Narusawa, Yamanashi

Narusawa (鳴沢村, Narusawa-mura) is a village located in Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of November 2015, the village had an estimated population of 2,921 and a population density of 32.6 persons per km². The total area was 89.58 square kilometres (34.59 sq mi).

Geography

Narusawa is located in southern Yamanashi Prefecture, in the foothills of Mount Fuji.

Neighboring municipalities

Yamanashi Prefecture

Shizuoka Prefecture

History

The name Narusawa is mentioned in the Kamakura period Azuma Kagami, as a hamlet on the road connecting Kai Province with Suruga Province. During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period in July 1, 1889, the village of Narusawa was created within Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture.

Education

Narusawa has one elementary school.

Transportation

Highway

Sister city relations