The prefectural capital is Yokohama.
Kanagawa Prefecture is divided into three, mountain land, a plain, and an area along the shore. In a western part, the mountains of hakone and tanzawa stand in a row. And the river of the central part and a western part is used as water resources of Kanagawa Prefecture. Moreover, there are many human-made lakes.
The 426-km coastline serves as a developed port.
Kanagawa Prefecture is blessed with tourist attractions. And there are many popular tourist resorts. Especially the hot spring of hakone, a nature park, and Kamakura are famous. As for agriculture, a cabbage, a Japanese radish, milk, pork, a pear, and a mandarin orange are produced.
A fishing has deep-sea fishing and coastal fishery.
The tuna of a misaki fishing port is the 2nd amount of money for landing in Japan.
Industry forms one corner in Keihin industrial area facing Tokyo Bay. And the shipment value of a product is the 2nd in Japan.
A cities, towns and villages list is here.
| Ranking of Kanagawa | ||
| Item | National ranking | Outline |
| Area (2009) | The 42st place | 2,416 square kilometers |
| The number of cities, wards, towns, and villages (2010) | The 24st place | 33 cities, towns and villages |
| Population (2008) | The 2th place | 8,798,289 persons |
| Number of households (2008) | The 2th place | 3832776 households |
| People-of-the-prefecture gross product (substance) (2007) | The 4th place | 34,514,432 (unit: 1 million yen) |