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Encyclopedia > Zushi, Kanagawa

Zushi (逗子市 Zushi-shi) is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ... Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県; Kanagawa-ken) is a geographic and political area located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan. ...


As of 2003, the ward has an estimated population of 58,597 and the density of 3,379.30 persons per km². The total area is 17.34 km². 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...


City status was gained on April 15, 1954. April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Zushi is a popular beach city. It can be accessed by the JR Yokosuka line and the Keikyu line. In modern age many famous writers(roka tokutomi) lived in Zushi.


Zushi is well known as a fashionable place for Tokyo's elite to own second homes, including well-known rightist governor of Tokyo Shintaro Ishihara and his actor brother Yujiro Ishihara. Shintaro Ishihara Ishihara (right) in a typical election poster pose with local lawmaker Ichiro Akita (left). ... Yujiro Ishihara (石原裕次郎; Ishihara Yūjirō, December 28, 1934–July 17, 1987) was a Japanese actor and singer. ...


Zushi is home to the U.S. Navy's Ikego family housing area. Ikego was a former Japanese Imperial Navy ammunition magazine, and covers about 710 acres, 210 of which are used for Navy housing. Ikego opened in April 1996, and contains 854 housing units with approximately 3,400 family members living on the base. It is located twelve kilometers from the Yokosuka Naval Base. Driving between Ikego and Yokosuka takes about 30 minutes without traffic. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Categories: Cities in Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ...


External links

  • Official website in Japanese
  • U.S. Navy Ikego community site in English
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Kanagawa Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (460 words)
Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県; Kanagawa-ken) is a geographic and political area located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan.
Kanagawa is a relatively small prefecture wedged between Tokyo on the north, the foothills of Mount Fuji on the northwest, and the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay on the south and east.
The Convention of Kanagawa was the event that forced open Japanese ports to the United States by Commodore Matthew Perry.
Zushi, Kanagawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (110 words)
Zushi (逗子市 Zushi-shi) is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the ward has an estimated population of 58,597 and the density of 3,379.30 persons per km².
In modern age many famous writers(roka tokutomi) lived in zushi.
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