Kawasaki, Kanagawa
city in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kawasaki (川崎市, Kawasaki-shi) is a Japanese city in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] Kawasaki is one of three ordinance-designated cities in Kanagawa.[source?]
History
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
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