- Yokohama City has approximately 3.7 million people, making it Japan's largest municipality.
- Shin-Yokohama Station is the only additional station built after the Tokaido Shinkansen opened.
- Kanagawa is the only prefecture among 47 with three designated cities within its borders.
- Per capita coffee consumption ranks among the nation's highest.
- The Hakone Ekiden relay race started in 1920 with just four universities.
- Yokohama Chinatown has approximately 600 restaurants, making it one of the world's largest.
- The Kamakura Great Buddha was cast in 1252; earthquakes and tsunamis destroyed its hall, leaving it exposed.
- Southern All Stars, originated in Shonan, has provided music for the prefecture's tourism PR videos.
- The prefectural library's predecessor was the old Kanagawa Magistrate's Office in Yokohama.
- Sagamihara's urban layout stems from old army planning, retaining grid-pattern roads.
- The Shonan regional license plate was adopted through Japan's first popular vote.
- The dove in Hato Sable cookies depicts Hachiman deity's messenger from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.
- Sanma-men is a Yokohama-originated local ramen featuring moyashi ankake (bean sprout starch sauce).
- Tokyo Bay Ferry connects Kurihama Port and Boso Peninsula in just 40 minutes.
- Hakone hot springs have been cherished as healing destinations since the 17th century Edo period.