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Kawasaki

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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, Kanagawa
Japan
Latitude35.52°
Longitude139.72°
Population1.5M
Center elevation3 ft
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KanagawaPrefecture of Japan

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 and third-densest at 3,800 inhabitants per square kilometre (9,800/sq mi). Its geographic area of 2,415 km2 (932 sq mi) makes it fifth-smallest. Kanagawa Prefecture borders Tokyo to the north, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northwest and Shizuoka Prefecture to the west.Wikipedia

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Climate

Sunshine
286
sunny days per year
78% of the year
Annual precipitation
64"
inches per year
Typical Air Quality
86
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