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Kashiwa
is a city located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of December 1, 2015, the city had an estimated population of 411,602 and a population density of 3,590 persons per km. The total area was .
The name of the city of Kashiwa in the Japanese language is written with a single kanji character, , a reference to Quercus dentata, commonly known in English as the daimyo oak.