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Kawasaki City
Kanagawa Prefecture · City
Official websiteKanagawa Prefecture page
Kawasaki City is a designated city (a major city with powers similar to a prefecture) between Tokyo and Yokohama, and it has been a core part of the Keihin Industrial Zone. Kawasaki Daishi (Heiken-ji Temple) has one of the largest numbers of visitors in Japan for hatsumode (the first temple or shrine visit of the New Year). The Fujiko F. Fujio Museum and the high-rise residential area of Musashi-Kosugi are also well known.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
Amusement parkYomiurilandJapanese amusement park near Tokyo
Buddhist templeKawasaki DaishiBuddhist temple in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
MuseumFujiko F. Fujio MuseumJapanese museum- Shopping centerLazona Kawasaki Plazabuilding in Saiwai-ku, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Old post townKawasaki-jukuSecond of 53 stations of the Tōkaidō road, in Kawasaki, Japan
Shinto shrineKanayama ShrineShinto shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan- Amusement parkPokePark Kantoplanned theme park in Tokyo, Japan
- ParkIkuta Ryokuchi Parkpark in Japan
IslandHigashi-Ogishimatown located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
MuseumTrain and Bus Museumrailway and bus museum in Kawasaki, Japan
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Shopping centerLa Cittadella
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Kanagawa Prefecture
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