Editing Kanagawa Prefecture

{{Short description|Prefecture of Japan}}
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{{Distinguish|text=[[Kanazawa]], a core city of [[Ishikawa Prefecture]] and not to be confused with [[Kagawa Prefecture]]}}
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| p1                 = [[Districts of Japan|Districts]]: 6
| p2                 = [[Municipalities of Japan|Municipalities]]: 33
| leader_title       = [[List of prefectural governors in Japan|Governor]]
| leader_name        = [[Yūji Kuroiwa]] (since April 2011)
| area_total_km2     = 2,415.83
| area_water_percent = 2.3
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| elevation_max_point = [[Mount Hiru]]
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| population_total   = 9,201,825
| population_as_of   = February 29, 2020
| population_rank    = [[List of Japanese prefectures by population|2nd]]
| population_density_km2 = 3,770
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| demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kanagawa Prefecture Resident Economic Accounts for Fiscal Year 2021 |url=https://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/docs/x6z/prs/r0725691.html |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Kanagawa Prefecture Government |language=ja}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Total
| demographics2_info1 = [[JP¥]] 35,288 billion<br />[[US$]] 321.2 billion (2021)
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| anthem             = [[:ja:光あらたに|Hikari arata ni]]
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[[File:Tsunami by hokusai 19th century.jpg|thumb|''[[The Great Wave off Kanagawa]]'' original print]]
[[File:070203 MM21&FUJI-2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Minato Mirai 21]] commercial area is located between [[Nishi-ku, Yokohama|Nishi]] and [[Naka District, Kanagawa|Naka]] districts, [[Yokohama]] city, Kanagawa prefecture at sunset. [[Mount Fuji]] appears on the horizon.]]
{{Nihongo|'''Kanagawa Prefecture'''|神奈川県|Kanagawa-ken|{{IPA|ja|ka.naꜜ.ɡa.wa, -ŋa.wa, -na.ɡa.waꜜ.keɴ, -ŋa.waꜜ-}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>}} is a [[Prefectures of Japan|prefecture]] of [[Japan]] located in the [[Kantō region]] of [[Honshu]].<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanagawa" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 466|page=466}}; "Kantō" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 479|page=479}}.</ref> Kanagawa Prefecture is the [[List of Japanese prefectures by population|second-most populous prefecture]] of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at {{convert|3800|PD/km2}}. Its geographic area of {{convert|2415|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} makes it fifth-smallest. Kanagawa Prefecture borders [[Tokyo]] to the north, [[Yamanashi Prefecture]] to the northwest and [[Shizuoka Prefecture]] to the west.

[[Yokohama]] is the capital and largest city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the [[List of cities in Japan|second-largest city]] in Japan, with other major cities including [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]], [[Sagamihara]], and [[Fujisawa, Kanagawa|Fujisawa]].<ref>Nussbaum, "Yokohama" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|pp. 1054–1055|page=154}}.</ref> Kanagawa Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern [[Pacific coast]] on [[Tokyo Bay]] and [[Sagami Bay]], separated by the [[Miura Peninsula]], across from [[Chiba Prefecture]] on the [[Bōsō Peninsula]]. Kanagawa Prefecture is part of the [[Greater Tokyo Area]], the most populous [[metropolitan area]] in the world, with Yokohama and many of its cities being major commercial hubs and southern [[suburb]]s of Tokyo. Kanagawa Prefecture was the political and economic center of Japan during the [[Kamakura period]] when [[Kamakura]] was the [[de facto]] capital and largest city of Japan as the seat of the [[Kamakura shogunate]] from 1185 to 1333. Kanagawa Prefecture is a popular tourist area in the Tokyo region, with Kamakura and [[Hakone, Kanagawa|Hakone]] being two popular side trip destinations.

==History==
{{See also|Historic Sites of Kanagawa Prefecture}}

The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the [[Jōmon period]] (around 400 BCE). About 3,000 years ago, [[Mount Hakone]] produced a volcanic explosion which resulted in [[Lake Ashi]] on the western area of the prefecture.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

It is believed{{By whom|date=April 2011}} that the [[Imperial House of Japan|imperial dynasty]] ruled this area from the 5th century onwards. In the [[ancient era]], its plains were very sparsely inhabited.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

In medieval Japan, Kanagawa was part of the provinces of [[Sagami Province|Sagami]] and [[Musashi Province|Musashi]].<ref>Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 466|page=466}}.</ref> [[Kamakura]] in central Sagami was the capital of Japan during the [[Kamakura period]] (1185–1333).

During the [[Edo period]], the western part of Sagami Province was governed by the ''[[daimyō]]'' of [[Odawara Castle]], while the eastern part was directly governed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]] (modern-day Tokyo).{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

[[Commodore (USN)|Commodore]] [[Matthew C. Perry|Matthew Perry]] landed in Kanagawa in 1853 and 1854 and signed the [[Convention of Kanagawa]] to force open Japanese ports to the United States. [[Yokohama]], the largest deep-water port in [[Tokyo Bay]], was opened to foreign traders in 1859 after several more years of foreign pressure, and eventually developed into the largest trading port in Japan. Nearby [[Yokosuka]], closer to the mouth of Tokyo Bay, developed as a naval port and now serves as headquarters for the [[U.S. 7th Fleet]] and the fleet operations of the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]]. After the [[Meiji period]], many foreigners lived in Yokohama City, and visited [[Hakone]]. The [[Government of Meiji Japan|Meiji government]] developed the first railways in Japan, from [[Shinbashi]] (in Tokyo) to Yokohama in 1872.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

The epicenter of the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake]] was deep beneath [[Izu Ōshima]] Island in Sagami Bay. It devastated Tokyo, the port city of [[Yokohama]], surrounding prefectures of [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]], [[Kanagawa]], and [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]], and caused widespread damage throughout the [[Kantō region]].<ref>Hammer, Joshua. (2006). {{Google books|6O8VyhDbUPgC|''Yokohama Burning: the Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II'', p. 278|page=278}}.</ref> The sea receded as much as 400 metres from the shore at [[Manazuru, Kanagawa|Manazuru Point]], and then rushed back towards the shore in a great wall of water which swamped Mitsuishi-shima.<ref>Hammer, {{Google books|6O8VyhDbUPgC|pp. 114–115|page=114}}.</ref> At [[Kamakura]], the total death toll from earthquake, tsunami, and fire exceeded 2,000 victims.<ref>Hammer, {{Google books|6O8VyhDbUPgC|pp. 115–116|page=115}}.</ref> At [[Odawara]], ninety percent of the buildings collapsed immediately, and subsequent fires burned the rubble along with anything else left standing.<ref>Hammer, {{Google books|6O8VyhDbUPgC|p. 113|page=113}}.</ref>

Yokohama, [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]], and other major cities were heavily damaged by the U.S. bombing in 1945. Total casualties amounted to more than several thousand. After the war, General [[Douglas MacArthur]], the [[Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers]] for the [[Occupation of Japan]], landed in Kanagawa, before moving to other areas. U.S. military bases still remain in Kanagawa, including [[Camp Zama]] ([[United States Army|Army]]), [[United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka|Yokosuka Naval Base]], [[Naval Air Facility Atsugi]] ([[United States Navy|Navy]]).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cnrj.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/NAF-Atsugi/ | title=Naval Air Facility Atsugi }}</ref>

== Demographics ==
[[File:Kanagawa prefecture population pyramid in 2020.svg|thumb|Kanagawa prefecture population pyramid in 2020]]
{{Historical populations
| align=left
| percentages=pagr
| footnote=source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.go.jp/english/index.html|title=Statistics Bureau Home Page|website=www.stat.go.jp}}</ref>
| 1890 | 979,756
| 1903 | 1,051,433
| 1913 | 1,228,254
| 1920 | 1,323,390
| 1925 | 1,416,792
| 1930 | 1,619,606
| 1935 | 1,840,005
| 1940 | 2,188,974
| 1945 | 1,865,667
| 1950 | 2,487,665
| 1955 | 2,919,497
| 1960 | 3,443,176
| 1965 | 4,430,743
| 1970 | 5,472,247
| 1975 | 6,397,748
| 1980 | 6,924,348
| 1985 | 7,431,974
| 1990 | 7,980,391
| 1995 | 8,245,900
| 2000 | 8,489,974
| 2005 | 8,791,597
| 2010 | 9,048,331
| 2015 | 9,058,094
}}

In 1945, Kanagawa was the 15th most populous prefecture in Japan, with the population of about 1.9 million. In the years after the war, the prefecture underwent rapid urbanization as a part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The population {{As of|2014|September|1|df=US|lc=y}} is estimated to be 9.1 million.<ref>{{cite report|title=神奈川県人口統計調査公表資料|date=2014|url=http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/cnt/f6774/p520876.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013040640/http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/cnt/f6774/p520876.html|archive-date=2014-10-13}}</ref> Kanagawa became the second most populous prefecture in 2006. <!--from Japanese Wikipedia Data-->

==Geography==
[[File:Prefectural office of Kanagawa in Yokohama.JPG|thumb|Prefectural office of Kanagawa in [[Yokohama]]]]
[[File:Minato Mirai 21 Far View.JPG|thumb|[[Minato Mirai 21]], [[Yokohama]]]]

Kanagawa is a relatively small prefecture located at the southeastern corner of the [[Kantō Plain]]<ref name="jiban.co.jp">{{webtrans|http://www.jiban.co.jp/jibankaisetu/todohuken/kanagawa/jiban_kanagawa.htm|Kanagawa terrain|ja}}</ref> wedged between Tokyo on the north, the foothills of [[Mount Fuji]] on the northwest, and the [[Sagami Bay]]<ref name="jiban.co.jp"/> and [[Tokyo Bay]] on the south and east. The eastern side of the prefecture is relatively flat and heavily urbanized, including the large port cities of [[Yokohama]] and [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]].

The southeastern area nearby the [[Miura Peninsula]] is less urbanized, with the ancient city of [[Kamakura]] drawing tourists to temples and shrines. The western part, bordered by [[Yamanashi Prefecture]] and [[Shizuoka Prefecture]] on the west,<ref name="pref.kanagawa.jp">{{webtrans|//web.archive.org/web/20081030195757/http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/osirase/kankyokeikaku/heatisland/H17HeatIsland2-1.pdf|Overview of the prefectural geography|ja}}</ref> is more mountainous and includes resort areas like [[Odawara]] and [[Hakone]]. The area, stretching {{convert|80|km|mi}} from west to east and {{convert|60|km|mi}} from north to south, contains {{convert|2400|sqkm|sqmi}} of land, accounting for 0.64% of the total land area of Japan.<ref name="pref.kanagawa.jp"/>

{{As of|2012|4|1}}, 23% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as [[List of national parks of Japan#History|Natural Parks]], namely the [[Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park]]; Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park; and [[Jinba Sagamiko Prefectural Natural Park|Jinba Sagamiko]], [[Manazuru Hantō Prefectural Natural Park|Manazuru Hantō]], [[Okuyugawara Prefectural Natural Park|Okuyugawara]], and [[Tanzawa-Ōyama Prefectural Natural Park|Tanzawa-Ōyama]] Prefectural Natural Parks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/doc/files/np_6.pdf |title=General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture |publisher=[[Ministry of the Environment (Japan)|Ministry of the Environment]] |access-date=16 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421180819/http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/doc/files/np_6.pdf |archive-date=21 April 2012 }}</ref>

===Topography===
Topographically, the prefecture consists of three distinct areas. The mountainous western region features the [[Tanzawa Mountains|Tanzawa Mountain Range]] and the volcano [[Mount Hakone]]. The hilly eastern region is characterized by the [[Tama Hills]] and [[Miura Peninsula]]. The central region, which surrounds the Tama Hills and Miura Peninsula, consists of flat stream terraces and low lands around major rivers including the [[Sagami River]], [[Sakai River (Tokyo, Kanagawa)|Sakai River]], [[Tsurumi River]], and [[Tama River]].<ref name="pref.kanagawa.jp"/>

The [[Tama River]] forms much of the boundary between Kanagawa and Tokyo. The [[Sagami River]] flows through the middle of the prefecture. In the western region, the Sakawa runs through a small lowland, the Sakawa Lowland, between Mount Hakone to the west and the Ōiso Hills to the east, and flows into Sagami Bay.<ref name="jiban.co.jp"/>

The Tanzawa Mountain Range, part of the Kantō Mountain Range, contains [[Mount Hiru]] ({{convert|1673|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}), the highest peak in the prefecture. Other mountains measure similar mid-range heights: Mount Hinokiboramaru ({{convert|1601|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}), [[Mount Tanzawa]], ({{convert|1567|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}), [[Mount Ōmuro (Tanzawa)|Mount Ōmuro]] ({{convert|1588|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}), Mount Himetsugi ({{convert|1433|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}), and [[Mount Usu]] ({{convert|1460|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}). The mountain range is lower in height southward leading to Hadano Basin to the Ōiso Hills. At the eastern foothills of the mountain range lies the Isehara Plateau and across the Sagami River the [[Sagamino plateau]].<ref name="jiban.co.jp"/>

===Cities===
{{See also|List of cities in Kanagawa Prefecture by population}}[[File:Map of Kanagawa Prefecture Ja.svg|thumb|Map of Kanagawa Prefecture<br />{{legend0|#D8E|Government Ordinance Designated City}} {{legend0|#EAB|City}} {{legend0|#ED9|Town}} {{legend0|#BFE|Village}}]]

Nineteen cities are located in Kanagawa Prefecture.
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
*[[Atsugi]]
*[[Ayase, Kanagawa|Ayase]]
*[[Chigasaki, Kanagawa|Chigasaki]]
*[[Ebina, Kanagawa|Ebina]]
*[[Fujisawa, Kanagawa|Fujisawa]]
*[[Hadano, Kanagawa|Hadano]]
*[[Hiratsuka]]
*[[Isehara, Kanagawa|Isehara]]
*[[Kamakura]]
*[[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]]
*[[Minamiashigara, Kanagawa|Minamiashigara]]
*[[Miura, Kanagawa|Miura]]
*[[Odawara]]
*[[Sagamihara]]
*[[Yamato, Kanagawa|Yamato]]
*[[Yokohama]] (capital)
*[[Yokosuka]]
*[[Zama, Kanagawa|Zama]]
*[[Zushi, Kanagawa|Zushi]]
{{div col end}}

===Towns and villages===
[[File:Prefectural office of Kanagawa.jpg|thumb|Prefectural office of Kanagawa]]

These are the towns and villages in each [[Districts of Japan|district]]:

{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
*[[Aikō District, Kanagawa|Aikō District]]
**[[Aikawa, Kanagawa|Aikawa]]
**[[Kiyokawa, Kanagawa|Kiyokawa]]
*[[Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa|Ashigarakami District]]
**[[Kaisei, Kanagawa|Kaisei]]
**[[Matsuda, Kanagawa|Matsuda]]
**[[Nakai, Kanagawa|Nakai]]
**[[Ōi, Kanagawa|Ōi]]
**[[Yamakita, Kanagawa|Yamakita]]
*[[Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa|Ashigarashimo District]]
**[[Hakone]]
**[[Manazuru, Kanagawa|Manazuru]]
**[[Yugawara]]
*[[Kōza District, Kanagawa|Kōza District]]
**[[Samukawa]]
*[[Miura District, Kanagawa|Miura District]]
**[[Hayama, Kanagawa|Hayama]]
*[[Naka District, Kanagawa|Naka District]]
**[[Ninomiya, Kanagawa|Ninomiya]]
**[[Ōiso, Kanagawa|Ōiso]]
{{div col end}}

===Mergers===
{{main|List of mergers in Kanagawa Prefecture}}

==Festivals and events==
{{Unreferenced section|date=June 2011}}
[[File:3s,main-mikoshi.jpg|thumb|right|Odawara Hōjō Godai Festival]]

*Chigasaki Hamaori Festival (July)
*Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival (July)
*Kamakura Festival (April)
*Odawara Hōjō Godai Festival (May)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www-city-odawara-kanagawa-jp.translate.goog/kanko/event/MAY/houjou5dai.html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en | title=小田原市 &#124; 第59回小田原北條五代祭り }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.odawara-kankou.com/event/eventyear/event-may01-copy.html|title=5月3日 北條五代祭り &#124; イベント-年間一覧 &#124; リトルトリップ小田原 [小田原市観光協会]|website=リトルトリップ小田原 [小田原市観光協会]}}</ref>
*Tama River Firework event
*Yokohama Port Anniversary Festival (June)
*Yugawara Kifune Festival (July)

==Transportation==
Kanagawa's transport network is heavily intertwined with that of Tokyo (''see: [[Transportation in Greater Tokyo]]''). [[Shin-Yokohama Station|Shin-Yokohama]] and [[Odawara Station|Odawara]] stations on the [[Tōkaidō Shinkansen]] are located in the prefecture, providing high-speed rail service to Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and other major cities.

=== Railways ===
*[[East Japan Railway Company]]
**[[Tōkaidō Main Line]]
**[[Nambu Line]]
**[[Tsurumi Line]]
**[[Yokohama Line]]
**[[Negishi Line]]
**[[Yokosuka Line]]
**[[Sagami Line]]
**[[Chūō Main Line]]
*[[Central Japan Railway Company]]
**[[Tokaido Shinkansen]]
**[[Gotemba Line]]
*[[Keikyu]]
**[[Keikyū Main Line|Main Line]]
**[[Keikyū Daishi Line|Daishi Line]]
**[[Keikyū Kurihama Line|Kurihama Line]]
**[[Keikyū Zushi Line|Zushi Line]]
*[[Odakyu Electric Railway|Odakyu]]
**[[Odakyū Odawara Line|Odawara Line]]
**[[Odakyū Enoshima Line|Enoshima Line]]
**[[Odakyū Tama Line|Tama Line]]
*[[Sagami Railway]]
**[[Sagami Railway Main Line|Main Line]]
**[[Sagami Railway Izumino Line|Izumino Line]]
**[[Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line|Shin-Yokohama Line]]
* [[Tokyu Corporation|Tokyu]]
**[[Tōkyū Tōyoko Line|Tōyoko Line]]
**[[Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line|Den-en-toshi Line]]
**[[Tōkyū Ōimachi Line|Ōimachi Line]]
**[[Tōkyū Meguro Line|Meguro Line]]
* [[Minatomirai Line]]
* [[Keio Corporation|Keio]]
**[[Keio Sagamihara Line|Sagamihara Line]]
*[[Izuhakone Railway]]
** [[Daiyūzan Line]]
* [[Enoshima Electric Railway]]

===Subways===
*[[Yokohama Municipal Subway]]
**Blue Line
**Green Line

===Monorail===
*[[Shonan Monorail]]

===People movers===
*[[Kanazawa Seaside Line]]

===Road===
====Expressway====
*[[Chūō Expressway]]
*[[Shuto Expressway]]
*[[Tōmei Expressway]]
*[[Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line]]

====National highways====
*[[Japan National Route 1|Route 1]]
*[[Japan National Route 15|Route 15]]
*[[Japan National Route 16|Route 16]]
*[[Japan National Route 20|Route 20]]
*[[Japan National Route 129|Route 129]] (Hiratsuka-Atsugi-Sagamihara)
*[[Japan National Route 132|Route 132]]
*[[Japan National Route 133|Route 133]]
*[[Japan National Route 134|Route 134]]
*[[Japan National Route 135|Route 135]] ([[Shimoda, Shizuoka|Shimoda]]&ndash;[[Atami]]-Odawara)
*[[Japan National Route 135|Route 138]]
*[[Japan National Route 246|Route 246]] ([[Chiyoda, Tokyo]]-Kawasaki-[[Machida, Tokyo|Machida]]-Atsugi-Isehara-[[Gotenba]]&ndash;[[Numazu]])
*[[Japan National Route 255|Route 255]]
*[[Japan National Route 357|Route 357]] ([[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]]&ndash;[[Funabashi, Chiba|Funabashi]]&ndash;[[Daiba|Daiba of Tokyo]]-Yokohama-Yokosuka)
*[[Japan National Route 409|Route 409]]
*[[Japan National Route 412|Route 412]]
*[[Japan National Route 413|Route 413]] ([[Fujiyoshida]]&ndash;[[Lake Yamanaka]]-Sagamihara)
*[[Japan National Route 466|Route 466]] ([[Setagaya, Tokyo]]-Kawasaki-Yokohama)
*[[Japan National Route 467|Route 467]]

===Ports===
*Misaki Port – Ferry Route to [[Kisarazu]]
*[[Port of Yokohama|Yokohama Port]] – International container hub port

==Education==
The [[Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education]] manages and oversees individual municipal school districts. The board of education also directly operates most of the public high schools in the prefecture.

===University facilities===
*Kawasaki
**[[Keio University]] – Shin Kawasaki Campus
**[[Meiji University]] – Ikuta Campus
**[[Senshu University]] – Ikuta Campus
**[[Japan Women's University]]
**[[Showa University of Music]]
**[[Den-en Chofu University]] – Aso Ward
**[[Nippon Medical School]]
**St. Marianna University, School of Medicine – Miyamae
**Japan Cinema School
**[[Tokyo City University]] – Aso Ward
*Yokohama
**[[Tokyo Institute of Technology]] – Suzukakedai
**[[Tokyo University of the Arts]] – Naka Ward
**[[Yokohama National University]] – Hodogaya
**[[Yokohama City University]] – Kanazawa Ward
**[[Kanagawa University]] – Kanagawa Ward
**[[Kanto Gakuin University]] – Kanazawa Ward
**[[Toin University of Yokohama]] – Aoba Ward
**[[Tsurumi University]] – Tsurumi Ward
**[[Yokohama College of Commerce]] – Tsurumi Ward
**[[Yokohama College of Pharmacy]] – Totsuka Ward
**[[Keio University]] – Hiyoshi Campus
**Tokyo City University – Tsuzuki Ward
**[[Meiji Gakuin University]] – Totsuka Ward
**[[Nippon Sport Science University]] – Aoba Ward
**[[Toyo Eiwa University]] – Midori Ward
**[[Kokugakuin University]] – Tama Plaza
**[[Senzoku Gakuen College of Music]]
*Sagamihara
**[[Aoyama Gakuin University]]
**[[Azabu University]]
**[[Kitasato University]]
**[[Sagami Women's University]]
**Obirin University
**Joshi University of Art and Design
**[[Teikyo University]]
*Yokosuka
**[[Kanagawa Dental College]]
**[[Kanagawa University of Human Services]]
* Hiratsuka
**[[Tokai University]] – Hiratsuka Campus
**[[Shoin University]] – Hiratsuka Campus
**Kanagawa University
*Isehara
**Tokai University – Isehara Campus
**[[Sanno University]]
*Odawara
**Kanto Gakuin University – Odawara Campus
**[[International University of Health and Welfare]]
*Chigasaki
**[[Bunkyo University]] – Chigasaki Campus
*Atsugi
**[[Shoin University]]
**[[Tokyo University of Agriculture]] – Atsugi Campus
**[[Kanagawa Institute of Technology]]
**[[Tokyo Polytechnic University]] – Atsugi Campus
*Hayama
**[[Graduate University for Advanced Studies]]

==Sports==
[[File:Yokohama F Marinos vs Urawa Reds..jpg|thumb|[[Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)|Nissan Stadium]] in [[Yokohama]]]]

===Facilities===

====Football and athletics====
*[[Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium]]
*Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium ([[Mitsuzawa Stadium]])—in Yokohama, only for football
*Nissan Stadium ([[International Stadium Yokohama]])—in Yokohama, the final venue of [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], [[FIFA Club World Cup]] in 2005–2007 and [[2019 Rugby World Cup]]
*[[Todoroki Athletics Stadium]]—in Kawasaki, the final venue of [[2007 IFAF World Cup]] (American football).

====Baseball====
*[[Kawasaki Stadium]]—former homeground of Taiyo Whales (now Yokohama BayStars) and Lotte Orions (now [[Chiba Lotte Marines]]).
*[[Yokohama Stadium]]—for baseball ([[Yokohama DeNA BayStars]]) and hosted [[Australian rules football]]
*[[Yokosuka Stadium]]—home field of [[Shonan Searex]], minor league team of [[Yokohama BayStars]]

====Indoor====
*Odawara Arena—2020 Kanagawa Pre-Games training facilities
*[[Todoroki Arena]]—in Kawasaki and multi-purpose venue (including basketball)
*[[Yokohama Arena]]—also for music concert
*[[Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium]]—a volleyball venue of [[1964 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo

====Other====
*[[Enoshima]] Yacht Course—used for [[Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympics]].
*[[Hakone Ekiden]] Course—from Tokyo to [[Hakone, Kanagawa|Hakone]], 108.0&nbsp;km, mostly on [[Japan National Route 1]] and [[Japan National Route 15|Route 15]]. Runners run on the divided route for ten parts on January 2 (to Hakone) and January 3 (to Tokyo) every year.
*[[Lake Sagami]]—hosted [[Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|canoeing]] and [[Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|rowing]] for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

===Teams===

====Association football====
*[[Kawasaki Frontale]] ([[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]])—Todoroki Athletics
*[[Shonan Bellmare]] ([[Hiratsuka]], [[Odawara]] and some cities and towns in central and western area of Kanagawa)—Hiratsuka Athletic Stadium (football) and Odawara Arena (futsal)
*[[Yokohama F.C.]] ([[Yokohama]])—Mitsuzawa Ballpark
*[[Yokohama F. Marinos]] ([[Yokohama]], [[Yokosuka]])—Nissan Stadium

====Baseball====
*[[Yokohama BayStars]] ([[Yokohama, Kanagawa|Yokohama]])—Yokohama Stadium, and Yokosuka Stadium (for its farm team, "[[Shonan Searex]]").

====Basketball====
*[[Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa]] ([[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]])—[[Todoroki Arena]]

====Volleyball====
*[[NEC Red Rockets]] ([[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]])—Todoroki Arena

== Visitors attractions and places of interest ==
* [[Yokohama Chinatown]]
* [[Yokohama Municipal Children's Botanical Garden]]
* [[Yokohama War Cemetery]]

==Notable people==
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*[[Ryoko Mima]] (born 1984), model and entertainer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centforce.com/profile/t_profile/mima.html|title=美馬怜子|language=ja|publisher=Cent Force|accessdate=November 1, 2015}}</ref>

==International relations==
Kanagawa Prefecture has sister relationships with these places:
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/mlt/p5875.html |title=Friendly/Sister Affiliations of Kanagawa Prefecture and the Municipalities : Kanagawa |publisher=Kanagawa Prefectural Government |date=February 1, 2016 |access-date=July 17, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719083105/http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/mlt/p5875.html |archive-date=July 19, 2016 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Maryland]], United States (1981)
*{{flagicon|PRC}} [[Liaoning Province]], China (1983)
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Odesa Oblast]], Ukraine (1986)
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Baden-Württemberg]], Germany (1989)
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Gyeonggi Province]], Republic of Korea (1990)
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Queensland]], Australia (1990)
*{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Penang]], Malaysia (1991)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Västra Götaland County]], Sweden (1998)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Aguascalientes]], México (2013)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://coordinacionpolitica.sre.gob.mx/images/stories/documentos_gobiernos/rai/agu/ags9.pdf |title=Memorándum de Entendimiento entre el Estado de Aguascalientes, de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, y el Gobierno de la Prefectura de Kanagawa, Japón. |access-date=2017-12-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171241/https://coordinacionpolitica.sre.gob.mx/images/stories/documentos_gobiernos/rai/agu/ags9.pdf |archive-date=2017-12-04 }}</ref>

==In popular culture==
*[[Stephen Sondheim]]'s stage musical ''[[Pacific Overtures]]'', about the "opening" of Japan to Western influence by [[Matthew C. Perry|Commodore Perry]], contains the song "Welcome to Kanagawa".
*The main team in the Japanese [[manga]] and [[anime]] series ''[[Slam Dunk (manga)|Slam Dunk]]'', Shohoku, is from Kanagawa.
*The Hinata Inn and surrounding town from the [[manga]] and [[anime]] series ''[[Love Hina]]'' are located in Kanagawa.
*The Japanese [[manga]] series ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' takes place in Kanagawa, mainly in Kamakura and Enoshima (Fujisawa).
*The Japanese [[anime]] series ''[[S-CRY-ED]]'' takes place in Kanagawa Prefecture, after a seismic event raises it from the ground.
*The Japanese [[manga]] and [[anime]] series ''[[Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō]]'' takes place in the fictional Kanagawa city of Umineko.
*The Japanese [[anime]] series ''[[Gundam Wing]]'''s early episodes feature Kanagawa prominently, mainly Yokohama and Yokosuka.
*The Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[The Knight in the Area|Area no Kishi]]'' takes place in Kanagawa, mostly Kamakura.
*The Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[Anonymous Noise]]'' takes place in Kanagawa, mostly Kamakura (Kamakura Yuigahama Beach).
*The Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[Hamatora]]'' takes place in Kanagawa, mainly in Yokohama.
*The Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[His and Her Circumstances]]'' takes place in Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly in [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]] city and [[Yokohama]].
*The Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' takes place in Tokyo-3, which is located in the village of [[Hakone]], in the [[Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa|Ashigarashimo District]]
*A team from the Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[Kuroko's Basketball]]'', Kaijo, is from Kanagawa.
*The manga [[Shonan Junai Gumi|''Shonan Junai Gum''i]], along with its prequel ''[[Bad Company (manga)|Bad Company]]'', and the sequel ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'''s spin off ''[[GTO: 14 Days in Shonan]]'', are set in Shonan, in Kanagawa
*The Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[Yowamushi Pedal]]'', Hakone Academy is from Hakone, Kanagawa.
*The Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[Initial D]]'' Fifth Stage is set in Kanagawa, and Final Stage is set in [[Hakone]].
*The Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[Bungo Stray Dogs]]'' is set in Yokohama.
*The Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[Sweet Blue Flowers|Aoi Hana]]'' is set in Kamakura.
*The Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai]]'' takes place in various places in Kanagawa Prefecture, such as [[Fujisawa, Kanagawa|Fujisawa]] and [[Yokohama]].
*The Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[Astro Fighter Sunred]]'' is set in Kanagawa Prefecture, specifically [[Kawasaki City]] and the area around the [[Tama River]].
*It's never been said, but the Japanese manga series [[Komi Can't Communicate|Komi-San Wa Komyushou Desu]] is set in Kanagawa. One of the characters lives in a building complex in the city of [[Chigasaki, Kanagawa|Chigasaki]] that exists in real life.

==See also==
{{Portal|Japan|Geography}}
* [[Politics of Kanagawa]]

== Citations ==
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== General references ==
* Hammer, Joshua (2006). ''Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II''. New York: Simon & Schuster. {{ISBN|9780743264655}}; {{OCLC|67774380}}.
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC ''Japan Encyclopedia'']. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; {{OCLC|58053128}}.

==External links==
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* [http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/ Kanagawa Prefecture Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://trip.pref.kanagawa.jp/ Kanagawa Prefecture Tourism Website] {{in lang|en}}
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