Kawasaki, Kanagawa

city in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan

Kawasaki (川崎市, Kawasaki-shi) is a Japanese city in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] Kawasaki is one of three ordinance-designated cities in Kanagawa.[source?]

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History

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Kawasaki — ukiyo-e woodblock print by Hiroshige, circa 1830s

In the Edo period, Kawasaki-juku was 2nd of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.[2]

Geography

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Kawasaki occupies a belt of land stretching about 30 km along the south bank of the Tama River. The river forms its boundary with Tokyo.

In Kawasaki, there are seven wards:

  • Kawasaki
  • Saiwai
  • Nakahara
  • Takatsu
  • Tama
  • Miyamae
  • Aso
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References

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  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kawasaki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 499.
  2. Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.

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