Kawasaki, Kanagawa

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Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). is a Japanese city in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū.^[1] Kawasaki is one of three ordinance-designated cities in Kanagawa.

History

Main page: List of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō

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

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.

Wards

In Kawasaki, there are seven wards:

Kawasaki
Saiwai
Nakahara
Takatsu
Tama
Miyamae
Aso

Kawasaki, Kanagawa Media

The Kawasaki port connects seamlessly with the neighboring ports Yokohama in the southwest and Tokyo in the northeast (2007).
downtown of Kawasaki in Kanagawa, Japan, on the right bank of river Tama
Map of the wards in Kawasaki.
Keihin industrial Zone (Kawasaki)
The Heiken-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kawasaki, better known as Kawasaki-daishi (川崎大師).
State Railroad D51 steam locomotive in Ikuta Ryokuchi
The Fujiko･F･Fujio Museum
The railway network around Kawasaki (northeast area in this map)
The area around Kawasaki Station