Kawasaki [city] - Kawasaki

Japanese: 川崎[市] - かわさき

A city in the eastern part of Kanagawa Prefecture, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It was incorporated as a city in 1924 and became a government-designated city in 1972. It has seven wards: Kawasaki, Saiwai, Nakahara, Takatsu, Tama, Miyamae, and Aso. It developed around the former Kawasaki-cho, a post town on the Tokaido road during the Edo period, and the former Daishi-cho, a temple town of Kawasaki Daishi (Heigenji Temple). From the Taisho to the early Showa periods, land reclamation of the Tokyo Bay coast progressed, and the development of a coastal industrial district began, leading to the completion of Kawasaki Port and the Keihin Canal. In 1951, Kawasaki Port was designated a specific important harbor, and an oil refinery was built on the reclaimed land on the southeast side of the Keihin Canal in the 1960s, and a steelworks in the 1970s. Currently, heavy industries such as steel, flour, oil, electrical machinery, chemicals, and electricity are located in the city, and the city's manufacturing shipments, which reached 3,835.4 billion yen (2003), are the second highest in the prefecture, making it the core city of the Keihin Industrial Zone. The city is served by the Tokaido Main Line, Keihin Tohoku Line, Yokosuka Line, Nambu Line, Tomei Expressway, and Keihin Kyuko Line, and in the Tama Hills area, which is served by the Tokyu Denentoshi Line and Odakyu Electric Railway Line, construction of Kohoku New Town has been progressing rapidly since the 1960s. Fruit cultivation, including pears and peaches, is thriving along the Tama River. Yomiuri Land is located here. In December 1997, the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line was opened across Tokyo Bay to Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture. The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. ^{143.00 km2} . 1,425,512 people (2010).

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Japanese:

神奈川県東部，東京都と横浜市の間の市。1924年市制。1972年政令指定都市となる。川崎，幸，中原，高津，多摩，宮前，麻生の７区がある。江戸時代の東海道の宿場町であった旧川崎町と，川崎大師（平間(へいげん)寺）の門前町であった旧大師町を中心に発達した。大正〜昭和初期に東京湾岸の埋立てが進んで臨海工業地区の造成が始まり，川崎港および京浜運河が完成した。1951年川崎港が特定重要港湾に指定され，京浜運河南東側の埋立地には1960年代に石油コンビナート，1970年代には製鉄工場が進出した。現在製鉄，製粉，製油，電気機械，化学，電力など重工業が立地して３兆8354億円（2003）で県内２位の製造品出荷額を上げ，京浜工業地帯の中核をなす大都市となった。東海道本線，京浜東北線，横須賀線，南武線，東名高速道路，京浜急行線が通じ，東急田園都市線，小田急電鉄線が通じる多摩丘陵部では1960年代から港北ニュータウンの建設が急速に進んでいる。多摩川沿いにナシ，モモなど果樹栽培が盛ん。よみうりランドがある。1997年12月東京湾をまたいで千葉県木更津市との間に東京湾アクアラインが開通した。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。143.00km²。142万5512人（2010）。

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