13 Facts About Urayasu

Urayasu is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo Disney Resort, which opened in April 1983, and the headquarters of The Oriental Land Company.

Urayasu is located in the northwestern part of Chiba Prefecture, about 20 kilometers from the prefectural capital at Chiba and within 10 to 20 kilometers from the center of Tokyo.

The new landfill area is called "Shin-Urayasu", and has an "American" inspired layout, with a grid-like map of wide streets, large sidewalks, palm trees and parks.

Urayasu is one of the most sought after areas in the metropolitan area for young families to live.

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

Per Japanese census data, the population of Urayasu has been steeply increasing over the past 40 years.

Urayasu served as an important fishing village for the Edo capitol.

Urayasu grew in the 1960s and 1970s with massive landfill projects along the shores of Tokyo Bay, public housing projects, and increasing infrastructure.

Urayasu became part of the Keiyo Industrial Zone in this period, which spans from the city across the Tokyo Bay coast of Chiba Prefecture to Futtsu to the south.

Urayasu was greatly affected by the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

Urayasu is a regional commercial center and a bedroom community for nearby Chiba and Tokyo.

Urayasu has 17 public elementary schools and nine public middle schools operated by the city government and two private middle schools.