Kamakura
city in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Kamakura is a city of Japan[1]. Kamakura ranks in the top 0.14% of city of japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,076 views/month, #1 of 691).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: League of Historical Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kanagawa Prefecture[4]
- Country: Japan[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Sagami Bay[6], Nameri River[7], Kashio River[8], Sunaoshi River[9]
- Head of government: Takashi Matsuo[10]
- Instance of: big city[11], tourist destination[12], ancient city[13]
- Shares border with: Yokohama[14], Zushi[15], Fujisawa[16]
- Named after: Kamakura[17]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Ōgigayatsu[18], Zaimokuza[19]
- Twinned administrative body: Nice[20], Ueda[21], Ashikaga[22], Dunhuang[23], Hagi[24]
- Legislative body: 鎌倉市議会[25]
- Postal code: 247-0052–248-0036[26]
- Part of: Shōnan[27]
- Commons category: Kamakura, Kanagawa[28]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[29], Japan Standard Time[30]
- Significant event: Siege of Kamakura[31]
- Official website: https://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kamakura[33]
- Commons gallery: 鎌倉[34]
- Population: 172,929[35], 173,019[36], 174,314[37]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Kamakura[38]
- Replaces: Kamakura[39], Koshigoe[40], Fukasawa[41], Ōfuna[42]
- Contains settlement: Kamakura[43], Koshigoe Area[44], Fukusawa Area[45], Ōfuna[46]
- Legal form: ordinary local public entity[47]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kamakura[48]
Why It Matters
Kamakura has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Kamakura is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]