Kashiwanoha

Kashiwanoha 柏の葉
Kashiwanoha
Coordinates:
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Island	Honshū
Population
• Total	3,031
	Feb. 2010
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Website	[1](Japanese)

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

With the opening of Tokyo University, 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.

• Kashiwanoha Park Boat Pond.JPG

  Kashiwanoha Park Boat Pond

• Kashiwanoha Park Community Gymnasium.JPG

  Kashiwanoha Park Community Gymnasium

• Kashiwanoha Park Entrance.JPG

  Kashiwanoha Park Entrance

• Kashiwanoha Park Koen Center.JPG

  Kashiwanoha Park Koen Center

• Kashiwanoha Park Makigahara-en.JPG

  Kashiwanoha Park Makigahara-en

• Kashiwanoha Park Rest House.JPG

  Kashiwanoha Park Rest House

• Kashiwanoha Park Stadium

Composed of a baseball stadium and a football pitch.

• Kashiwanoha Park Stadium.JPG

  Kashiwanoha Park Stadium

• Kashiwanoha Campus

Kashiwanoha Campus is station 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).

• Tokyo University, Kashiwa campus I

Newly built, state of the art facilities.

• Tokyo University, Kashiwa campus II
• Tokyo University, 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.