| Ancient times |
Prospers as a large village composed of the ruling family and common people |
| Medieval times |
Reported that the Kisarazu craftsman (“the Kazusa caster”) cast the Giant Buddha in Kamakura |
| Early modern |
In the Edo Period, the Kisarazu Boats (5 enormous boats) sailed back and forth between Kisarazu and Edo (old name for Tokyo), after receiving special permission from the Tokugawa Shogunate |
| 1871 |
Kisarazu Prefecture comes into existence. Kisarazu was the prefectural capital for 1 year 7 months. |
| c. 1879 |
Commerce flourishes as paddle steamers ply the waters between Tokyo and Kisarazu |
| 1912 |
Railway-Kisarazu Line (now Uchibo Line) opens. Kisarazu Station opens |
| 1942 |
City of Kisarazu born on November 3 as a result of the merger of Kisarazu Town, Iwane Village, Kiyokawa Village and Namioka Village |
| 1948 |
First Port Festival held |
| 1954 |
Kamatari Village incorporated into the city |
| 1955 |
Kaneda Village and Nakago Village incorporated into city |
| 1965 |
Start of car ferry services between Kisarazu and Kawasaki and Kisarazu and Yokohama |
| 1968 |
Kisarazu Port designated as an important port |
| 1970 |
Civic Center opens |
| 1971 |
Fukuta Town incorporated into the city |
| 1972 |
Civic gymnasium opens
City Hall moves to its current location (Shiomi) |
| 1975 |
Nakanoshima Bridge completed |
| 1976 |
Population of Kisarazu surpasses 100,000 |
| 1984 |
City welfare center opens |
| 1985 |
Sewage plant commences operation |
| 1988 |
Redeveloped building near west exit of Kisarazu Station (Eins) opens Clean Center commences operations |
| 1990 |
Sister city agreement reached with City of Oceanside, United States |
| 1992 |
Kisarazu designated as a business core city
Kimisarazu Tower completed |
| 1994 |
Kazusa DNA Research Institute opened on Kazusa Akademia Center Park |
| 1995 |
Tateyama Expressway opened from Chiba to Kisarazu |
| 1997 |
Kazusa Akademia Center (Kazusa Arc) opened Tokyo Bay Aqualine opened |
| 1998 |
City’s official website-Kisara Online established |
| 1999 |
Kisarazu approved as an international convention city Yanagawa Dam completed |
| 2000 |
Challenge Center Let’s Kisarazu opens (offering community support services) |
| 2001 |
April 17- Kisarazu Telework Center opened |
| 2002 |
January to March- television drama Kisarazu Cat’s Eye broadcast November 3- 60th anniversary of Kisarazu becoming a city |
| 2003 |
May 18- National Arbor Day Festival held in Kisarazu |
| November- Kisarazu Cat’s Eye made into a movie and shown in theaters |
| 2004 |
April 28- Redeveloped building near west exit of Kisarazu Station reopens as Aqua Kisarazu December 24- Kisarazu Kaneda Bus Terminal opened |
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August 2-4: Inter High Sumo Competition scheduled to be held in Kisarazu |
