Kakogawa, Hyōgo

Kakogawa
加古川市

Special city

Kakogawa City Montage

Flag

Symbol

Location of Kakogawa in Hyōgo

Kakogawa

Location in Japan

Coordinates: 34°45′N 134°50′E / 34.750°N 134.833°ECoordinates: 34°45′N 134°50′E / 34.750°N 134.833°E

Government

• Mayor

Yasuhiro Okada

Area

• Total

138.51 km² (53.48 sq mi)

Population (September 1, 2016)

• Total

266,433

• Density

1,923.98/km² (4,983.1/sq mi)

Symbols

• Tree

Japanese Black Pine

• Flower

Azalea

Time zone

Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

City hall address

2000 Kakogawachō Kitazaike, Kakogawa-shi Hyōgo-ken
675-8501

Website

www.city.kakogawa.lg.jp

Kakogawa (加古川市, Kakogawa-shi) is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on June 15, 1950.

As of September 1, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 266,433 and a population density of 1,923.98 persons per km². The total area is 138.51 km².

The city offers easy access to Himeji (about 10 mins), Kobe (about 30 mins) and Osaka (about 50 mins) by JR Line.

The city currently has a sister city relationship with Maringá, in Brazil, and Auckland, in New Zealand.

Culture

Architecture

Kakurin-ji - Taishidō completed in 1112, and Main Hall was completed in 1397. Both are National Treasures of Japan.

Special Dishes

Katsumeshi is a speciality of Kakogawa. The dish is essentially a beef cutlet served on top of plate of rice with demi-glace sauce. It is a must-try if you are in the area.

Famous people

Tomonori Jinnai

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kakogawa, Hyogo.

Kakogawa City official website (in Japanese)

Hyōgo Prefecture
Kobe (capital)
Wards of Kobe	Chūō Higashinada Hyōgo Kita Nada Nagata Nishi Suma Tarumi
Core cities	Amagasaki Himeji Nishinomiya
Special cities	Akashi Kakogawa Takarazuka
Cities	Aioi Akō Asago Ashiya Awaji Itami Kasai Katō Kawanishi Miki Minamiawaji Nishiwaki Ono Sanda Sasayama Shisō Sumoto Takasago Tamba Tatsuno Toyooka Yabu
Akō District	Kamigōri
Ibo District	Taishi
Kako District	Harima Inami
Kanzaki District	Fukusaki Ichikawa Kamikawa
Kawabe District	Inagawa
Mikata District	Kami Shin'onsen
Sayō District	Sayō
Taka District	Taka
List of mergers in Hyōgo Prefecture

Metropolitan cities of Japan

Tokyo Metropolis	Special wards of Tokyo^※ (Adachi Arakawa Bunkyo Chiyoda Chūō Edogawa Itabashi Katsushika Kita Koto Meguro Minato Nakano Nerima Ōta Setagaya Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Suginami Sumida Toshima Taitō)
Designated cities	Chiba^※ Fukuoka^※ Hamamatsu Hiroshima^※ Kawasaki Kitakyushu Kobe^※ Kumamoto^※ Kyoto^※ Nagoya^※ Niigata^※ Okayama^※ Osaka^※ Sagamihara Saitama^※ Sakai Sapporo^※ Sendai^※ Shizuoka^※ Yokohama^※
Core cities	Akita^※ Amagasaki Aomori^※ Asahikawa Fukuyama Funabashi Gifu^※ Hachinohe Hachiōji Hakodate Higashiōsaka Himeji Hirakata Iwaki Kagoshima^※ Kanazawa^※ Kashiwa Kawagoe Kōchi^※ Kōriyama Koshigaya Kurashiki Kure Kurume Maebashi^※ Matsuyama^※ Miyazaki^※ Morioka^※ Naha Nagano^※ Nagasaki^※ Nara^※ Nishinomiya Ōita^※ Okazaki Ōtsu^※ Sasebo Shimonoseki Takamatsu^※ Takasaki Takatsuki Toyama^※ Toyohashi Toyonaka Toyota Utsunomiya^※ Wakayama^※ Yokosuka
Special cities	Akashi Atsugi Chigasaki Fuji Fukui^※ Hiratsuka Ibaraki Ichinomiya Isesaki Jōetsu Kakogawa Kasugai Kasukabe Kawaguchi Kishiwada Kōfu^※ Kumagaya Matsue^※ Matsumoto Mito^※ Nagaoka Neyagawa Numazu Odawara Ōta Saga^※ Sōka Suita Takarazuka Tokorozawa Tottori^※ Tsukuba Yamagata^※ Yamato Yao Yokkaichi
Prefectural capitals	Fukushima Tsu Tokushima Yamaguchi

Note: ^※ also a prefectural capital

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