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Ashiya seen from its JR station platform

Ashiya (芦屋市, Ashiya-shi) is a city founded on November 10, 1940 located in Hyōgo, Japan, between the cities of Osaka and Kobe. It is known as the Beverly Hills of Japan.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 93,094 and the density of 5,030 persons per km². The total area is 18.47 km². The household income is the highest in Japan based on annual income tax report.

History

In 1871, Ashiya was established as a township under Hyogo prefecture.
In early 1900's, large single family homes were built along hills that was the pointed urban planning area. Those homes have tennis courts, swimming pools, and tea houses, etc.
After 1945, the City of Ashiya prohibited to build pachinko parlor, any gambling and entertainment facilities as well as small factories. There is no other municipal government that has this regulation in Japan.
In 1991, the first female mayor in Japan was elected in Ashiya (Ms.Harue Kitamura).

In 2008, the property that has less than 4,269 square meter is prohibited to sell, buy, or build in Rokurokuso area according to city architectural agreement.

Culture and People

There is a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Ashiya.
The Yodokō Guest House, completed in 1924, was a residence of the Yamamura family, founders of the famous sake company "Sakuramasamune" (櫻正宗). Now it is the guest house of another company.
People - Jiro Shirasu, Ryoji Noyori (Nobel prize winner), Takashi Asahina (symphony director), Chitaru Asahina (symphony director), Junichiro Tanizaki (writer), Haruki Murakami (writer), Atsuko Suga (writer/scholor of Italian literature), Yuriko Koike (House of Representatives member), Yoko Ogawa (writer), Hiroko Koshino (fashion designer), Tsumasaburo Bando (Kabuki actor),
Ashiya is the main setting for Jun'ichiro Tanizaki's novel Sasameyuki (細雪） (The Makioka Sisters, Eng. trans. Edward G. Seidensticker).

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 == External links ==
 * {{ja icon}} [http://www.city.ashiya.hyogo.jp/ Official website]
+* {{en icon}} [http://www.city.ashiya.hyogo.jp/english/index.html Official website]
 * {{en icon}} [http://www.ashiya-web.or.jp/tanizaki/facility/english1.htm Tanizaki Junichiro Memorial Museum of Literature]