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

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)

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)

Yomiuriland is an amusement park in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan that first opened in 1964. It is situated on hillsides, and features rides such as roller coasters and water flumes. It is home to Yomiuri Giants Stadium, one of the training fields for the Yomiuri Giants baseball team, and was the primary training ground before Tokyo Dome was completed. It is operated and run by the Yomiuri Group, the parent of media conglomerate Yomiuri Shimbun. A bath house was constructed to attract more senior citizens.

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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)

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)

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)

Momonga Standing and Loop Coaster was a steel roller coaster that operated from 1979 to 2021 at Yomiuriland in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan. The coaster was best known for simultaneously operating both a sit-down and stand-up roller coaster train, which also rendered it as one of the earliest known stand-up roller coasters.

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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

Shirahata Hachiman Ōkami is a shrine located in Taira, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Musashi Province). Enshrine the life of Princess Gyokuyo, Emperor Ojin, and Empress Shen Gong. Since the Meiji era, the company has been a township. It is a shrine in Inageso (Tachibana District).

Wikipedia: 白幡八幡大神 (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)

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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Bandit is a steel roller coaster located at Yomiuriland in the city of Inagi, near Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1988 by the TOGO company, it was the fastest roller coaster in the world when it was built. It lost the record to Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point one year later.

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Masaki Station is a station on the Kyushu Railway (JR Kyushu) Kamiyamada Line, which was once installed in Masaki, Kawasaki -cho, Tagawa -gun, Fukuoka Prefecture. With the abolition of the Kamiyamada Line, the station was abandoned on September 1, 1988 (Showa 63).

Wikipedia: 真崎駅 (JA)

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

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

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)

Fujiko F. Fujio Museum is a museum in Tama Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The exhibition focuses on the original drawings of manga artist Fujiko F. Fujio (Hiroshi Fujimoto) and related materials. It opened on September 3, 2011.

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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)

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)

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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Nitta Shrine is a shrine located in 2-14-8 Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-ku, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture. Enshrine Yoshida Nitta, Amaterasu Ogami, Daikokujin, and Itsukushima Himejin as the god of the festival.

Wikipedia: 新田神社 (川崎市) (JA)