Ōiso

Ōiso 大磯町
Town
Ōiso Town Hall
Flag Seal
Location of Ōiso in Kanagawa Prefecture
Ōiso
Coordinates: 35°18′31″N 139°18′46″E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Kanagawa Prefecture
District	Naka
Area
• Total	17.18 km2 (6.63 sq mi)
Population  (June 1, 2012)
• Total	32,786
• Density	1,910/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
City symbols
- Tree	Japanese black pine & Camellia sasanqua
- Flower	Calystegia soldanella
- Bird	Common gull
Phone number	0463-61-4100
Address	183 Ōiso, Ōiso-machi, Naka-gun, Kanagawa-ken 255-8555
Website	[1]

Ōiso (大磯町, Ōiso-machi) is a Japanese town in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū.

History

See the main article: List of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō

Ōiso — ukiyo-e woodblock print by Hiroshige, circa 1830s

In the Edo period, Ōiso-juku was 8th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.

Geography

Ōiso is on the coastline of Sagami Bay.

Related pages

• The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Other websites

• Town of Oiso website (in English); (in Japanese)