11 Facts About Odawara

Odawara has a humid subtropical climate characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.

Per Japanese census data, the population of Odawara peaked in around the year 2000 and has started to slowly decline.

Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Odawara was the center of Odawara Domain, a feudal han ruled by a succession of daimyo.

Odawara suffered a strong decline in population, which was made more severe when the original route of the Tokaido Main Line bypassed the city in favor of the more northerly route via Gotemba.

Ninety percent of the buildings in Odawara collapsed immediately, and fires burned the rubble along with anything else left standing.

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Odawara regained some measure of prosperity with the opening of the Tanna Tunnel in 1934, which brought the main routing of the Tokaido Main Line through the city.

Odawara is a major commercial center for western Kanagawa Prefecture.

Odawara has 25 public elementary schools and 12 public middle schools operated by the city government.

Besides Odawara Castle, Odawara is a major transit point for the Hakone hot springs resort area and the sightseeing locations of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.

Enoura, a coastal area of Odawara known for its pristine sea, has an abundance of kumamomi, a type of fish that prefers clear and clean water.

Traditionally, Odawara is known for its production of kamaboko processed fish, stockfish, umeboshi salted plums, and traditional herbal medicines.