Chigasaki (茅ヶ崎市, Chigasaki-shi ) is a city (市, shi ) of the Préfecture of Kanagawa, with the Japan. The city was founded the October 1947.

The population of the city was in 2003 of 228.470 inhabitants for a surface of 35.71 km ² (2005).

Chigasaki is known for its beach on the Pacific Ocean, capital Japanese woman of surfing and the water sports. It is in particular in this city that the first store of surfing was open to the Japan.

The coordinates of the city are: 35°19 ′ 48 ″ NR, 139°24 ′ 24 ″ E

The municipal symbols are the Acacia, the Rhododendron and the coal Mésange.

The city is served by the trunk roads 1 and 134.

Famous people originating in the city

• Keisuke Kuwata

• Soichi Noguchi
• Wings Gilmour
• Tetta Sugimoto
• Richard Bozulich
• Kōsuke Toriumi
• Hitoshi DOI
• Hagiwara Masato
• Yūzō Kayama
• Moomin

External bonds

• Official site of the town of Chigasaki