- Kanagawa Prefecture was the political and economic center 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 side trip destinations.
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Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,058,094 and has a geographic area of 2,415 km2. Kanagawa Prefecture borders Tokyo to the north, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northwest and Shizuoka Prefecture to the west. 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 ...
Kanagawa was created from lands of Sagami Province and Musashi Province. 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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県; Kanagawa-ken) is a prefecture located in the Kantō region on Honshū island, Japan. The capital is the Yokohama. The main article for this category is Kanagawa Prefecture.
Pages in category "History of Kanagawa Prefecture" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes ().
Kawasaki (川崎市, Kawasaki-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the 8th most populated city in Japan (including the Tokyo Metropolitan Area).
Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県, Kanagawa-ken) is a prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan on the island of Honshu. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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: