Sagamihara is a city located in north central Kanagawa, bordering Tokyo, Japan. It is the third most populous city in the prefecture, after Yokohama and Kawasaki, and the fifth most populous suburb in Greater Tokyo. Its northern neighbor is Machida, with which a cross-prefectural merger has been proposed (blank">http://www.toshiseibi.metro.tokyo.jp/seisaku/gyomu/gyomu.pdf:Japanese).
As of 2007, the city has an estimated population of 705,141, and a total area of 328.84 km². It is the city that occupies the 2nd largest area in the prefecture, after Yokohama.
The city gained city status on November 20, 1954.
The main areas of commercial activity in Sagamihara are located near: Hashimoto Station on the _JR East Yokohama Line and Keio Sagamihara Line; Sagamihara Station on the Yokohama Line; and Sagami-Ōno Station on the Odakyū Odawara Line.
