Yamato City, Kanagawa神奈川県大和市

Living in Yamato City, Kanagawa

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What kind of place is Yamato City?
Yamato CityPR video
How is the traffic situation in Yamato City?
How are the rent and land prices in Yamato City?
How is childcare and education in Yamato City?
How about shopping in Yamato City?
How about jobs and recruitment in Yamato City?
Yamato City’s unique subsidy/subsidy system

What kind of place is Yamato City, Kanagawa?

Yamato City

Yamato City: Many people commute to Tokyo and Yokohama

Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a municipality located in the center of the prefecture.
Many people live here and commute to Tokyo and Yokohama.
The distance to the city center is about 40 to 50 kilometers. Yokohama is about 20 kilometers away.
Yamato City borders Yokohama City to the east, Fujisawa City to the south, Ebina City and Ayase City to the west, and Sagamihara City and Machida City, Tokyo to the north.
The population is about 242,000, and the number of households is about 114,000. (As of December 2022)
Yamato City is an area on the Sagamihara Plateau, and the land height varies slightly depending on the area.
The land is higher in the north, and the land gradually gets lower as you go south.
The city is home to the Atsugi Base of the U.S. military and the Self-Defense Forces, which accounts for about 4% of the city’s total area.

PR video of Yamato City, Kanagawa

[Facility introduction] Yamato City Cultural Creation Center Sirius “SIRIUS”

How is the traffic situation in Yamato City?

Yamato Station South Exit

Yamato City is a city with quick access to both the city center and Yokohama.

Yamato City has many train stations, making it easy to access Tokyo and Yokohama.
Three lines run through the city: the Odakyu Enoshima Line, the Tokyu Denentoshi Line, and the Sotetsu Main Line.
There are six stations on the Odakyu Enoshima Line: Chuo-Rinkan Station, Minami-Rinkan Station, Tsuruma Station, Yamato Station, Sakuragaoka Station, and Koza-Shibuya Station.
There are two stations on the Tokyu Denentoshi Line: Chuo-Rinkan Station and Tsukimi Station.
There are two stations on the Sotetsu Main Line: Sagami-Otsuka Station and Yamato Station.
The shortest distance from Yamato Station to Yokohama Station is 19 minutes, and the shortest distance to Shinagawa Station is 46 minutes (transfer at Yokohama Station).
Of the stations on the Odakyu Enoshima Line in Yamato City, Yamato Station is the one with the most daily users. It has around 100,000 users per day.
Yamato Station is located in Yamato Minami 1-chome in the city, and in addition to the Enoshima Line, the Sagami Main Line also stops here, so you can transfer between the two lines.
If you use the Enoshima Line, you can get to Tokyo in a short time.
If you take an upbound train to Sagami-Ono Station and transfer to the Odawara Line at the same station, you can go straight to Shinjuku.
If you take a downbound train, you can transfer to the Enoshima Line or Odawara Line and go to Fujisawa or Odawara.
If you use the Sotetsu Main Line, you can get to Yokohama in a short time, and if you use the Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line, which is scheduled to open in 2023, it will be easier to access Tokyo.
There are also other stations in the city, such as Tsukimino Station on the Tokyu Denentoshi Line, which can take you directly to Shibuya.

If you use the Denentoshi Line, you can go directly to Shibuya in as little as 38 minutes, and Chuo-Rinkan Station is the starting station, so you can sit down and get there conveniently. Monthly parking fees are low, so car maintenance costs are not that high.

Depending on the route, the last train may be early and there may be few bus services, which can be inconvenient. Driving is often congested, especially on Route 16.

How are the rent and land prices in Yamato City?

Yamato City: A city where average rent and land prices are lower than in the city center

The average rent in Yamato City varies depending on the type of room.
For a studio apartment in the city, the average rent is in the upper 60,000 yen range.
For a studio apartment with a kitchen, the average rent is around 70,000 yen.
For a 1LDK apartment, there are many properties that cost around 95,000 yen.
The average rent for a 2LDK apartment is around 115,000 yen.
There is land for sale in various parts of Yamato City, so you can buy land and build your own house.
The average land price in the whole of Yamato City is about 800,000 yen.
However, the average land price varies depending on the area. The average land price in areas where only low buildings can be built is around 700,000 yen.

How is childcare and education in Yamato City?

Yamato Yutori Forest

Yamato City: A city with many educational facilities for raising children

In Yamato City, there are 19 daycare centers, 17 kindergartens, 20 elementary schools, 10 junior high schools, 6 high schools, 1 junior college, and 1 vocational school.
Yamato City offers a wide range of educational facilities from daycare centers to high schools. Licensed daycare centers are spread throughout the city, with different facilities accommodating various age groups. In addition to daycare centers for children aged 0 to 5, there are also facilities for younger children aged 0 to 2.
The city also has certified children’s centers that provide combined care and educational services for children who are not yet of school age.
Yamato City has many public schools, including 19 public elementary schools and 9 public junior high schools.
The Child Medical Expense Subsidy covers both outpatient and inpatient care for children under 18 (until March 31 after their 18th birthday), providing full coverage for medical expenses.
Additionally, child allowances are provided as follows: 15,000 yen for children under 3, 10,000 yen for the first and second children from age 3 until they enter elementary school, 15,000 yen for the third child and beyond, and 10,000 yen for middle school students.

Yamato City, a city that publishes information magazines about child-rearing

Yamato City, known as the kingdom of child-rearing, actively helps its citizens who are raising children.
Yamato City also publishes an information magazine that contains useful information for people raising children in the city.
This information magazine contains information about parks in Yamato City, as well as baby stations where you can change diapers and breastfeed.
It also contains walking maps for going out with your children, and information about child-related procedures and contact points.
It also contains information about hospitals and childcare facilities in the city, and introduces child-rearing circles active in each area.

There are almost no children on waiting lists for nursery schools. There are many educational institutions from nursery schools to universities, so you can complete everything from child-rearing to schooling within the city. There are also many cram schools and facilities for extracurricular activities, so there is a wide range of educational environments.

There are areas where there are fewer people around late at night, so you need to be careful when children are walking around at night.

How about shopping in Yamato City?

Yamato Oak City

Yamato City: A city with many places to shop

Yamato City offers many commercial facilities for residents to shop at. Among them, the most popular is the large shopping center “Yamato Oak City” located in Shimo-Tsuruoka. A notable feature is that it houses two major retail chains in Japan: Aeon Mall Yamato and Ito-Yokado Yamato-Tsuruoka Store. These stores are located in separate buildings across the road from each other.
Near the shopping center on the south side of the road is Yamato City Hall, which can be reached via a connecting passage.
The “Rinkan Mall,” within walking distance from Chuo-Rinkan Station, is a comprehensive facility featuring a supermarket, Avey, and a home center, Cainz Rinkan Mall Store, offering a wide range of products.

There are many shopping malls and discount stores, and prices are relatively low, so you won’t have any trouble with everyday shopping. Many stores have free and spacious parking lots.

Many shopping malls can only be reached by car, and parking lots get very crowded on holidays.

How about jobs and recruitment in Yamato City?

Yamato City: A city where job information is easy to find

There are also many job openings in Yamato city.
There are a wide variety of job openings, from full-time to part-time positions.
There are also jobs working in commercial facilities in the city, so you can look for work selling products.
There are also job openings for work as a store cashier, so it’s easy to start even for people with no work experience.
There are also factories in the city, so you can look for job openings working in food factories. There are also other job openings in the city for drivers and security guards.