Kawasaki, Kanagawa

is a Japanese city in Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kawasaki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 499.  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.Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō"  at p. 973.

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 ,  

Category:Cities in Kanagawa Prefecture