Kawasaki 川崎市

Kawasaki (Japanese: 川崎市) is a city in the Kanagawa prefecture of Japan. It is within the Greater Tokyo Area. The city has a population of 1,385,000 people, making it the 9th largest city in Japan. It is on the south side of the Tama River, which separates it from Tokyo.

Kawasaki has been in important trading post since the feudal times. It was a stopover point on the Tokaido Road between Tokyo and Kyoto. Sandwiched between Tokyo and Yokohama, Kawasaki enjoyed some spillover development from these two big cities.

Many tourists often bypass Kawasaki on their way to Tokyo or Yokohama. Those who do stopover at Kawasaki will be delighted to find many interesting tourist attractions, including a famous Buddhist temple - one of the top three most visited by the Japanese during New Year celebrations, a Shinto fertility shrine and an excellent open-air museum.

Kawasaki, Japan

Planning your trip to Kawasaki

You can get to Kawasaki by taking a train from Tokyo. The Tokaido and Keihin-Tohoku trains stop at the JR Kawasaki station. The Tokaido is the faster of the two, albeit by only a bit. From Tokyo Station, it only takes 15 minutes to reach JR Kawasaki station, compared with 22 minutes with the Keihin-Tohoku. Both trains have the same fare, ¥290.

Going in the opposite direction, you can also take the Tokaido and Keihin-Tohoku trains from Yokohama to Kawasaki. It only takes 7 minutes on the Tokaido and 13 minutes on the Keihin-Tohoku, and the fare is ¥210.

Planning your travel within Kawasaki

The most practical way to move about in Kawasaki is to take the train. Check the maps in the train stations for the routes in Kawasaki.

Temple in Kawasaki, Japan

Places of Interest in Kawasaki

Festivals in Kawasaki

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