Kanagawa, Kantō Region, Japan

Geography | Surrounding municipalities | History | Economy | Railroads | Transport : Road | Education : University : Primary and Secondary | Local attractions

🇯🇵 Kanagawa-ku (神奈川区) is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県, Kanagawa-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan. Yokohama is the capital and largest city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Kawasaki, Sagamihara and Fujisawa.

Kanagawa Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast on Tokyo Bay and Sagami Bay, separated by the Miura Peninsula, across from Chiba Prefecture on the Bōsō Peninsula. Kanagawa Prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with Yokohama and many of its cities being major commercial hubs and southern suburbs of Tokyo. Kanagawa Prefecture was the political and economic centre of Japan during the Kamakura period when Kamakura was the de facto capital and largest city of Japan as the seat of the Kamakura Shogunate from 1185 to 1333. Kanagawa Prefecture is a popular tourist area in the Tokyo region, with Kamakura and Hakone being two popular destinations.

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Geography Kanagawa is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and north-east of the geographic centre of the city of Yokohama.

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Surrounding municipalities • Tsurumi Ward • Nishi Ward • Kōhoku Ward • Midori Ward • Hodogaya Ward.

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History Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, the area that is now Kanagawa Ward became part of Tachibana District in Musashi Province. During the Edo period, the area was tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto. The area prospered in the Edo period as Kanagawa-juku, a post station on the Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto. During the Bakumatsu period, Kanagawa was the location of the signing of the Convention of Kanagawa, which ended Japan’s national isolation policy and led to the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan. The subsequent Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan) led to the establishment of a treaty port for foreign commerce and settlement, which was initially stipulated to be Kanagawa. However, for security reasons, the actual settlement was established at neighboring Yokohama (present day Naka Ward). The Namamugi Incident, which led to the 1863 Anglo-Satsuma War, occurred in Kanagawa.

After the Meiji Restoration, the area was transferred to the new Kanagawa Prefecture in 1868. Kanagawa was connected to Yokohama and Tokyo by train in 1872, and was proclaimed a town on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1901, it was absorbed into neighboring Yokohama. Kanagawa suffered severe damage from the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. On October 1, 1927, it became Kanagawa Ward within the city of Yokohama. The area again destroyed during World War II, first being bombed during the Doolittle Raid of 1942, and finally being completely devastated during the massive Yokohama air raid of May 29, 1945. Kanagawa Ward soon rebuilt after the end of the war, although large portions of its territory remained under the control of the United States military until the 1970s.

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Economy Kanagawa Ward is a regional commercial centre and bedroom community for central Yokohama and Tokyo. The coastal area is part of the Keihin Industrial Zone, and is the most industrialised region within Yokohama. Major factories are operated by Nissan, JVC, Nippon Petroleum Refining Co., Ltd., Nippon Flour Mills, Showa Denko, Asahi Glass Co. Mazda has a research and development centre in Kanagawa-ku.

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Railroads • East Japan Railway Company –Yokohama Line • Higashi-Kanagawa – Ōguchi • East Japan Railway Company - Keihin-Tōhoku Line • Higashi-Kanagawa – Shin-Koyasu • Keihin Electric Express Railway - Keikyū Main Line • Keikyū Shinkoyasu - Koyasu - Kanagawa-Shinmachi - Naka-Kido - Kanagawa • Tokyu Corporation - Tōkyū Tōyoko Line • Hakuraku - Higashi-Hakuraku - Tammachi • Yokohama City Transportation Bureau – Blue Line • Katakurachō –Mitsuzawa-kamichō –Mitsuzawa-shimochō.

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Transport: Road • Daisan Keihin • Shuto Expressway • Route 1 • Route 15; Prefecture roads • Kanagawa Prefecture Road 2 • Kanagawa Prefecture Road 21 • Kanagawa Prefecture Road 13 • Kanagawa Prefecture Road 111.

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Education: University • Kanagawa University • Institute of Information Security.

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Education: Primary and Secondary The Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education operates prefectural high schools. Public senior high schools: • Yokohama Suiran High School • Kanagawa Sohgoh High School • Kanagawa Technical High School  • Shirosato High School 

The Yokohama Municipal Board of Education  operates public elementary and junior high schools: Public junior high schools: • Kanagawa (神奈川) • Kuritaya (栗田谷) • Matsumoto (松本) • Nishikidai (錦台) • Rokkakubashi (六角橋) • Sugeta (菅田) • Urashimaoka (浦島丘); Additionally, Karuisawa Junior High School (軽井沢中学校), outside of Kanagawa-ku, serves a part of Kanagawa-ku; Public elementary schools: • Aoki (青木) • Futatsuya (二谷) • Hazawa (羽沢) • Kamihashi (神橋) • Kanagawa (神奈川) • Kandaiji (神大寺) • Kōgaya (幸ケ谷) • Koyasu (子安) • Minami-Kandaiji (南神大寺) • Mitsuzawa (三ツ沢) • Nakamaru (中丸) • Nishiterao (西寺尾) • Nishiterao-Daini (No. 2) (西寺尾第二) • Ōguchidai (大口台) • Saitobun (斎藤分) • Shirahata (白幡) • Sugetanooka (菅田の丘) • Urashima (浦島); Additionally the zones of Higashi Hongo Elementary School (東本郷小学校), Kamihoshikawa Elementary (上星川小学校), Kohoku Elementary (港北小学校), Miyagaya Elementary (宮谷小学校), Shirosato Elementary (城郷小学校), Terao Elementary (寺尾小学校), and Tokiwadai Elementary (常盤台小学校), all with campuses located outside of Kanagawa-ku, include portions of Kanagawa-ku; Municipal special schools: • Yokohama Municipal Special Needs School for the Blind (横浜市立盲特別支援学校); International schools: • Kanagawa Korean Jr./ Sr. High School – North Korean school • Yokohama Korean Primary School (横浜朝鮮初級学校) - Also a North Korean school – Kindergarten and primary school Private Schools: Private schools: • Asano High School.

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Local attractions • Hama Wing • Mitsuzawa Stadium.

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Yokohama Port, Kanagawa 
Yokohama Port, Kanagawa
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Kanagawa has a population of over 230,401 people. Kanagawa also forms the centre of the wider Kanagawa Prefecture which has a population of over 9,058,094 people.

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North of: 35.433

🇰🇷 Gochang County 35.433

🇯🇵 Atsugi 35.433

🇯🇵 Yonago 35.433

🇯🇵 Ikeda 35.433

🇰🇷 Gochang 35.433

🇯🇵 Ebina 35.433

🇯🇵 Yokohama 35.433

🇯🇵 Ena 35.433

🇯🇵 Ayase 35.433

🇯🇵 Matsue 35.436

South of: 35.433

🇺🇸 Atoka 35.425

🇮🇷 Qarchak 35.417

🇯🇵 Toki 35.417

🇯🇵 Gifu City 35.417

🇩🇿 Khenchela 35.417

🇯🇵 Sodegaura 35.417

🇨🇳 Rizhao 35.416

🇺🇸 Concord 35.416

🇨🇳 Jining 35.415

🇯🇵 Gifu 35.412

East of: 139.633

🇯🇵 Yokohama 139.633

🇯🇵 Minamiurawa 139.633

🇯🇵 Minami 139.633

🇯🇵 Setagaya 139.65

🇯🇵 Yono 139.65

🇯🇵 Nerima 139.65

🇯🇵 Yokosuka 139.657

🇯🇵 Toda 139.667

🇯🇵 Kuki 139.667

🇯🇵 Hasuda 139.668

West of: 139.633

🇯🇵 Minato Mirai 21 139.632

🇯🇵 Saitama 139.629

🇯🇵 Suginami 139.617

🇯🇵 Kōhoku 139.617

🇯🇵 Kamiochiai 139.617

🇯🇵 Chūō 139.617

🇯🇵 Wakō 139.612

🇯🇵 Kazo 139.603

🇯🇵 Shimosakunobe 139.6

🇯🇵 Takatsu 139.6

Antipodal to Kanagawa is: -40.367,-35.433

Locations Near: Kanagawa 139.633,35.4333

🇯🇵 Yokohama 139.633,35.433 d: 0  

🇯🇵 Minato Mirai 21 139.632,35.458 d: 2.7  

🇯🇵 Hodogaya 139.583,35.45 d: 4.9  

🇯🇵 Kōhoku 139.617,35.517 d: 9.4  

🇯🇵 Minamihonjukucho 139.533,35.467 d: 9.8  

🇯🇵 Asahi 139.533,35.467 d: 9.8  

🇯🇵 Asahichō 139.7,35.517 d: 11.1  

🇯🇵 Sakae 139.55,35.35 d: 11.9  

🇯🇵 Karasawa 139.55,35.35 d: 11.9  

🇯🇵 Kawasaki 139.703,35.531 d: 12.6  

Antipodal to: Kanagawa -40.367,-35.433

🇨🇱 La Reina -33.45,-33.45 d: 19343.7  

🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 18892  

🇧🇷 Araranguá -49.483,-28.933 d: 18894.3  

🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 18882.8  

🇧🇷 Santa Catarina -48.5,-27.6 d: 18852.9  

🇧🇷 Osorio -50.265,-29.894 d: 18903.4  

🇧🇷 São José -48.617,-27.6 d: 18845.5  

🇧🇷 Palhoça -48.667,-27.633 d: 18845.2  

🇧🇷 Biguaçu -48.667,-27.5 d: 18833.8  

🇧🇷 Itapema -48.612,-27.091 d: 18801.8  

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