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The is a segment of a river in 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 ....
, 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....
, about 50 kilometers southwest of 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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The Katase is an approximately 3-kilometer-long segment of the river from Kawana, Fujisawa
Fujisawa

Places called Fujisawa:*Fujisawa, Iwate, a town in Iwate Prefecture, Japan*Fujisawa, Kanagawa, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, JapanPeople:...
, where the Sakai River and Kashio River
Kashio River

The Kashio River is a Class II river in central Japan, about 50 kilometers southwest of Tokyo. It begins near the city of Totsuka at the confluence of the Akuwa River and the Hiradonagaya River and flows for 11 kilometers to the city of Fujisawa, where it merges with the Sakai River at the confluence known as Kawana ....
 join, to a point at 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....
 Island, where the river flows into 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...
. The river's name refers to the Katase hills along which the river flows.

As the Katase River and its tributaries are prone to flooding, especially in spring and during the typhoon season, they were encased in concrete during the postwar period.






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The is a segment of a river in 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 ....
, 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....
, about 50 kilometers southwest of 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 Katase is an approximately 3-kilometer-long segment of the river from Kawana, Fujisawa
Fujisawa

Places called Fujisawa:*Fujisawa, Iwate, a town in Iwate Prefecture, Japan*Fujisawa, Kanagawa, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, JapanPeople:...
, where the Sakai River and Kashio River
Kashio River

The Kashio River is a Class II river in central Japan, about 50 kilometers southwest of Tokyo. It begins near the city of Totsuka at the confluence of the Akuwa River and the Hiradonagaya River and flows for 11 kilometers to the city of Fujisawa, where it merges with the Sakai River at the confluence known as Kawana ....
 join, to a point at 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....
 Island, where the river flows into 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...
. The river's name refers to the Katase hills along which the river flows.

As the Katase River and its tributaries are prone to flooding, especially in spring and during the typhoon season, they were encased in concrete during the postwar period. They continue to flood, but do not overflow their banks as frequently as in the past.

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