Kawasaki, Kanagawa
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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?]
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History [change]
Main page: List of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
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 [change]
Kawasaki occupies a belt of land stretching about 30 km along the south bank of the Tama River. The river is the boundary with Tokyo.
Wards [change]
In Kawasaki, there are seven wards:
- Kawasaki
- Saiwai
- Nakahara
- Takatsu
- Tama
- Miyamae
- Aso
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References [change]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kawasaki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 499.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.
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