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is a prefecture
Prefectures of Japan

The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" , Tokyo; one "Circuit #Japan" , Hokkaido; two urban prefectures , Osaka Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture; and 43 other prefectures ....
 located in the southern Kanto region
Kanto region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region encompasses seven Prefectures of Japan which overlaps the Greater Tokyo Area: Gunma Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Tokyo, Chiba Prefecture, and Kanagawa Prefecture....
 of 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....
, 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....
. The capital is 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....
. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area
Greater Tokyo Area

The Greater Tokyo Area is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of most of the Prefectures of Japan of Chiba Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, and Tokyo ....
.

edieval Japan, Kanagawa was part of the provinces of Sagami
Sagami Province

was an old provinces of Japan. It occupied most of the area that is today Kanagawa prefecture, but present-day Yokohama and Kawasaki, Kanagawa, now part of Kanagawa Prefecture, were not in Sagami....
 and Musashi
Musashi Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly Kawasaki, Kanagawa and Yokohama....
.

There are some archaeological sites of Jomon period
Jomon period

The is the time in history of Japan from about 14th millennium BC to 5th century BC.The term "Jomon" means "cord-patterned" in Japanese. This refers to the markings made on clay vessels and figures using sticks with cords wrapped around them which are characteristic of the Jomon people....
 (around 400 BC). About 3000 years ago, Mount Hakone made volcanic explosion and Lake Ashi
Lake Ashi

, or Hakone Lake, Ashinoko Lake, is a scenic lake in the Hakone area of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, Japan. It is a crater lake that lies along the southwest wall of the caldera of Mount Hakone, a complex volcano....
 on the western area of this prefecture.

It's estimated, Yamato Dynasty ruled this area from 5th century.






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is a prefecture
Prefectures of Japan

The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" , Tokyo; one "Circuit #Japan" , Hokkaido; two urban prefectures , Osaka Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture; and 43 other prefectures ....
 located in the southern Kanto region
Kanto region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region encompasses seven Prefectures of Japan which overlaps the Greater Tokyo Area: Gunma Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Tokyo, Chiba Prefecture, and Kanagawa Prefecture....
 of 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....
, 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....
. The capital is 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....
. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area
Greater Tokyo Area

The Greater Tokyo Area is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of most of the Prefectures of Japan of Chiba Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, and Tokyo ....
.

History

In medieval Japan, Kanagawa was part of the provinces of Sagami
Sagami Province

was an old provinces of Japan. It occupied most of the area that is today Kanagawa prefecture, but present-day Yokohama and Kawasaki, Kanagawa, now part of Kanagawa Prefecture, were not in Sagami....
 and Musashi
Musashi Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly Kawasaki, Kanagawa and Yokohama....
.

There are some archaeological sites of Jomon period
Jomon period

The is the time in history of Japan from about 14th millennium BC to 5th century BC.The term "Jomon" means "cord-patterned" in Japanese. This refers to the markings made on clay vessels and figures using sticks with cords wrapped around them which are characteristic of the Jomon people....
 (around 400 BC). About 3000 years ago, Mount Hakone made volcanic explosion and Lake Ashi
Lake Ashi

, or Hakone Lake, Ashinoko Lake, is a scenic lake in the Hakone area of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, Japan. It is a crater lake that lies along the southwest wall of the caldera of Mount Hakone, a complex volcano....
 on the western area of this prefecture.

It's estimated, Yamato Dynasty ruled this area from 5th century. In the ancient era, plains and damps were widely spread with few inhabitants.

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....
 in central Sagami was the capital of Japan during the Kamakura period
Kamakura period

The is a period of History of Japan that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
 (1185-1333).

During the Edo period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
, the western part of Sagami Province was governed by the daimyo of Odawara Castle
Odawara Castle

is a landmark in the Municipality of Japan of Odawara, Kanagawa in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. It was the stronghold of various daimyo during the Muromachi period of History of Japan....
, while the eastern part was directly governed by the Tokugawa Shogunate
Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the , and the , was a feudalism regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family....
 in Edo
Edo

, literally: Headlands and bays-door, "estuary", ), also Romanization of Japanese as Yedo or Yeddo, is the Geographical renaming of the Capital of Japan Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868....
 (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....
).

Commodore
Commodore (USN)

Commodore is a former Military rank and a current honorary title in the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard with an intricate history....
 Matthew Perry landed in Kanagawa in 1853 and 1854, and signed the Convention of Kanagawa
Convention of Kanagawa

On March 31, 1854, the or was concluded between Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the United States Navy and the Empire of Japan. The treaty opened the Japanese ports of Shimoda, Shizuoka and Hakodate to United States trade, guaranteed the safety of shipwrecked U.S....
 to force open Japanese ports to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. 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....
, the largest deep-water port in Tokyo Bay
Tokyo Bay

is a bay in the southern Kanto region of Japan. Its old name was ....
, was opened to foreign traders in 1859 after several more years of foreign pressure, and eventually developed into the largest trading port in Japan. Nearby Yokosuka, closer to the mouth of Tokyo Bay, developed as a naval port and now serves as headquarters for the U.S. 7th Fleet and the fleet operations of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

The , or JMSDF, is the maritime branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. It was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy after World War II....
. After Meiji Period
Meiji period

The , or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status....
, many foreigners lived in Yokohama City, and visited Hakone
Hakone, Kanagawa

is a towns of Japan in Japan, in Kanagawa Prefecture, in Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa, located on the eastern foot of Hakone Pass.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 13,679 and a population density of 147 persons per km?....
. Meiji Government developed the first railways in Japan, from Shinbashi (in Tokyo) to Yokohama in 1872.

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 sea receded as much a quarter of a mile from the shore at Manazaru Point, and then rushed back towards the shore in a great wall of water which swamped Mitsuishi-shima. At Kamakura, the total death toll from earthquake, tsunami, and fire exceeded 2,000 victims. At Odawara, ninety percent of the buildings collapsed immediately, and subsequent fires burned the rubble along with anything else left standing.

Yokohama, Kawasaki
Kawasaki, Kanagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between 23 special wards and Yokohama. It is the 8th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
 and other major cities were heavily damaged by the U.S. bombing in 1945. The number of casualties was more than several thousand. After the War, many U.S. troops and the general Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Order of the Bath was an United States General officer, United Nations general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army....
, the chief commander of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers
Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers

Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers was the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the Occupation of Japan following World War II. Although subsequently there were, and continue to exist, other Supreme Allied Commanders, the SCAP title per se has only ever been given to MacArthur....
 for the Occupation of Japan, landed in this prefecture, before moving to other areas. Because of this history, U.S. military bases still remain in Kanagawa - Camp Zama
Camp Zama

is a United States Army post located in the cities of Zama, Kanagawa and Sagamihara, Kanagawa, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about 40 kilometers southwest of Tokyo....
 (Army
United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
), Yokosuka Naval Base, Naval Air Station Atsugi (Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
).

After the War, Kanagawa Prefecture faced rapid urbanization and increasing populations, as a part of Tokyo Greater Zone. 8.9 million people live here as of 2008 , and Kanagawa becomes the second largest inhabited prefecture in Japan from 2006 (at 1945, it was only 1.9 million, and the rank was 15th.).

Geography

Kanagawa Prefecture is a relatively small prefecture located at the southeastern corner of the Kanto Plain
Kanto Plain

The is the largest plain in Japan located in the Kanto Region of central Honshu. The total area 17,000 sq km covers more than half of the Region extending over Tokyo, Saitama Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, and Tochigi Prefecture....
 wedged between 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....
 on the north, the foothills of Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji

is the highest mountain in Japan at . Along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku, it is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" . An active volcano that last erupted in 1707?08, Mount Fuji straddles the boundary of Shizuoka Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture Prefectures of Japan just west of Tokyo, from which it can be seen on a clear day....
 on the northwest, and the Sagami Bay
Sagami Bay

Sagami Bay , also known as the Sagami Gulf or Sagami Sea, lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shonan coastline to the north, while the island of Oshima marks the sout...
 and Tokyo Bay
Tokyo Bay

is a bay in the southern Kanto region of Japan. Its old name was ....
 on the south and east. The eastern side of the prefecture is relatively flat and heavily urbanized, including the large port cities 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....
 and Kawasaki
Kawasaki, Kanagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between 23 special wards and Yokohama. It is the 8th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
, but becomes more relaxed to the southeast, near 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....
, where the ancient city of 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....
 draws tourists to its temples and shrines. The western part, bordered by Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamanashi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chubu region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kofu....
 and 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....
 on the west, is more mountainous and includes resort areas like Odawara
Odawara, Kanagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on December 20, 1940. Odawara has had a Town twinning relationship with Chula Vista, CA for over 25 years....
 and Hakone. The area, stretching 80 km from west to east and 60 km from north to south, contains a 2,400 sq km of land, accounting for 0.64 % of the total land area of Japan.

Topography

Topographically, the prefecture consists of three distinct areas. The mountainous western region features the Tanzawa Mountain Range and Hakone Volcano; the hilly eastern region is characterized by the Tama Hills
Tama Hills

is an area of hills stretching across southwest Tokyo and northeast Kanagawa Prefecture in the Kanto region on Honshu, Japan. Its total area is approximately 300km2?Tama River marks its northeastern boundary....
 and 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....
; and the central region, which surrounds the Tama Hills and Miura Peninsula, is comprised by flat stream terraces and lowlands around major rivers including the Sagami River
Sagami River

The is a river in Kanagawa Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture Prefectures on the island of Honshu, Japan.External links ...
, Sakai River, Tsurumi River
Tsurumi River

The is a river in Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshu, Japan.External links...
, and Tama River
Tama River

The is a major river in Yamanashi Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshu, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Government of Japan....
.

The Tama River
Tama River

The is a major river in Yamanashi Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshu, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Government of Japan....
 forms much of the boundary between Kanagawa and Tokyo. The Sagami River
Sagami River

The is a river in Kanagawa Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture Prefectures on the island of Honshu, Japan.External links ...
 flows through the middle of the prefecture. In the western region, the Sakawa River runs through a small lowland, the Sakawa Lowland, between Hakone Volcano to the west and the Oiso Hills to the east and flows into Sagami Bay.

The Tanzawa Mountain Range, part of the Kanto Mountain Range, contains Mount Hiru
Mount Hiru

Mount Hiru is the tallest mountain of the Tanzawa Mountains with a height of ....
 (1,673 m), the highest peak in the prefecture. Other mountains measure similar mid-range heights: Mount Hinokiboramaru (1,601 m), Mount Tanzawa
Mount Tanzawa

is a mountain of the Tanzawa Mountains, with an elevation of ....
, (1567 m), Mount Omuro (1588 m), Mount Himetsugi (1,433 m), and Mount Usu
Mount Usu

is an active stratovolcano in the Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Hokkaido, Japan. It has erupted four times since 1900: in 1910, 1944-45 , 1977, and most recently on March 31, 2000....
 (1,460 m). The mountain range lowers its height southward leading to Hadano Basin to the Oiso Hills. At the eastern foothills of the mountain range lies the Isehara Plateau and across the Sagami River the Sagami Plateau.
Kanagawamapcurrent

Cities

Nineteen cities are located in Kanagawa Prefecture:
  • Atsugi
    Atsugi, Kanagawa

    is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 225,732 and a population density of 2,357.73 persons per km?....
  • Ayase
    Ayase, Kanagawa

    is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 82,035 and the population density of 3,674.82 persons per km?....
  • Chigasaki
  • Ebina
    Ebina, Kanagawa

    is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 126,368 and the population density of 4,583.35 persons per km?....
  • 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?....
  • Hadano
    Hadano, Kanagawa

    Hadano is a Cities of Japan in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of March 2008, Hadano has an estimated population of 169,111 and a population density of 1,632.19 persons per km?; it has a total area of 103.61 km?....
  • Hiratsuka
    Hiratsuka, Kanagawa

    is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Hiratsuka is located on the Kanto plain midway between Tokyo and Mt. Fuji, and has a 5 Kilometer coastline in the Shonan area on the Pacific Ocean in Sagami bay....
  • Isehara
    Isehara, Kanagawa

    Isehara is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, Isehara has an estimated population of 100,620 and a population density of 1,812 persons per km?....
  • 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....
  • Kawasaki
    Kawasaki, Kanagawa

    is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between 23 special wards and Yokohama. It is the 8th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
    • Kawasaki is divided into 7 wards (ku):
    • Asao-ku
      Asao-ku, Kawasaki

      Asao-ku is a wards of Japan of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2008 it has a population of 163,520....
    • Kawasaki-ku
      Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki

      lies on the eastern edge of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, nestled against the mouth of the Tama River and Tokyo Bay. Kawasaki-ku has long been known for the vast numbers of factory situated on landfill at its eastern edges....
    • Miyamae-ku
      Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki

      Miyamae-ku is a Wards of Japan of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, which was separated from Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki in 1982. It has an area of 18.60km?, and a population of 214,347 in 83,719 households ....
    • Nakahara-ku
      Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki

      Nakahara-ku is one of the seven wards of Japan of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The ward office is in Kosugi, the central district of the ward....
    • Saiwai-ku
      Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki

      Saiwai-ku is one of the seven wards of Japan which make up the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.It is the smallest ward of Kawasaki....
    • Takatsu-ku
      Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki

      Takatsu-ku is a wards of Japan of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2008 it has a population of 211,893....
    • Tama-ku
      Tama-ku, Kawasaki

      Tama-ku is a wards of Japan of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan....
  • Minamiashigara
  • Miura
    Miura, Kanagawa

    is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.It is a city bordering the sea. It is well known for Miura Marathon which is normally held in March First Week....
  • Odawara
    Odawara, Kanagawa

    is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on December 20, 1940. Odawara has had a Town twinning relationship with Chula Vista, CA for over 25 years....
  • Sagamihara
  • Yamato
    Yamato, Kanagawa

    Yamato is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 223,127 and the population density of 8,250 persons per square kilometer....
  • 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....
     (capital)
    • Yokohama is divided into 18 wards (ku):
    • Aoba-ku
      Aoba-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 wards of Japans which make up the city of Yokohama, Japan. The area made up the northern part of Midori-ku, Yokohama until 1994. It has an area of 35.06km? and a population of 291,212 ....
    • Asahi-ku
      Asahi-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.The symbol of Asahi Ward has the sun rising over a Y, the first letter in the city of Yokohama....
    • Hodogaya-ku
      Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama

      in Yokohama, Japan, established 1927, is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Originally including the area of the Asahi Ward, the ward was split in 1969....
    • Isogo-ku
      Isogo-ku, Yokohama

      is one of 18 Wards of Japan of Yokohama, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the southeast part of Yokohama, facing Negishi Bay. As of 2005, it has an estimated population of 163,705 and comprises an area of 19.02 km?...
    • Izumi-ku
      Izumi-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The area is 23.56 square meters and the population is 152,723 as of 2006....
    • Kanagawa-ku
      Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.*Kanagawa University*Institute of Information Security*Mitsuzawa Stadium...
    • Kanazawa-ku
      Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama

      is a Wards of Japan located in the southernmost part of Yokohama, newly established from Isogo-ku, Yokohama in May, 1948.The east of Kanazawa-ku faces Tokyo Bay, the south faces Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Zushi, Kanagawa, and Kamakura, Kanagawa....
    • Kohoku-ku
      Kohoku-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kohoku Ward has the largest population of Yokohama's 18 wards, and ranks second only to Naka-ku, Yokohama in the total number of workplaces ....
    • Konan-ku
      Konan-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Konanku spread from Minami-ku, Yokohama on October 1st, 1969. At the time, the population was 95 thousand, though it has increased rapidly to 220 thousand....
    • Midori-ku
      Midori-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The character for this ward means green. The ward covers an area of 25.42 km? with a population of 171,562 ....
    • Minami-ku
      Minami-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The character for this ward means South. Its name derives from the fact that it is located south of Naka-ku ....
    • Naka-ku
      Naka-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "Middle Ward." It is host to the city hall and the headquarters of the prefectural government....
    • Nishi-ku
      Nishi-ku, Yokohama

      is the smallest of the Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, with an area of 6.98 km?. The population is 85,370....
    • Sakae-ku
      Sakae-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The character for this ward can mean glory or prosperity....
    • Seya-ku
      Seya-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan....
    • Totsuka-ku
      Totsuka-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan....
    • Tsuzuki-ku
      Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the 18 Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , 171,429 people lived in Tsuzuki-ku. Tsuzuki-ku is 27.88 square kilometer in area....
    • Tsurumi-ku
      Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama

      is one of the Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It includes the former village of Namamugi, site of the Namamugi Incident of 1862....
  • Yokosuka
  • Zama
    Zama, Kanagawa

    Zama is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 127,704 and the population density of 7,260 persons per square kilometer....
  • Zushi



    • Towns and villages

    • Aiko District
      Aiko District, Kanagawa

      Aiko is a districts of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 46,305 and a population density of 438.58 persons per km?....
      • Aikawa
        Aikawa, Kanagawa

        Aikawa is a towns of Japan located in Aiko District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of June 1, 2008, the town has an estimated population of 431,581 and a population density of 1,220 persons per km?....
      • Kiyokawa
        Kiyokawa, Kanagawa

        Kiyokawa is a villages of Japan located in Aiko District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the village has an estimated population of 3,339 and a population density of 48.51 persons per km?....
    • Ashigarakami District
      Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa

      Ashigarakami is a districts of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 67,647 and a population density of 222.93 persons per km?....
      • Kaisei
        Kaisei, Kanagawa

        is a towns of Japan located in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 16,174 and a population density of 2,216.46 persons per km?....
      • Matsuda
        Matsuda, Kanagawa

        Matsuda is a towns of Japan located in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 11,959 and a population density of 317 persons per square kilometer....
      • Nakai
        Nakai, Kanagawa

        Nakai is a towns of Japan located in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 10,206 and a population density of 509.79 persons per km?....
      • Oi
        Oi, Kanagawa

        is a towns of Japan located in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 18,065 and a population density of 1,206.18 persons per km?....
      • Yamakita
        Yamakita, Kanagawa

        is a towns of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Yamakita is a towns of Japan located in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan....
  • Ashigarashimo District
    Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa

    is a districts of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan., the district has an estimated population of 50,862 and a population density of 361.16 persons per km?....
    • Hakone
      Hakone, Kanagawa

      is a towns of Japan in Japan, in Kanagawa Prefecture, in Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa, located on the eastern foot of Hakone Pass.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 13,679 and a population density of 147 persons per km?....
    • Manazuru
      Manazuru, Kanagawa

      Manazuru is a towns of Japan located in Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 8,800 and a population density of 1,253.56 persons per km?....
    • Yugawara
      Yugawara, Kanagawa

      Yugawara is a towns of Japan located in Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 27,190 and a population density of 663.33 persons per square kilometer....
  • Koza District
    Koza District, Kanagawa

    Koza is a districts of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan, and it once known as "Takakura-gun" in the past. Before the Modern Times , nearly 100 villages were located but since then, the numbers of municipalities reduced by merging into surrounding cities or towns, and currently, the district has only the town of Samukawa, Kanagawa...
    • Samukawa
      Samukawa, Kanagawa

      Samukawa is a towns of Japan located in Koza District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 47,569 and a population density of 3,505.96 persons per km?....
  • Miura District
    Miura District, Kanagawa

    is a districts of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It consists of only one town, Hayama.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 31,396 and a population density of 1,840.33 persons per km?....
    • Hayama
      Hayama, Kanagawa

      is a towns of Japan located in Miura District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on central Honshu, Japan.As of 2004, the town has an estimated population of 32,398 and a population density of 1,899.06 persons per km?....
  • Naka District
    Naka District, Kanagawa

    is a districts of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 62,984 and a population density of 2,398.48 persons per km?....
    • Ninomiya
      Ninomiya, Kanagawa

      is a towns of Japan located in Naka District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Ninomiya literally means "the second shrine" of the old provinces of Japan....
    • Oiso
      Oiso, Kanagawa

      is a towns of Japan located in Naka District, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 32,856 and a population density of 1,887.66 persons per km?....


    Mergers


    Transportation

    Kanagawa's transport network is heavily intertwined with that of Tokyo (see: Transportation in Greater Tokyo
    Transportation in Greater Tokyo

    The transport network in Greater Tokyo includes public and private rail and highway networks; airports for international, domestic, and general aviation; buses; motorcycle delivery services, walking, bicycling, and commercial shipping....
    ). Most air travel to Kanagawa goes through Tokyo International Airport
    Tokyo International Airport

    , located in Ota, Tokyo, Japan, is one of the two primary airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area. It is commonly known as .Although Haneda was originally the primary airport for the Tokyo region, it now shares that role with Narita International Airport....
     or Narita International Airport
    Narita International Airport

    is an international airport located in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern portion of the Greater Tokyo Area. It is located 60 kilometers from downtown Tokyo....
    . Shin-Yokohama
    Shin-Yokohama Station

    is a train station in Yokohama, Japan. It is located on the Tokaido Shinkansen, Yokohama Line, and Yokohama Municipal Subway Line 3.In addition to being a part of residential urban sprawl of the metropolitan Tokyo area, which includes Yokohama, the area around the station saw an influx of mid-size companies including computer software firms set...
     and Odawara
    Odawara Station

    Odawara Station is a train station in Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan.Most traffic in and out of Odawara, Kanagawa is mainly from commuters who live outside Yokohama and Tokyo, but many people travel by train to Odawara Station in order to visit Odawara Castle as well as Hakone, Kanagawa....
     stations on the Tokaido Shinkansen
    Tokaido Shinkansen

    is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen line, opened in 1964 between Tokyo Station and Shin-Osaka Station. It is operated by the Central Japan Railway Company , and formerly by JNR, Japan National Railways....
     are located in the prefecture, providing high-speed rail service to Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and other major cities.

    Railway

    • East Japan Railway Company
      East Japan Railway Company

      is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railway companies. It is often known as ....
      • Tokaido Main Line
        Tokaido Main Line

        The is the busiest trunk line of Japan Railways Group , connecting Tokyo Station and Kobe Station . It is 589.5 km long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities....
      • Nambu Line
        Nambu Line

        The is a railway line of the East Japan Railway Company . It links Tachikawa Station with Kawasaki Station, by crossing and then following the Tama River, the border between Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefectures....
      • Tsurumi Line
        Tsurumi Line

        The is part of the East Japan Railway Company rail network in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It provides passenger service along a 7 km between Tsurumi Station in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Yokohama, Kanagawa and Ogimachi Station in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kawasaki, Kanagawa....
      • Yokohama Line
        Yokohama Line

        |}The is a Japanese railway line of the East Japan Railway Company connecting Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture and Hachioji Station in Hachioji, Tokyo....
      • Negishi Line
        Negishi Line

        The is a rail segment between Yokohama Station and Ofuna Station stations operated by East Japan Railway Company , connecting crucial sightseeing spots in Yokohama....
      • Yokosuka Line
        Yokosuka Line

        The is a Rail transport line of East Japan Railway Company.The line is 73.3 km long from Tokyo Station to Kurihama Station, is of 1,067 mm gauge and is double-tracked between Tokyo and Yokosuka....
      • Sagami Line
        Sagami Line

        |}The is a railway line of the East Japan Railway Company in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It stretches north-westerly roughly along the east bank of the Sagami River....
      • Chuo Main Line
        Chuo Main Line

        The , commonly called the Chuo Line, is one of the trunk lines of Japan Railway in Japan. It runs between Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest railway connection between the two cities, with the Tokaido Shinkansen being much faster....
    • Central Japan Railway Company
      Central Japan Railway Company

      The is the main railway company operating in the Chubu region region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as ....
      • Tokaido Shinkansen
        Tokaido Shinkansen

        is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen line, opened in 1964 between Tokyo Station and Shin-Osaka Station. It is operated by the Central Japan Railway Company , and formerly by JNR, Japan National Railways....
      • Gotemba Line
        Gotemba Line

        The is a trunk railway route operated by Central Japan Railway Company . It runs between Kozu Station in Odawara, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture and Numazu Station in Numazu, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture via Gotemba Station....


    Education

    The Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education
    Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education

    Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education is the board of education of the Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.The board consists of six members; one of them is elected as the Chair , and one of them is appointed by the board as the superintendent ....
     manages and oversees individual municipal school districts. The board of education also directly operates most of the public high schools in the prefecture.

    Culture

    • One of the most famous Ukiyo-e
      Ukiyo-e

      , "pictures of the floating world", is a genre of Japanese woodblock printing and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre and pleasure quarters....
       paintings is The Great Wave off Kanagawa
      The Great Wave off Kanagawa

      is a famous woodblock printing in Japan by the Japanese artist Hokusai. It was published in 1832 as the first in Hokusai's series 36 Views of Mount Fuji and is his most famous work....
       by Hokusai
      Hokusai

      was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e Painting and printmaker of the Edo period. In his time, he was Japan's leading expert on Chinese painting. Born in Edo , Hokusai is best-known as author of the woodblock printing in Japan series 36 Views of Mount Fuji which includes the iconic and internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa...
      .
    • Kamakura city
      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....
      , known for its historical buildings, is a favored location used in many manga
      Manga

      , , are comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century. In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II, but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art....
       (comic) or anime
      Anime

      is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
       (animation).


    Sports

    The sports teams listed below are based in Kanagawa.

    Facilities


    Football (mainly Soccer) and Athletics
    • Nissan Stadium (International Stadium of Yokohama) - in Yokohama, the final venue of 2002 FIFA World Cup
      2002 FIFA World Cup

      The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. The two countries were chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#2002 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in May 1996 and was the first tournament in its history to be hosted by two countries....
       and FIFA Club World Cup
      FIFA Club World Cup

      The FIFA Club World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA Club World Championship, is a Association football competition contested between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations, although, since 2007, the champions of Oceania Football Confederation must play a qualifying play-off against the champion club of the host count...
       in 2005-2007
    • Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium (Mitsuzawa Stadium
      Mitsuzawa Stadium

      Mitsuzawa Stadium is a football stadium in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It serves as a home ground of Yokohama F.C. and, on occasion, Yokohama F. Marinos. The stadium holds 15,046 people....
      ) - in Yokohama, only for football
    • Todoroki Athletics Stadium
      Todoroki Athletics Stadium

      is a multi-use stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Kawasaki Frontale....
       - in Kawasaki, the final venue of 2007 IFAF World Cup
      2007 IFAF World Cup

      The 2007 IFAF World Cup was the third instance of the IFAF World Cup, the Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names international American Football world championship tournament....
       (American football).
    • Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
      Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium

      is a multi-use stadium in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Shonan Bellmare. The stadium holds 18,500 people....


    Baseball
    • Yokohama Stadium
      Yokohama Stadium

      is a stadium in Naka-ku, Yokohama Wards of Japan, Yokohama, Japan. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Yokohama BayStars....
       - for baseball and American football
    • Kawasaki Stadium
      Kawasaki Stadium

      was a stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The stadium was opened in 1952 and had a capacity of 30,000 people.It was primarily used for baseball and was home of the Yokohama BayStars until they moved to Yokohama in 1977 and became the Yokohama Taiyo Whales....
       - former homeground of Taiyo Whales (now Yokohama BayStars) and Lotte Orions (now Chiba Lotte Marines
      Chiba Lotte Marines

      The are a professional baseball team in Japan Pacific League, based in Chiba, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kanto region....
      ).
    • Yokosuka Stadium


    Indoor
    • Yokohama Arena
      Yokohama Arena

      is an indoor arena located in Yokohama, Japan. It is a five minute walk from the closest subway station, Shin-Yokohama Station on the Japan Railways Group /Yokohama Municipal Subway....
       - also for music concert
    • Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
      Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium

      is an indoor arena located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan. It is a five minute walk from the closest subway station, Kannai Station on the JR/Yokohama Municipal Subway....
       - a volleyball venue of 1964 Summer Olympics
      1964 Summer Olympics

      The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964....
       in Tokyo
    • Todoroki Arena - in Kawasaki
    • Odawara Arena


    Others
    • Enoshima
      Enoshima

      Enoshima is a small island, about 4 km in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River, which flows into Sagami Bay in Japan. Part of the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, it is linked to the Katase section of the same city on the mainland by a 600 meter-long bridge....
       Yacht
      Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

      At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, five events in sailing were contested. Races were held from October 12, 1964 to October 21, 1964 off the coast of Enoshima....
       Course - used for 1964 Summer Olympics.
    • Hakone Ekiden
      Hakone Ekiden

      ', which is officially called ', is one of the prominent university ekiden races of the year held between Tokyo and Hakone in Japan on 2 and 3 January....
       Course - from Tokyo to Hakone
      Hakone, Kanagawa

      is a towns of Japan in Japan, in Kanagawa Prefecture, in Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa, located on the eastern foot of Hakone Pass.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 13,679 and a population density of 147 persons per km?....
      , 108.0km, mostly on Japan National Route 1 and Route 15
      Japan National Route 15

      National Route 15 is a National highways of Japan connecting Tokyo and Yokohama in Japan....
      . Runners run on the divided route for ten parts on January 2 (to Hakone) and January 3 (to Tokyo) every year.
    • Lake Sagami
      Lake Sagami

      is an reservoir located in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan's Kanto region. Created in 1947 after the Sagami River was dammed, it serves as use for recreational and hydroelectric purposes....
       - hosted canoeing
      Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

      Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held between 20 October 1964 and 22 October 1964 on Lake Sagami, 60 kilometres from Sagamiko, Kanagawa, Japan....
       and rowing
      Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

      Sport rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only.Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov from the Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics took his third consecutive gold medal in single scull event....
       for the 1964 Summer Olympics.


    Teams


    Soccer (football)
    • Kawasaki Frontale
      Kawasaki Frontale

      is a J. League football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki....
        (Kawasaki
      Kawasaki, Kanagawa

      is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between 23 special wards and Yokohama. It is the 8th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
      ) - Todoroki Athletics
    • Yokohama F. Marinos
      Yokohama F. Marinos

      is a Japanese football team which participates in the professional J. League. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, the team is one of the most successful J-League clubs....
        (Yokohama, Yokosuka
      Yokosuka, Kanagawa

      is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.It is located at the mouth of Tokyo Bay in the Miura Peninsula, and the city stretches across the peninsula to Sagami Bay....
      ) - Nissan Stadium
    • Yokohama F.C. (Yokohama) - Mitsuzawa Ballpark
    • Shonan Bellmare
      Shonan Bellmare

      are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J-league Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka....
       (Hiratsuka
      Hiratsuka, Kanagawa

      is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Hiratsuka is located on the Kanto plain midway between Tokyo and Mt. Fuji, and has a 5 Kilometer coastline in the Shonan area on the Pacific Ocean in Sagami bay....
      , Odawara
      Odawara, Kanagawa

      is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on December 20, 1940. Odawara has had a Town twinning relationship with Chula Vista, CA for over 25 years....
       and some cities and towns in central and western area of Kanagawa) - Hiratsuka Athletic Stadium (football) and Odawara Arena (futsal)


    Baseball
    • Yokohama BayStars
      Yokohama BayStars

      The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Home field is the Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The clubhouse is located near the stadium....
        (Yokohama) - Yokohama Stadium, and Yokosuka Stadium (for its farm team, "Shonan Searex").


    Volleyball
    • NEC Red Rockets
      NEC Red Rockets

      NEC Red Rockets is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. It plays in V.League .The club was founded in 1978....
        (Kawasaki
      Kawasaki, Kanagawa

      is a cities of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between 23 special wards and Yokohama. It is the 8th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
      ) - Todoroki Arena


    Tourism

    The city of Kamakura is famous as the location of many Buddhist
    Buddhism

    Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
     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....
    s and Shinto
    Shinto

    is the former state religion of Japan and remains the most common name for the nation's non-Buddhist ethnic religion practices. It was formed from disparate local mythologies, beginning with the Kojiki of 712, into an imperial cult called State Shinto that solidified in the Meiji period....
     shrine
    Shrine

    A shrine, from the Latin scrinium is a holy or sacred place which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor veneration, hero, martyr, saint or similar figure of awe and respect, at which they are veneration or worshipped....
    s.

    Yokohama Chinatown
    Yokohama Chinatown

    Yokohama Chinatown is located in Yokohama, Japan. Just south of Tokyo. It has about 150 years of history. These days only a few Han Chinese people still live in Chinatown, but it has population of about 3,000 to 4,000....
     is the largest Chinatown in Japan (larger than Chinatown
    Chinatown

    A Chinatown is a section of an urban area with a large number of overseas Chinese residents, usually outside of Greater China. Chinatowns are present throughout the world, including those in East Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, South America, Australasia, and Europe....
    s in both Kobe
    Kobe

    is the List of Japanese cities by population in Japan and as the capital city of Hyogo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million....
     and Nagasaki) and it is one of the largest in the world.

    External links

    • Kanagawa Prefectural Tourist Association website (English)