Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan on the island of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanagawa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 466; "Kantō" at p. 479. The capital city is Yokohama.Nussbaum, "Yokohama" at pp. 1054-1055. 

History
Kanagawa was created from the lands of Sagami Province and Musashi Province.Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures"  at p. 780.

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.Hammer, Joshua. (2006). Yokohama Burning: the Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II, p. 278. 

Geography
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:
Atsugi
Ayase
Chigasaki
Ebina
Fujisawa
Hadano
Hiratsuka
Isehara
KamakuraKawasaki
Minamiashigara
Miura
Odawara
Sagamihara
Yamato
Yokohama (capital)
Yokosuka
Zama
Zushi

Towns and villages

Aikō District
Aikawa
Kiyokawa
Ashigarakami District
Kaisei
Matsuda
Nakai
Ōi
YamakitaAshigarashimo District
Hakone
Manazuru
Yugawara
Kōza District
Samukawa
Miura District
HayamaNaka District
Ninomiya
Ōiso

National Parks
National Parks are established in about 23% of the total land area of the prefecture.Japan Ministry of the Environment, "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture". Retrieved 2012-3-13.

Shrines and Temples
Samukawa jinja and Hikawa jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture."Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 . Retrieved 2012-3-14.

Related pages
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan
 Kawasaki Frontale
 Shonan Bellmare
 Yokohama F.C.

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