Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Kawasaki (川崎市, Kawasaki-shi) is a Japanese city in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū. Kawasaki is one of three ordinance-designated cities in Kanagawa. 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. 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 Related pages The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Kawasaki Frontale References Other websites http://www.city.kawasaki.jp/index_e.htm Archived 2006-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, (in Japanese) Archived 2021-01-16 at the Wayback Machine