Kanagawa Prefecture facts for kids
Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県, Kanagawa-ken) is a prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan on the island of Honshu. The capital city is Yokohama.
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History
Kanagawa was created from lands of Sagami Province and Musashi Province.
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.
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:
Towns and villages
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National Parks
National Parks are established in about 23% of the total land area of the prefecture.
Shrines and Temples
Samukawa jinja and Hikawa jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.
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.
Images for kids
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa original print
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Prefectural office of Kanagawa in Yokohama
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Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama
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Prefectural office of Kanagawa
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Odawara Hōjō Festival
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Nissan Stadium in Yokohama.
See also
In Spanish: Prefectura de Kanagawa para niños
