Kanagawa Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県 Kanagawa-ken^?) is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan.^[1]

The capital is Yokohama.^[2]

Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.

In medieval Japan, Kanagawa was part of the provinces of Sagami and Musashi.^[3]

The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period (around 400 BC). About 3,000 years ago, Mount Hakone produced a volcanic explosion which resulted in Lake Ashi on the western area of the prefecture.

Kanagawa is a relatively small prefecture and its eastern side is relatively flat and heavily urbanized, including the large port cities of Yokohama and Kawasaki.

• The city of Kamakura is famous as the location of many Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines.
• Yokohama Chinatown is the largest Chinatown in Japan, larger than Chinatowns in both Kobe and Nagasaki, and one of the largest in the world.
• Other sightseeing spots include Hakone, Ashinoko, Enoshima, and Kawasaki Daishi^{[citation needed]}