Kanagawa Prefecture

Kanto region · Prefecture

Kanagawa ranks 2nd in Japan in population after Tokyo, and it is the only prefecture with 3 designated cities (Yokohama, Kawasaki and Sagamihara). Its sights are varied: Yokohama with its history as an open port, the old capital of Kamakura, the hot springs of Hakone and the Shonan coast.

Port of Yokohama
Kamakura, the old capital
Hakone hot springs
Shonan

Key facts

Prefectural capital: Yokohama City
Municipalities: 33 (19 cities, 13 towns, 1 village)
Population: 9,193,922 2nd in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −0.5% 44th in Japanfrom 9,237,333 in 2020
Area: 2,417 km² 43rd in Japan
Population density: 3,805 people/km² 3rd in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 47 prefectures, ordered by this site from these values.

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Yokohama City A population of about 3.75 million, the largest of any city in Japan.
Kamakura City Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine and the Great Buddha; an old capital of the samurai.
Odawara City Odawara Castle and kamaboko (fish cakes); the gateway to Hakone.

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Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).

National parks in Kanagawa Prefecture

Fuji-Hakone-Izu National ParkTotal park area 1,218 km²Also in Tokyo, Yamanashi, Shizuoka

Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks

Municipalities in Kanagawa Prefecture (33)

Municipality	Population	5-year change	Area
Yokohama City	3,750,952	−0.7%	438 km²
Kawasaki City	1,559,571	+1.4%	143 km²
Sagamihara City	718,908	−0.9%	329 km²
Yokosuka City	364,720	−6.0%	101 km²
Hiratsuka City	257,765	−0.3%	67.83 km²
Kamakura City	169,851	−1.7%	39.66 km²
Fujisawa City	443,726	+1.6%	69.56 km²
Odawara City	184,972	−2.1%	114 km²
Chigasaki City	244,680	+0.9%	35.70 km²
Zushi City	55,234	−3.2%	17.28 km²
Miura City	38,648	−8.1%	32.06 km²
Hadano City	161,829	−0.4%	104 km²
Atsugi City	222,785	−0.4%	93.83 km²
Yamato City	246,152	+2.9%	27.09 km²
Isehara City	100,352	−1.4%	55.56 km²
Ebina City	141,588	+3.7%	26.59 km²
Zama City	131,882	−0.3%	17.57 km²
Minamiashigara City	39,095	−4.3%	77.09 km²
Ayase City	83,013	−1.1%	22.14 km²
Hayama Town	30,030	−5.2%	17.04 km²
Samukawa Town	48,081	−0.6%	13.34 km²
Oiso Town	30,560	−3.4%	17.18 km²
Ninomiya Town	26,430	−4.1%	9.08 km²
Nakai Town	8,693	−6.5%	19.99 km²
Oi Town	17,100	−0.2%	14.38 km²
Matsuda Town	10,103	−6.8%	37.75 km²
Yamakita Town	8,830	−9.5%	225 km²
Kaisei Town	18,582	+1.4%	6.55 km²
Hakone Town	10,270	−9.1%	92.86 km²
Manazuru Town	5,957	−11.4%	7.05 km²
Yugawara Town	21,671	−7.5%	40.97 km²
Aikawa Town	39,084	−2.0%	34.28 km²
Kiyokawa Village	2,808	−7.6%	71.24 km²

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population in 2025; change compared with 2020). Area: GSI (2025). Designated cities are shown as one city (wards combined). "Temperature now" is the latest JMA AMeDAS observation (preliminary) at the nearest station in the same prefecture, loaded and shown unchanged when you open the page.

Figures come from official Japanese statistics (such as the 2025 Census by the Statistics Bureau of Japan), with the source and year shown next to each one. Photos are freely licensed images from Wikimedia Commons; the photographer and license are shown under each photo.

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