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  Name Kanagawa
  JapaneseName &#31070&#22856&#24029&#30476 ''Kanagawa-ken''
  Symbol PrefSymbol-Kanagawapng
  Capital Yokohama
  Region Kanto
  Island Honshu
  TotalArea 2,41542
  AreaRank 43<sup>rd</sup>
  PCWater 23
  PopDate January 1 , 2000
  Population 8,639,665
  PopRank 3<sup>rd</sup>
  Density 3,577
  Districts 7
  Municipalities 35
  ISOCode JP-14
  Flower Golden-rayed Lily (''Lilium auratum'')
  Tree Ginkgo tree (''Ginkgo biloba'')
  Bird Common Gull (''Larus canus'')
  Map Japan Kanagawa largepng
  Website wwwprefkanagawajp/<br/>menu/englishhtm


is a geographic and political area located in the Kanto Region on Honshu Island , Japan . The capital is Yokohama . Yokosuka Port commanding the mouth of Tokyo Bay is headquartered by the U.S. 7th Fleet.

This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area .


HISTORY

  • Most of the prefecture belonged to Sagami Province and some parts of Musashi Province in ancient Japan.

  • In the medieval age, Samurai clans in Eastern Japan took military supremacy and established the shugunate government at Kamakura in central Sagami.

  • In the early modern age, the western part of Sagami Province was governed by a feudal lord with a castle in Odawara , and the eastern part was directly governed by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo or today's Tokyo .

  • Under foreign pressure, Japan opened Yokohama Port to foreign traders in 1859. Yokohama developed into a modern and prosperous port in the modern age.

  • Yokosuka City commanding a strategic location at the mouth of Tokyo Bay developed as a naval port during the Age Of Militarism . The port is still headquartered by the U.S. 7th Fleet and the Japanese Self-Defence Fleet.

  • Urban areas including Yokohama and Kawasaki were heavily damaged by the Great Kantō Earthquake in 1923 and the heavy bombing in 1945.



GEOGRAPHY


Kanagawa is a relatively small prefecture wedged between Tokyo on the north, the foothills of Mount Fuji on the northwest, and the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay on the south and east. The eastern side of the prefecture is relatively flat and heavily urbanized, including the large port cities of Yokohama and Kawasaki , but becomes more relaxed to the southeast, near the Miura Peninsula , where the ancient city of Kamakura draws tourists to its temples and shrines. The western part is more mountainous and includes resort areas like Odawara and Hakone .

The Tama River forms much of the boundary between Kanagawa and Tokyo. The Sagami River flows through the middle of the prefecture.


Cities

19 cities are located on Kanagawa Prefecture.




Towns and villages


These are the towns and villages in each District .


Mergers

On March 20, 2006 , the towns of Sagamiko and Tsukui from Tsukui District merged into the city of Sagamihara .


ECONOMY



DEMOGRAPHICS



CULTURE

Where popular anime show called S-cry-ed takes place.


TOURISM

The city of Kamakura is famous as the location of many Buddhist Temple s and Shinto Shrine s. Yokohamas Chinatown ranks as one of the nation's top three (with Nagasaki's and Kobe's ).


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MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

  • Kanagawa is well known for the popularity of Soccer . It is also the prefecture in which some Manga take place, like '' Slam Dunk '' and '' Love Hina ''.





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