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A valley town surrounded by sloped residential areas With the opening of the railway, the hills of Yokohama have been developed as commuter towns for the metropolitan area, and are now completely filled up around the main stations along the railway line. This phenomenon is common in cities with rugged terrain, including Tokyo, but Yokohama is one of the top cities in terms of elevation difference and size and complexity. I, Manpo, have been walking through mountain settlements called "Amasaka Villages" all over the country, and I have long thought that these residential areas are not "villages in heaven" but "residential areas in heaven," so I decided to walk around them in earnest. This time, I will be visiting Hodogaya, a valley town surrounded by sloped residential areas. Hodogaya is located on the edge of the Tama Hills, and is a terrain of valleys surrounded by hills with the Katabira River flowing through the center. Hodogaya-cho, Katabira-cho, and Iwama-cho were formerly the Hodogaya post station on the Tokaido line. The surrounding area was an industrial district for chemicals, textiles, and electronics, and the hills around JR Hodogaya Station and the northwestern hills along the Sagami Railway were rapidly developed into residential areas after the war, becoming commuter towns for the metropolitan area. When you leave the east exit of Hodogaya Station, there is no station square, and National Route 1 runs suddenly, and there is a bus stop on the opposite side of the national route after crossing it on a footbridge. There is a very barren group of buildings in the direction of Totsuka between National Route 1 and the JR Tokaido Line. This is the Hodogaya Station East Exit Shopping District. I don't know if it originated from a black market or not, but the atmosphere smells of it. There are also stores on the other side of the national route, and behind them is a cliff. On the other hand, the west exit of Hodogaya Station is a shopping district of the old Tokaido line, and there are a few pre-war wooden townhouses and Western-style buildings. If you walk along the old Tokaido road towards Yokohama and cross National Route 16, which is the Hachioji Kaido, you will come to the Kofukuji Matsubara Shopping Arcade. The area is like a market, with shops spread out almost to the center of the road. That's why it's called Hama's Ameyoko. Village Street Walker http://www.shurakumachinami.natsu.gs/...