Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Kawasaki

川崎市
Kawasaki 川崎市
Designated city
	Kawasaki City
	Kawasaki Daishi, Tama River; Lazona Kawasaki Plaza, Musashi-Kosugi area; Todoroki Athletics Stadium; Keihin industrial area
	Flag Seal
	Location of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Kanagawa Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Norihiko Fukuda
Area
• Total	142.70 km2 (55.10 sq mi)
Population (June 1, 2012)
• Total	1,437,266
• Density	10,070/km2 (26,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Camellia
- Flower	Azalea
Phone number	044-200-2111
Address	1 Miyamoto-chō, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-8577
Website	www.city.kawasaki.jp/index_e.htm

Kawasaki (川崎市, Kawasaki-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, located between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area.

Wards

Wards of Kawasaki
Kawasaki has seven wards (ku): Asao-ku Kawasaki-ku - administrative center Miyamae-ku Nakahara-ku Saiwai-ku Takatsu-ku Tama-ku	Asao-ku Kawasaki-ku Miyamae-ku Nakahara-ku Saiwai-ku Takatsu-ku Tama-ku

Politics and government

Kawasaki is governed by mayor Norihiko Fukuda, an independent elected on 27 October 2013.^[1] The city assembly has 63 elected members.

Elections

Kawasaki mayoral election, 2005

Sports

Facilities

Baseball

Kawasaki Stadium: Located in Kawasaki-ku. Opened in 1952, and was used as a home field for professional baseball teams (see below) from 1954 to 1991. The stands were taken down in 2001, and is currently used for American football games and other events in addition to baseball.
Kawasaki Todoroki Baseball Stadium: Located in Nakahara-ku. Maximum capacity of 5,000 people. Used for preliminary rounds of high school baseball and American football games.

Basketball

Todoroki Arena: Seating capacity for 6,500 spectators; Home playing ground of the Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa.

Field athletics & soccer

Todoroki Athletics Stadium: Located in Nakahara-ku. Maximum capacity of 25,000 people. Opened in 1964, the stadium underwent several renovations before becoming the home field for the Kawasaki Frontale. Also used frequently for track & field competitions.

Indoor facilities

Kawasaki Prefectural Gymnasium: Located in Kawasaki-ku. Opened in 1956, and is used for Puroresu matches. 20 minutes walking distance from Kawasaki Station's east entrance.
Kawasaki Todoroki Arena: Located in Nakahara-ku. International field athletics and volleyball matches are held here, in addition to various musical concerts.

Cycling & horseracing

Velodrome: Kawasaki Velodrome^[2]
Kawasaki Keiba^[3]

Economy

Fujitsu's Main Branch is located in Nakahara-ku.^[4] It was formerly Fujitsu's headquarters.^[5]

Kawasaki has several factories and development bases of the companies of heavy industry (e.g., JFE Group, Nippon Oil Corporation) and high technology (Fujitsu, NEC Corporation, Toshiba, Dell Japan and Sigma Corporation^[6]).

Transportation

Railway stations

■ East Japan Railway Company

■ Tōkaidō Main Line

- Kawasaki -

■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line

- Kawasaki -

■ Nanbu Line

Main Line : Kawasaki - Shitte - Yakō (Yakō Station is in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama) - Kashimada - Hirama - Mukaigawara - Musashi-Kosugi - Musashi-Nakahara - Musashi-Shinjō - Musashi-Mizonokuchi - Tsudayama - Kanagawa - Kanagawa - Noborito - Kanagawa - Inadazutsumi -
Branch Line : Shitte - Hatchōnawate - Kawasaki-Shinmachi - Hama-Kawasaki

■ Tsurumi Line

Main Line : - Musashi-Shiraishi - Hama-Kawasaki - Kanagawa - Kanagawa
Ōkawa Branch : - Ōkawa

■ Yokosuka Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line

- Musashi-Kosugi - Shin-Kawasaki -

■ Odakyu Electric Railway

■ Odakyū Line

- Noborito - Mukōgaoka-Yūen - Kanagawa - Yomiuri-Land-mae - Yurigaoka - Shin-Yurigaoka - Kakio

■ Tama Line

Shin-Yurigaoka - Satsukidai - Kurihira - Kanagawa - Haruhino -

■ Keio Corporation

■ Sagamihara Line

- Keiō-Inadazutsumi - Keiō-Yomiuri-Land - Inagi (Keiō-Yomiuri-Land Station and Inagi Station are in Inagi, Tokyo.) - Wakabadai

■ Keikyu Corporation

■ Keikyū Main Line

- Hatchōnawate - Keikyū Kawasaki -

■ Daishi Line

Keikyū Kawasaki - Minatochō - Suzukichō - Kawasaki-Daishi - Higashi-Monzen - Sangyō-Dōro - Kojimashinden

■ Tokyu Corporation

■ Tōyoko Line

- Shin-Maruko - Musashi-Kosugi - Motosumiyoshi -

■ Meguro Line

- Shin-Maruko - Musashi-Kosugi - Motosumiyoshi -

■ Den-en-toshi Line

- Futako-Shinchi - Kanagawa - Mizonokuchi - Kajigaya - Miyazakidai - Miyamaedaira - Saginuma -

■ Ōimachi Line

- Futako-Shinchi - Takatsu - Mizonokuchi

Places of interest

Kawasaki Daishi

The Fujiko･F･Fujio Museum

Kawasaki Daishi: the second most visited temple in the Kantō region
Nihon Minka-en: a park with a collection of 20 minka, or traditional farmhouses, from various areas in Japan
Koreatown: eastern Kawasaki has the second largest concentration of Koreans in Japan after Osaka.^{[citation needed]} In 1997 it became the first municipality to allow non-Japanese nationals to take civil service employment.
Todoroki Ryokuchi, athletic park
Fujiko F. Fujio Museum, also known as Doraemon museum, opened on September 3, 2011, in Tama-ku Ward.^[7]^[8]