I

Newly built, state-of-the-art facilities.

• University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Campus II
• University of Tokyo, Kashiwa International Lodge
• Chiba University, Kashiwa campus
• UDCK
• Ministry of Finance, Customs Training Institute
• Police National, Research Institute of Police Science
• National Cancer Center
• Kashiwa Nishi Driving Schools

Major Events

• Kashiwa Festival

Timeline

August 25, 2005: Tsukuba Express, Tokyo's fastest private railway, opens in Akihabara.

Transportation

References

• "Basic Resident Registers population by Jung-cho Oaza (branch)". Kashiwa City. Retrieved 2010-04-13.