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Map of Japanese provinces with province highlighted
'Sagami' (相模国; -no kuni) was an
old province of Japan. It occupied most of the area that is today
Kanagawa prefecture, but present-day
Yokohama and
Kawasaki, now part of Kanagawa Prefecture, were not in Sagami. Sagami bordered on
Izu,
Kai,
Musashi and
Suruga provinces.
The ancient capital of the province was located near modern
Hiratsuka. During the
Sengoku period, Sagami's chief castle was at
Odawara, although it was generally ruled from its larger neighbor Musashi.