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14130 ／かわさきし

Kawasaki City

Peach, pear and grape motifs top a gate.

Kawasaki Kako Suimon

Photo by Suikotei (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Registered monument

The station name Kakio is said to comefrom growing Zenjimaru persimmons.

The original Zenjimaru persimmon tree grows at Ozenji in Asao Ward, and the tree and six old trees in the same area were registered as a National Registered Monument in 2007. Said to be the oldest sweet persimmon in Japan, it is said to have been found in the hills of Ozenji in 1214. The place name Kakio is said to come from the many Zenjimaru persimmons grown there.

July 26, 2007: National Registered Monument (original tree and 6 old trees)
Said to have been found in the hills in 1214 (Kenpo 2)
1889: Kakio Village formed by merging 10 villages

02 ／ Civil engineering heritage

On the Nikaryo Canal, long troubled by water disputes,a round water divider was built in 1941.

The Nikaryo Canal joined at Kuji, and in the Edo period its water was divided among four channels by a divider called bunryotoi, but the division was never accurate and water disputes did not stop. In 1941, during the rebuilding of the Hirase River, the Kuji cylindrical water divider was built. The water passes under the Hirase River, rises, and splits into the four channels.

1941 (Showa 16): adopted when the Hirase River was rebuilt (city)
1998: National Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure)
The first National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kawasaki (city library)

03 ／ Ancient government office

At the site of an ancient district office,a row of tax storehouses has been confirmed.

The Tachibana district office site is the Chitose Iseyamadai site, thought to be the office of Tachibana District in Musashi Province. Of the district office's facilities, the city writes that only the storehouse compound, where tax goods were kept, is firmly confirmed. The ditch enclosing it measures about 210 m east to west and 160 m north to south at its widest.

Mar 10, 2015: designated a National Historic Site (Kawasaki's first)
Enclosing ditch about 210 m by 160 m (city)
Buildings in four phases, late 7th to late 9th century (city)

Kawasaki City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot June–August 2019)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

15 minutes from Tokyo, 7 from Shinagawa.

about 1,540,000 people
30 min to a city centre

To Kawasaki Station, the limited express Odoriko takes 15 minutes from Tokyo Station and 7 from Shinagawa Station (JR East timetable, October 2026; a limited express ticket is required). To Musashi-Kosugi Station in the city, the Shonan-Shinjuku Line takes 18 minutes from Shinjuku Station and 13 from Shibuya Station. City Hall is about 600 m from Kawasaki Station.

People living here: 1,538,262people
Area: 142.96km²
Households: 747,452households
Rent (average for rentals): 79,273yen
Healthcare: 39 hospitals ／ 1060 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —300 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Kawasaki City in Japan35.531°N 139.703°E

to TokyoLtd. exp. Odoriko15min
to ShinagawaLtd. exp. Odoriko7min
to ShinjukuJR Shonan-Shinjuku Line18min
to ShibuyaJR Shonan-Shinjuku Line13min

Travel times follow JR東日本駅の時刻表（timetables.jreast.co.jp）の川崎駅・新宿駅と各列車の停車駅一覧（2026年10月ダイヤ） (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 8 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Kawasaki City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

19.2km

Kanagawa Prefecture: Yokohama City
Tokyo: Ota Ward, Machida City, Inagi City, Setagaya Ward, Chofu City, Komae City, Tama City

Kawasaki City isthis kind of town.

01Kawasaki Kako Suimon is a water gate on the Tama River in Minato-cho, Kawasaki Ward. Construction began in November Taisho 15 (1926) and it was completed in March Showa 3 (1928). The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism writes that its top carries carvings with peach, pear and grape motifs, the fruits Kawasaki was known for. It is a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property
02The Ministry writes that the canal planned to run from the gate was halted after about 220 m had been dug. The city writes that Koizumi Jidayu began building the Nikaryo Canal in 1597 and finished it in 1611; Tanaka Kyugu later oversaw its major rebuilding
03Kawasaki City has seven wards and is treated here as a single town. The Japan Open Air Folk House Museum holds the relocated Former Ito House, a National Important Cultural Property. Kawasaki Station is 15 minutes from Tokyo by the limited express Odoriko

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

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Kawasaki City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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