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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, Kawasaki
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Yomiuriland

    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
  2. 02
    Showa 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
  3. 03
    Buaisō

    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
  4. 04
    Yomiuri 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
  5. 05
    Felicia 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
  6. 06
    St. 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
  7. 07
    Inagi 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

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, Kawasaki
    76 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · ¥1,080–1,470
  • Omitama → Asao-ku, Kawasaki
    104 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · ¥1,340–1,830
  • Makinohara / Shimada → Asao-ku, Kawasaki
    148 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · ¥2,050–2,790
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Asao-ku, Kawasaki

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Asao-ku, Kawasaki. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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  5. 05
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Around it

Next door to Asao-ku, Kawasaki

Asao-ku, Kawasaki is 9 km from Machida, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Inagicity in Tokyo, Japan3.8 km
  • Banditsteel roller coaster located at Yomiuriland in the city of Inagi, near Tokyo, Japan2.7 km
  • Yurigaokatown located in Asao-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan1 km