Asao-ku, Kawasaki
Asao-ku (麻生区) is one of the seven wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Asao-ku (麻生区) is one of the seven wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 167,792 and a density of 7,210 persons per km2. The total area was 23.28 km2.
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Worth seeing in and around Asao-ku, Kawasaki
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Yomiuriland
Yomiuriland is an amusement park in Inagi, Tokyo and Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan that first opened on 19 March 1964. It is situated on hillsides, and features rides such as roller coasters and water flumes.
2.7 km · Japanese amusement park near Tokyo · Wikipedia - 02Showa Academia Musicae
Shōwa Academia Musicae is a private university in Asao-ku, Kawasaki Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Despite similar names, the university has no affiliation with Showa University or Showa Women's University.
400 m · university in Japan · Wikipedia - 03Buaisō
Buaisō is the former home of post-war Japanese bureaucrat Jirō Shirasu and his wife Masako Shirasu, located in Machida, Tokyo, to the west of downtown Tokyo. The name was derived from an amalgamation of kanji for the former provinces of Musashi and Sagami, as its location is near the border between the two provinces.
3 km · building in Machida, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Yomiuri Giants Stadium
Yomiuri Giants Stadium is a baseball stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The stadium, which holds 4,000 people, also serves as the training home of the Yomiuri Giants.
3.1 km · building in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Felicia College of Childhood Education
Tsurukawa Women's Junior College is a private junior college in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. The precursor of the school was founded in 1926, and it was chartered as a university in 1968.
4 km · College in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 06St. Marianna University School of Medicine
St. Marianna University School of Medicine is a private university in Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
3.9 km · Japanese private medical university · Wikipedia - 07Inagi Central Park Comprehensive Gymnasium
Inagi Central Park Comprehensive Gymnasium is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan. It is owned by Inagi City and has been operated by the designated operator A Collaborative Project to Color the Town of Inagi Together since April 2024.
3.6 km · Indoor arena and gymnasium in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Asao-ku, Kawasaki
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 26 km · Narita (NRT), 82 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 104 km
- Stations
- Kakio Station, 1.8 km · Shin-Yurigaoka Station, 200 m · Yomiuri-Land-mae Station, 2.4 km · Ikuta Station, 3.5 km · Keiō-Yomiuri-Land Station, 3.4 km
- Narita → Asao-ku, Kawasaki76 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · ¥1,080–1,470
- Omitama → Asao-ku, Kawasaki104 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · ¥1,340–1,830
- Makinohara / Shimada → Asao-ku, Kawasaki148 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · ¥2,050–2,790
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Next door to Asao-ku, Kawasaki
Asao-ku, Kawasaki is 9 km from Machida, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.