Hiratsuka

Hiratsuka hēräˈtso͞okä [key], city, Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and the Sagami River. It is a commercial and industrial center with industries producing automobiles, rubber, chemicals, and machinery.

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