Kanagawa Prefecture
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History
Kanagawa was created from lands of Sagami Province and Musashi Province.[3]
In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry landed at Kanagawa.
In 1854, the Japanese-American Convention of Kanagawa opened Japanese ports to the United States.
In 1923, the center of the Great Kantō earthquake was deep beneath Izu Ōshima Island in Sagami Bay.[4]
Geography
Kanagawa is in the southeastern corner of the Kantō Plain. The prefecture is between Tokyo on the north, the foothills of Mount Fuji on the northwest, and the Sagami Bay and Tokyo Bay on the south and east. The western border is shared with Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture.
Cities
There are nineteen cities in Kanagawa Prefecture:
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Towns and villages
National Parks
National Parks are established in about 23% of the total land area of the prefecture.[5]
Shrines and Temples
Samukawa jinja and Hikawa jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.[6]
Kanagawa Prefecture Media
The Great Wave off Kanagawa original print
Kanagawa prefecture population pyramid in 2020
Prefectural office of Kanagawa in Yokohama
Map of Kanagawa Prefecture Government Ordinance Designated City City Town Village
Prefectural office of Kanagawa
Odawara Hōjō Godai Festival
Related pages
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanagawa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 466; "Kantō" at p. 479.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Yokohama" at pp. 1054-1055.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ Hammer, Joshua. (2006). Yokohama Burning: the Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II, p. 278.
- ↑ Japan Ministry of the Environment, "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture". Retrieved 2012-3-13.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-14.
Other websites
Media related to Kanagawa prefecture at Wikimedia Commons