Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Kawasaki (川崎市) 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 is the 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

Other websites

 * Kawasaki City website,