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Sagami Bay (???, Sagami-wan), also known as the Sagami Gulf or Sagami Sea, lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefectures of Japan located in the southern Kanto region of Honshu, Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area....
 in Honshu
Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait....
, central Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula
Miura Peninsula

The Miura Peninsula is a peninsula located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies south of Yokohama and Tokyo and divides Tokyo Bay, to the east, from Sagami Bay, to the west....
, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula
Izu Peninsula

The is a peninsula to the west of Tokyo on the Japanese island of Honshu. Formerly the eponymous Izu Province, the Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka prefecture....
, in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chubu region on Honshu. The capital is the city of Shizuoka, Shizuoka....
, to the west, and the Shonan
Shonan

Shonan is the name of a resort-oriented region along the coast of Sagami Bay in central Japan. Centered on Enoshima, an island about 50 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, the Shonan region stretches from Oiso, Kanagawa in the west to Hayama, Kanagawa in the east, including Kamakura, Kanagawa and Hiratsuka, Kanagawa ....
 coastline to the north, while the island of Oshima
Oshima

Oshima, Oshima may refer to:...
 marks the southern extent of the bay. It lies approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of the capital, Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
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Sagami Bay (???, Sagami-wan), also known as the Sagami Gulf or Sagami Sea, lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefectures of Japan located in the southern Kanto region of Honshu, Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area....
 in Honshu
Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait....
, central Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula
Miura Peninsula

The Miura Peninsula is a peninsula located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies south of Yokohama and Tokyo and divides Tokyo Bay, to the east, from Sagami Bay, to the west....
, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula
Izu Peninsula

The is a peninsula to the west of Tokyo on the Japanese island of Honshu. Formerly the eponymous Izu Province, the Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka prefecture....
, in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chubu region on Honshu. The capital is the city of Shizuoka, Shizuoka....
, to the west, and the Shonan
Shonan

Shonan is the name of a resort-oriented region along the coast of Sagami Bay in central Japan. Centered on Enoshima, an island about 50 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, the Shonan region stretches from Oiso, Kanagawa in the west to Hayama, Kanagawa in the east, including Kamakura, Kanagawa and Hiratsuka, Kanagawa ....
 coastline to the north, while the island of Oshima
Oshima

Oshima, Oshima may refer to:...
 marks the southern extent of the bay. It lies approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of the capital, Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
. Major cities on the bay include Odawara, Chigasaki, Fujisawa
Fujisawa, Kanagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 394,990 and the population density of 5,682.49 persons per km?....
, Hiratsuka, Ito
Ito, Shizuoka

is a cities of Japan located on the eastern shore of the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Ito is one of the well known onsen towns near Tokyo....
 and Kamakura
Kamakura, Kanagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about south-south-west of Tokyo. It used to be also called . Although Kamakura proper is today rather small, it is sometimes considered a former de facto capital of Japan as the seat of the Shogunate and of the Shikken during the Kamakura Period....
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History

The epicenter of the Great Kanto earthquake
1923 Great Kanto earthquake

The struck the Kanto plain on the Japanese main island of Honshu at 11:58 on the morning of September 1, 1923. Varied accounts hold that the duration of the earthquake was between 4 and 10 minutes....
 in 1923 was deep beneath Izu Oshima
Izu Oshima

is a volcanic island in the Izu Islands and administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan government, Japan, lies south of Tokyo and east of the Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka prefecture....
 Island in Sagami Bay. It devastated Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
, the port city of Yokohama
Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area....
, surrounding prefectures of Chiba
Chiba Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba, Chiba....
, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka
Shizuoka Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chubu region on Honshu. The capital is the city of Shizuoka, Shizuoka....
, and caused widespread damage throughout the Kanto region. The shallow nature of the seabed on the north of the bay, and the funnelling effect of tsunami
Tsunami

A is a series of ocean surface wave that is created when a large volume of a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced. The Japanese term is literally translated into " harbor wave."...
 and typhoon wave energy, has contributed to certain parts of the Shonan coast having suffered considerable damage, including the destruction of the Kotokuin temple
Temple

A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A ??templum?? constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur....
 (???
???

??? may refer to:*Nihonbashi, a business district of Chuo, Tokyo, Japan, surrounding a famous bridge of the same name*Nipponbashi, a shopping district of Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Japan...
 ??????) housing the Great Buddha
Great Buddha

Great Buddha or Giant Buddha may refer to* the Leshan Giant Buddha in China* the Tian Tan Buddha in Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong....
, or Daibuttsu (??
??

Wang Fei may refer to:*Faye Wong, with Chinese name Wang Fei, a Beijing-born pop singer*Wang Fei , a guqin player of Chinese descent*Wang Fei , female Chinese beach volleyball player...
 ????) during the massive tsunami of 1498.

Natural environment

A branch of the warm Kuroshio (Black Current) warms the bay, allowing it to host marine organisms typical of more southerly regions and giving a mild climate to the land bordering the bay. The maximum depth of the bay is about 1500 meters.

Organisms from sub-arctic regions are also advected into the bay by intrusions of the Oyashio Current resulting in a very high [biodiversity]. It is the major study site for research programs at the University of Tokyo (ORI) and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC).

In 2004, soil samples from the bay were found to contain radioactive contamination
Radioactive contamination

Radioactive contamination is the uncontrolled distribution of radioactive decay material in a given environment. The amount of radioactive material released in an accident is called the source term....
 from the Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll

Bikini Atoll is an atoll in one of the Micronesian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of Marshall Islands. It consists of 36 islands surrounding a lagoon....
 nuclear tests
Nuclear testing

File:Damage and Destruction of nuclear tests.oggNuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield and explosive capability of nuclear weapons....
 that took place from 1946 to 1958.