noun
Kawasaki (city)
Refers to the city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Also used in other place names and surnames.
川崎は東京と横浜の間にあります。
Kawasaki is located between Tokyo and Yokohama.
Standard kanji spelling for the city name.
The name is composed of 川 (river) and 崎 (cape, peninsula), a common geographical name pattern in Japan. The exact historical derivation of the city name is uncertain.