Kakogawa, Hyōgo

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 currently has a sister city relationship with Maringá, in Brazil, and Waitakere City, 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 (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^※ 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^※ Hachinohe 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

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 141904159 NDL: 00285788

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