| Asahi | |
| Official Name: | Asahi Ward |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Settlement Type: | Ward |
| Image Map1: | Yokohama-Asahi-ku.PNG |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Asahi in Kanagawa |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | |
| Coordinates: | 35.4747°N 139.5447°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kantō |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kanagawa |
| Subdivision Type3: | City |
| Subdivision Name3: | Yokohama |
| Area Total Km2: | 32.77 |
| Population Total: | 249045 |
| Population As Of: | February 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | 7600 |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | City Symbols |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | - Tree |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Enkianthus |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | - Flower |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Japanese Morning Glory |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 045-954-6161 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 1-4-12 Tsurugamine, Asahi-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 241-0022 |
is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward has an estimated population of 249,045 and a population density of 7,600 persons per km2. The total area is 32.77 km2.
Asahi is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and on the northwest borders of the city of Yokohama.
The area around present-day Asahi Ward was formerly part of Tsuzuki District in Musashi Province. By the Heian period it was part of a huge shōen administered by the Hangaya clan, a subsidiary of the Hatakeyama clan. During the Edo period, it was a rural region classified as tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto. After the Meiji Restoration, the area became part of the new Kanagawa Prefecture in 1868. In the cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, the area was divided into numerous villages. During the Meiji period, the area was a center for sericulture. The area began to urbanize only during the 1920s and 1930s with the building of the Sagami Railway Main Line. On October 1, 1927, it was annexed by the neighboring city of Yokohama, becoming part of Hodogaya Ward. In a major administrative reorganization of October 1, 1969, Asahi Ward was separated from Hodogaya Ward, becoming an independent ward within the city of Yokohama.
Asahi Ward is largely a regional commercial center and bedroom community for central Yokohama and Tokyo.
The Tōkaidō Shinkansen passes through Asahi Ward, but has no stations.
Prefectural high schools are operated by the Kanagawa Prefecture Board of Education. Prefectural senior high schools:
Private secondary schools:
The operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Public junior high schools:[1]
Primary schools:[2]
Kamisugeda Sasa-no-oka Elementary School (上菅田笹の丘小学校) and Kawashima Elementary School (川島小学校), which have their campuses outside of Asahi-ku, have zones that include portions of Asahi-ku.[3]