Kashiwa

Coordinates: 35°52′3.3″N139°58′32.7″E / 35.867583°N 139.975750°E / 35.867583; 139.975750CountryJapanRegionKantōPrefectureChibaGovernment • MayorKazumi Ota (since November 2021)Area114.74 km (44.30 sq mi)Population435,578 • Density3,796.2/km (9,832.2/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)City symbols• treeDaimyo oak, Castanopsis• FlowerPhlox subulata; Erythronium japonicum; sunflower• BirdAzure-winged magpiePhone number04-7167-1111Address5-10-1 Kashiwa, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba-ken 270-8505WebsiteOfficial website

Kashiwa (柏市, Kashiwa-shi) is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 435,578 in 199,926 households and a population density of 3800 persons per km. 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: , a reference to Quercus dentata, commonly known in English as the Japanese emperor oak or daimyo oak.