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Chigasaki, city (1990 pop. 201,675), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay. It is a fashionable resort with large electronics and chinaware industries.
Hiratsuka, city (1990 pop. 245,950), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and the Sagami River. It is a commercial and industrial center with industries producing automobi...
Atsugi, city (1990 pop. 197,292), Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Sagami River. It is an important communication, commercial, and agricultural center. It produces electric...
Fujisawa, city (1990 pop. 350,330), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Tokyo, known for the production of automobiles, ele...
Hakone, resort region, Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. Famous for its mountains, lakes, and hot springs, it is included in Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, of which the central featu...
Hadano, city (1990 pop. 155,619), Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. An important communications center and agricultural market, the city is a center of tobacco trading. The product...
Sagamihara, city (1990 pop. 531,542), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Tokyo with metallurgical, food processing, and electrical appliance industries. The surround...
Yokosuka, city (1990 pop. 433,358), Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It has an important naval base (founded 1868) and shipyards. It is a major fishing and trade port. Yokosuka is...
Kawasaki, city (1990 pop. 1,173,603), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Tokyo Bay. Located in the Tokyo-Yokohama industrial area, it has steel mills, shipyards, oil refineries, en...
Kamakura, city (1990 pop. 174,307), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and at the base of the Miura Peninsula. It is a resort and residential area but is chiefly noted a...
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