24 Sights in Kawasaki, Japan (with Map and Images)

Kawasaki Daishi (川崎大師) is the popular name of Heiken-ji , a Buddhist temple in Kawasaki, Japan. Founded in 1128, it is the headquarters of the Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism. Kawasaki Daishi is a popular temple for hatsumōde. In 2006, 2.72 million people engaged in hatsumōde here, the third largest figure in Japan and the largest in Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2016, the temple made preparations to receive 3 million visitors over the same period. Keihin Electric Express Railway, the oldest railroad company in the Kantō region of Japan, commenced service in January 1899 to carry passengers to Kawasaki Daishi from Tokyo.

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Kawasaki Tsurumi Rin Port Bus Co., Ltd. is a bus -exclusive bus business operator headquartered in Kawasaki -ku, Kawasaki -shi, Kanagawa. The abbreviation is a Rinko bus, which is an officially used abbreviation since the company was founded.

Wikipedia: 川崎鶴見臨港バス (JA)

The Train and Bus Museum is a railway preservation and exhibition facility operated by Tokyu Corporation in Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The nearest station is Miyazakidai Station on the Tokyu Denentoshi Line, and there is a building under the Denentoshi Line overpass, and one of the entrances is in front of the ticket gate.

Wikipedia: 電車とバスの博物館 (JA), Website

The Kawasaki City Museum is a public museum and art gallery located in Todoroki Ryokuchi in Nakahara Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It was a comprehensive cultural facility with facilities such as a museum shop and a library reading room.

Wikipedia: 川崎市市民ミュージアム (JA), Website

The Kawasaki Loam Slope Collapse Experiment Accident (Kawasaki Loam Shamenhokai Jikenjiko) was an accident that occurred on November 11, 1971 (Showa 46) during a slope collapse experiment conducted in Ikuta Ryokuchi Park, Kawasaki City.

Wikipedia: 川崎ローム斜面崩壊実験事故 (JA)

Nagamori Inarisha is a Hoka Shinto shrine located in Tama Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Even after the separation of Shinto and Buddhism, the ritual is still performed by the Nichiren Buddhist temple of the temple, and therefore does not belong to the main office of the shrine. The precincts are the grounds of the Kaiki Dankoshi family and the Saeki family of Anritsu-ji, and the shrine is protected by Nagamori Inari-ko, who is in the middle of the clan lecture. Prayers and red seals are accepted at Anritsuji.

Wikipedia: 長森稲荷社 (JA)

Ōzenji Temple is a temple of the Shingon sect of the Toyoyama sect located at 940 Ozenji, Aso-ku, Kawasaki City. The official name is Hoshijuku Mountain Lotus Zoin Wangzen Temple. "Ozenji" is also the name of a place in the surrounding area. It was also called "Koyasan of the East". The temple crest is a three-leaf aoi. It is known as the temple where Zenji Maru, which is said to be the oldest variety of sweet persimmon in Japan, was discovered, and there are still logs registered as national registered monuments in the precincts.

Wikipedia: 王禅寺 (JA)

Wakamiya Hachimangu is a shrine located in front of Daishi Station, Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Former Daishi Kawara General Guard. There is a Kanayama Shrine in the precincts of the shrine, which is known for its "Kanamara Festival".

Wikipedia: 若宮八幡宮 (川崎市) (JA)

Masaki Station (Masaki Station) is a station on the Kamiyamada Line of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), which was once located in Masaki, Kawasaki Town, Tagawa District, Fukuoka Prefecture. With the abolition of the Kamiyamada Line, it was abandoned on September 1, 1988 (Showa 63).

Wikipedia: 真崎駅 (JA)

Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall is a concert hall in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The name is coined from music and za (座) lit. 'seat'. The vineyard-style concert hall, with a capacity of 1,997, was built for the eightieth anniversary of the foundation of the city.

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Higashi-Kawasaki Station (Higashi-Kawasaki Station) is a station on the Kamiyamada Line of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), formerly located at 2679 Higashi-Kawasaki, Kawasaki-cho, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. With the abolition of the Kamiyamada Line, it was abandoned on September 1, 1988 (Showa 63).

Wikipedia: 東川崎駅 (JA)

Oyama Kaido Furusato Museum is a museum located in Takatsu Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is maintained by Kawasaki City with the aim of providing a place for citizens to learn and thereby contributing to the development of their culture, as well as exhibits of materials related to the history and folklore related to the Oyama Kaido (大山道), which is one of the side roads in Kawasaki City, as well as works of art and literature by people related to the local area. Opened in August 1992. It was built on the site of the former Takatsu Town Hall.

Wikipedia: 大山街道ふるさと館 (JA)

Shofukuji Temple is a temple of the Tendai sect located in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The detailed name is Iōzan Hotokuin Shofukuji Temple (医王山正福寺法徳院). He is one of the Tama Seven Yakushi

Wikipedia: 正福寺 (川崎市宮前区) (JA)

Inage Jinja is a shrine located in Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The former name of the shrine was Gosha, and now it is a separate shrine of the main office of the shrine. The former name was Sanno Gongen, Taketsuchi Shrine, and it is still called by the common name of Yamano-sama.

Wikipedia: 稲毛神社 (JA), Website

Daishi Park is a city park (district park) located in Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is adjacent to Heima-ji Temple (Kawasaki Daishi). There is a Chinese garden "Shenxiuyuan" in the park, which is also famous for cherry blossoms. As a town name, on July 1, 1965 (Showa 40), it became an independent town name from Daishi Town, and residence display was implemented.

Wikipedia: 大師公園 (JA)

Taro Okamoto Museum of Art is an art museum located in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The Taro Okamoto Museum of Art mainly collects and preserves the works of Taro Okamoto and his parents, Kanoko and Ippei.

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Enpukuji is a Buddhist temple of the Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism located in Kawasaki Town, Shibata District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The main Buddha enshrines the Bodhisattva of Enmei Jizo and the Maria Kannon as a side wait. Shibata Thirty-Three Kannon Shrine No. 27 Shrine (Sapporo Honzon 11 Faces Kannon Bodhisattva)

Wikipedia: 円福寺 (宮城県川崎町) (JA)

Kitano Shrine (Kitano Jinja, official name is Kitano Tenjin) is a shrine (Tenmangu) located in Nakarokugo, Ota-ku, Tokyo. In addition to being called "Falling Horse Stop Tenjin" and "Stop Tenjin", it is also called Nakarokugo Kitano Shrine from the place name. As of 2017, it is also a concurrent shrine of Rokugo Shrine.

Wikipedia: 北野神社 (大田区仲六郷) (JA)

Aone Western-style building is a wooden Western-style building located in Aone Onsen, Kawasaki Town, Shibata District, Miyagi Prefecture. It is located 10 kilometers east of the Zao mountain range in a straight line, along National Highway 457. It is a tourist information center that doubles as a café and a museum.

Wikipedia: 青根洋館 (JA)

Myōonji is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Miyamae-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. There is a "Izumida Nikun Merit Monument" that honors the ancestor Tanaka Kyuyu of Kawasaki City. The name of the mountain is Mt. Changjing. The former main temple was Hoda Myohonji Temple, and now it is a temple of Tsushi Zoshigaya.

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Shibokuchika Shell Mound is a shell mound located in Komoguchi, Takatsu Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a marker site of child-mother-type earthenware. Kanagawa Prefecture Designated Historic Site.

Wikipedia: 子母口貝塚 (JA)

Saifukuji Kofun is an ancient burial mound located in Kajigaya, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The shape is a circular mound. One of the burial mounds that make up the Ma Silk and Kajigaya Kofun Group. It is designated as a Kanagawa Prefecture Designated Historic Site.

Wikipedia: 西福寺古墳 (JA)

Chonenji Temple is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect located in Tama Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Nagaike. The main Buddha is Amida Buddha.

Wikipedia: 長念寺 (川崎市) (JA)

Kawasaki Ukiyoe Gallery (Kawasaki Ukiyoe Gallery) opened on December 3, 2019 on the 3rd floor of the Kawasaki Station Tower Reverb at 12-1 Ekimae Honmachi, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, which opened in 2001 and closed on September 17, 2016.

Wikipedia: 川崎・砂子の里資料館 (JA), Website