Kashiwa柏市

Kashiwa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Kashiwa (柏市, Kashiwa-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 426,468 (2020 census), area 114.74 km². Borders 9 places.

A city (市 / shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.

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Facts

Japanese name

柏市

Reading

Kashiwa-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Chiba 千葉県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

426,468 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+3.0% from 413,954

Area

114.74 km²

Density

3,717 people per km²

Households

188,022

Under 15

12.5%

65 and over

26.5%

Foreign residents

9,618 (2.3%)

Code

12217 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.kashiwa.lg.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

9 places share a land border with Kashiwa. Borders across water are not counted.

• Toride City取手市(Ibaraki)
• Moriya City守谷市(Ibaraki)
• Matsudo City松戸市
• Noda City野田市
• Nagareyama City流山市
• Abiko City我孫子市
• Kamagaya City鎌ケ谷市
• Inzai City印西市
• Shiroi City白井市

Questions about Kashiwa

Is Kashiwa a city or a prefecture?

Kashiwa (柏市) is a city (市, shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.

Where is Kashiwa?

Kashiwa is in Chiba Prefecture (千葉県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Kashiwa?

426,468 at the 2020 census, up 3.0% from 413,954 in 2015. The area is 114.74 km², which is 3,717 people per km². 188,022 households. 26.5% of residents are 65 or older and 12.5% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Kashiwa?

Nine: Toride City (取手市) in Ibaraki, Moriya City (守谷市) in Ibaraki, Matsudo City (松戸市), Noda City (野田市), Nagareyama City (流山市), Abiko City (我孫子市), Kamagaya City (鎌ケ谷市), Inzai City (印西市), and Shiroi City (白井市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Kashiwa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Kashiwa written in Japanese?

柏市, read Kashiwa-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Kashiwa begin?

千葉県柏市… (Chiba-ken, Kashiwa-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.