Kanagawa

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Kanagawa Prefecture Live Cameras
Kanagawa Prefecture Tourism Information

Kanagawa Prefecture Live Cameras

Eastern (Yokohama)

Western (Odawara)

All over the prefecture

Hakone Sekisho Toumi Bansho | Hakone Sekisho, 1 Hakone, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa 250-0521
Lake Ashino | Restaurant & Fishing Boat Ueno, 162 Motohakone, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa 250-0522 | Ashinoko Ueno
Hakone Ashinoko | Hotel Shiki no Yakata Hakone Ashinoko, 103-241Motohakone, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa 250-0522 | Nippon House Hotel & Resort
Lake Ashino | Hakone, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture 250-0521 | Hakone Tourist Association
Mt. Fuji and Lake Ashino | Anest Iwata Sky Lounge, 955 Kajiya, Yugawara-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa 259-0313 | Hakone Turnpike Co., Ltd.
Mt. Hakone and Owakudani | Owakudani, Sengokuhara, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa 250-0631 | Internet Nature Institute / Japan Meteorological Agency
Odawara Castle | Ojowara-jo Castle, 6 Jonai, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture 250-0014 | Odawara City Office
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine | Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, 2-1-31 Yukinoshita, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture 248-8588 | Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Kamakura Toshimaya and Kimagre Souko
Chigasaki Coast | Chigasaki Beach, 3-12 Higashikaiganminami, Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture 253-0054 | Fujisawa Civil Engineering Office
Morito Coast | Morito Coast, Horiuchi, Hayama-machi, Miura-gun, Kanagawa 240-0112 | Hayama Motomachi Shopping Association
Kugenuma Coast | Kugenumakaigan, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture | NAMIARU LIVE
Zushi Coast | Zushi Beach, 2-9-33 Shinjuku, Zushi City, Kanagawa Prefecture 249-0007 | Kanagawa Prefectural Office
Moroiso Coast | Moroisozaki Lighthouse, 1886-2 Moroiso, Misaki-cho, Miura-shi, Kanagawa 238-0224 | Moroiso Ocean Front
Miura Beach | Kamimiyada, Minamishitauramachi, Miura-shi, Kanagawa 238-0101 | Yokosuka Civil Engineering Office, WanganGo, Tokyo Wangan Channel
Hayama Port | Hayama Port, 50 Horiuchi, Hayama-machi, Miura-gun, Kanagawa 240-0112 | Yokosuka Civil Engineering Office
Hayama Port | Hayama Port Management Office, 50 Horiuchi, Hayama-machi, Miura-gun, Kanagawa 240-0112 | Shonan Sunnyside Marina
Hayama Marina, Sagami Bay | Hayama Marina, 50-2 Horiuchi, Hayama-cho, Miura-gun, Kanagawa 240-0112 | Hayama Marina
Tokyo Bay | Otsu Fishing Port, 1-22 Otsu-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa 239-0808 | Tokyo Bay Live Camera Kanagawa
Miura/Misaki Sea Station | Urari Marche, 5-3-1 Misaki, Miura City, Kanagawa Prefecture 238-0243 | Miura/ Misaki Sea Station
Chuo Expressway Sagamiko IC | camera title: Chuo Expressway Sagamiko IC | site title: Chubu Driving Weather, “Weather News”
Manazuru Road Yugawara Bridge | Manazuru Road & Yugawara Bridge, Yoshihama, Yugawara, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa 259-0312 | Kanagawa Prefectural Road Public Corporation
Musashikosugi Station | Metatechno Co. Ltd., Musasikosugi Tower Place, 1-403 Kosugi-machi, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-0063
Yokohama Landmark Tower | Minatomirai, Nishi Ward, Yokohama City | YNET System, Yokohama Live・Tokyo Skyline Live
Rivers in Kanagawa, camera titles: Tama River, Tsurumi River, Sagami River, site title: Keihin River Office
River within prefecture | camera title: whole area within prefecture, river live camera | site title: Kanagawa prefecture rainfall level information
Tsurugisaki Lighthouse | Tsurugisaki Lighthouse, Matsuwa, Minamishitaura-machi, Miura-shi, Kanagawa 238-0104 | Japan Coast Guard
Yokohama Bayside Marina | Yokohama Bayside Marina Co., Ltd. 1 Shiraho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 236-0007

Kanagawa Prefecture Tourism Information

The eastern part of Kanagawa Prefecture faces toward Tokyo Bay, the southern part faces toward the Sagami Bay, and the prefecture is in contact with Tokyo, Yamanashi Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Chiba Prefecture through Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line. The prefectural land is about 78km from the east and west, about 60km from north to south, and the area is 2,415 square km. It consists of 19 cities, 13 towns and 1 village. The prefectural population is about 9.07 million people and accounts for about 7% of the domestic population, which is the national second place.

The prefectural capital is Yokohama and its population is about 3.7 million people. About two-thirds of the prefectural population concentrates in three government-designated cities in Kanagawa, about 41 percent of the population in Yokohama City, about 16% in Kawasaki City and about 8% in Sagamihara City. Gross prefectural production of Kanagawa is the fourth largest in the country, which is next toTokyo, Osaka and Aichi, and the three ports of Kanagawa, Yokohama, Kawasaki and Yokosuka Port, are famous as trading ports and trade volume accounts for the top of the national exports and imports amount.

In addition, there is Maritime Self-Defense Force Self-Defense Fleet headquarters and the US Navy Seventh Fleet headquarters in Yokosuka port in Yokosuka City, and the port functions as a military base. Besides, there are many military-related facilities in the prefecture, which is next to Okinawa Prefecture, such as Camp Zama and Naval Air Facility Atsugi.

About 40% of the prefectural land is forest area, about 25% is residential land and the rest is agricultural land and roads. The prefectural land is composed of the former “Sagami Province” and a part of “Musashi Province”, Kamakura is the area where Kamakura shogunate existed and Odawara is the area where Hojo family flourished.

The name of the prefecture is derived from the Kanagawa inn and Kanagawa magistrate’s office. There are popular leisures and tourism spots in the prefecture, hot springs such as Hakone Onsen and Yugawara Onsen, and Tanzawa, Osawa, Lake Sagami, Enoshima, Kamakura, the historical city that is famous for the Kamakura shogunate and the Great Buddha of Kamakura, and the Miura Peninsula.

The local cuisines are “Herahera-dango“, dumplings that are made from flour and high quality powder of non-glutinous rice with red bean paste, “Kankoyaki,” steamed and grilled seasonal ingredients that are wrapped in dough of wheat flour, “Yokosuka Navy (Kaigun) Curry,” which was restored to modern based on the recipe of the former Empire Navy of Japan.