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
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 before 1889 April 1, 1889 1889 - 19261926 – 19441945 - 19541955 - 1989 1989–PresentPresent Shimonaka village Shimonaka village Shimonaka village Shimonaka village April 1, 1955Tachibana town April 1, 1971merged with Odawara city Odawara city Odawara Maeha village Maeha village Maeha village Maeha village Shimofuchu village Shimofuchu village Shimofuchu village April 1, 1948merged with Odawara city Odawara city Kamifuchu village Kamifuchu village Kamifuchu villageDecember 1, 1954merged with Odawara city Shimosoga village Shimosoga village Shimosoga village Toyokawa village Toyokawa village Toyokawa village July 15, 1954merged with Odawara city Tajima village Tajima village Tajima village April 1, 1948merged with Kōzu townDecember 1, 1954merged with Odawara city Kōzu village April 1, 1924 Kōzu town Kōzu town Kōzu town Sakawa village Sakawa village Sakawa village April 1, 1942Sakawa town Sakawa town December 20, 1940Odawara city (Amiisshiki・Sannohara area) Odawara city Odawara town Odawara town Odawara town December 20, 1940Odawara city Ashiko villageApril 1, 1908Ashigara villageFebruary 11, 1940Ashigara town Futakawa village Kuno village Tomizu village Ōkubo village Ōkubo village Ōkubo village Hayakawa village Hayakawa village Hayakawa village Ishibashi village April 1, 1913Kataura village Kataura village December 1, 1954merged with Odawara city Yonegami village Nebukawa village Enoura village Yumoto village Yumoto village October 1, 1927 Yumoto town Yumoto town September 30, 1956 Hakone town Hakone town Hakone Onsen village Onsen village Onsen village Onsen village Miyagino village Miyagino village Miyagino village Miyagino village Sengokubara village Sengokubara village Sengokubara village Sengokubara village Hakone town Hakone town Hakone town January 1, 1954Hakone town Motohakone village Motohakone village Motohakone village Ashinoyu village Ashinoyu village Ashinoyu village Manazuru village Manazuru village October 1, 1927 Manazuru town Manazuru town September 30, 1956 Manazuru town Manazuru village Manazuru Iwa village Iwa village Iwa village Iwa village Doi village July 1, 1926 Yugawara town Yugawara town Yugawara town April 1, 1955 Yugawara town Yugawara town Yugawara Yoshihama village Yoshihama villageApril 1, 1940 Yoshihama town Yoshihama town Fukuura village Fukuura village Fukuura village Fukuura village