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Kawasaki became a target of the first mainland bombing by the US military in 1942.

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Kawasaki

Japan

Country
Japan
Population
1.5M
Coordinates
35.53, 139.70
207th most populous city in the world

Kawasaki, officially Kawasaki City, is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the eighth most populated city in Japan.

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Kawasaki is located on the right bank of the Tama River, which flows into Tokyo Bay.

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Kawasaki

Japan

Country
Japan
Population
1.5M
Coordinates
35.53, 139.70
207th most populous city in the world

Kawasaki, officially Kawasaki City, is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the eighth most populated city in Japan.

From the “Geography” section

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Kawasaki was the second Japanese 'government-designated city' after Hiroshima in June 2008.

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Kawasaki

Japan

Country
Japan
Population
1.5M
Coordinates
35.53, 139.70
207th most populous city in the world

Kawasaki, officially Kawasaki City, is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the eighth most populated city in Japan.

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Kawasaki Daishi is the second most visited temple in the Kantō region.

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Kawasaki

Japan

Country
Japan
Population
1.5M
Coordinates
35.53, 139.70
207th most populous city in the world

Kawasaki, officially Kawasaki City, is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the eighth most populated city in Japan.

From the “Culture and sights” section

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Kawasaki has the second largest concentration of Koreans in Japan, after Osaka.

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Kawasaki

Japan

Country
Japan
Population
1.5M
Coordinates
35.53, 139.70
207th most populous city in the world

Kawasaki, officially Kawasaki City, is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the eighth most populated city in Japan.

From the “Culture and sights” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: 妖精書士 · CC0

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