Kawasaki, Iwate

This article is about the former village in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. For other uses, see Kawasaki (disambiguation).

Kawasaki 川崎村
Former municipality
Flag Emblem
Location of Kawasaki in Iwate Prefecture
Kawasaki Location in Japan
Coordinates: 38°54′4.1″N 141°15′50.5″E
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Iwate Prefecture
District	Higashiiwai
Merged	September 20, 2005 (now part of Ichinoseki)
Area
• Total	42.49 km2 (16.41 sq mi)
Population  (September 1, 2005)
• Total	4,384
• Density	103.18/km2 (267.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Symbols
Bird	Green pheasant
Flower	Chrysanthemum
Tree	Prunus mume

Kawasaki (川崎村, Kawasaki-mura) was a village located in Higashiiwai District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The village was famous for the annual Firework Festival in August and the E-Boat Race in early September.

Kawasaki village was created on September 30, 1956 by the merger of the villages of Usuginu and Kadozaki. On September 20, 2005, Kawasaki, along with the towns of Daitō, Higashiyama and Senmaya, the village of Murone (all from Higashiiwai District), and the town of Hanaizumi (from Nishiiwai District), was merged into the expanded city of Ichinoseki, and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

As of September 2005, the village had an estimated population of 4,384 and a population density of 103.18 persons per km². The total area was 42.49 km².

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)