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Kanagawa Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In medieval Japan, Kanagawa was part of the provinces of Sagami and Musashi. |
 | | Commodore Matthew Perry landed in Kanagawa in 1853 and 1854, and signed the Convention of Kanagawa to force open Japanese ports to the United States. |
 | | Kanagawa is a relatively small prefecture wedged between Tokyo on the north, the foothills of Mount Fuji on the northwest, and the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay on the south and east. |
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