VOLUME 14
KANAGAWA
Kamakura Great Buddha, Hakone Mount Fuji Views & Yokohama Minato Mirai
Evening softens over Yokohama Bay. The Cosmo Clock 21 begins its slow chromatic shift on the Minato Mirai waterfront, and the brick of the Akarenga warehouses cools from red to rust. A harbour ferry slips out toward the Bay Bridge, leaving a wake that catches the first neon. From the promenade in Yamashita Park, the rose beds give off their last warm scent of the day, and the Marine Tower's lattice cuts a thin silhouette against a sky still reluctant to dark. Kanagawa, at this hour, becomes a string of small lit rooms strung along a coast. In Chinatown the Zenrinmon gate gleams under its lanterns, and a steamer of shumai opens on a counter inside. South of the port, the Daibutsu sits open to whatever weather Kamakura sends, its bronze patient with rain and pigeons. The Enoden clatters along the Shichirigahama seawall, and surfers paddle in against a wind already smelling of autumn. Inland, the Hakone Tozan Railway works its switchbacks under maples turning early. Steam drifts from Owakudani. At Lake Ashi the red torii of Hakone Shrine stands knee-deep in cold water, Fuji standing behind. In between sit the smaller things: yosegi tiles fitted by hand in Odawara workshops, katsuobushi shavers in Yokohama back kitchens, shirasu bowls in Enoshima teahouses, kamaboko boards stacked in cellophane. The book is forty pages. Begin anywhere.
“One coast, one caldera, forty quiet pages.”
- 40 original Kanagawa Prefecture illustrations
- Single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through
- 8.5 x 8.5 inch square format
- A mix of detailed and breathable compositions
- Brief editorial introduction to Kanagawa
- Anyone with an interest in Japan, its culture, and its coastal landscapes
- Adults who use coloring for relaxation, quiet focus, and detailed line art in the Johanna Basford tradition
- A considered gift for friends and family with a love of Japan
The Kanagawa coloring book is Volume 14 of Sora Mikami's Prefectures of Japan series, a 47-volume collection that explores Japan one prefecture at a time. It gathers 40 original black-line illustrations of Kanagawa. It draws on Kamakura Great Buddha, Hakone Mount Fuji Views, and Yokohama Minato Mirai, alongside the everyday scenes Kanagawa considers its own.
You will find Kamakura Great Buddha, Hakone Mount Fuji Views, and Yokohama Minato Mirai, together with the landmarks, food, and quiet corners that give Kanagawa its character. The compositions move between detailed, intricate pages and calmer, more breathable ones, so there is something for every mood.
Yes. The book mixes detailed illustrations with more open, breathable designs, so beginners and experienced colorists alike can settle in. The large 8.5 x 8.5 inch square pages give you plenty of room to work, and every page is printed single-sided.
Colored pencils, markers, and gel pens all work beautifully. Because every illustration is printed single-sided on white paper, you can use heavier media without bleed-through onto another design. Slip a sheet of card behind the page if you want to be sure.
It is Volume 14 of a planned 47, one book for every Japanese prefecture. The volumes can be coloured in any order, and together they sketch the whole country one place at a time. Kanagawa sits in the Kanto region of Japan.
