Kashiwa

Kashiwa

柏市
Kashiwa 柏市
Core city
	Park City Kashiwanoha Campus
Kashiwa Station	Kashiwa No.2 Shopping Arcade
Kashiwa Stadium	LaLaport Kashiwanoha
Akebonoyama Park	Kashiwanoha-campus Station
	Flag Seal
	Location of Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture
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	Coordinates: 35°52′3.3″N 139°58′32.7″E / 35.867583°N 139.975750°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Chiba
Government
• Mayor	Kazumi Ota (since November 2021)
Area
• Total	114.74 km2 (44.30 sq mi)
Population (May 1, 2024)
• Total	435,578
• Density	3,800/km2 (9,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
City symbols
• tree	Daimyo oak, Castanopsis
• Flower	Phlox subulata; Erythronium japonicum; sunflower
• Bird	Azure-winged magpie
Phone number	04-7167-1111
Address	5-10-1 Kashiwa, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba-ken 270-8505
Website	Official website

Kashiwa (柏市, Kashiwa-shi) is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.^[1] As of May 1, 2024^[update], the city had an estimated population of 435,578 in 199,926 households and a population density of 3800 persons per km².^[2] The total area of the city is 114.72 square kilometres (44.29 sq mi).

The name of the city is written with a single kanji character: 柏, a reference to Quercus dentata, commonly known in English as the Japanese emperor oak or daimyo oak.

^ "Kashiwa". Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on August 25, 2007. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
^ "Kashiwa city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.

[enc-1] "Kashiwa". Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on August 25, 2007. Retrieved 2012-07-17.

[Kashiwa-hp-2] "Kashiwa city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.

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