10 Facts About Saitama Prefecture

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kanto region of Honshu.

Saitama Prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world, and many of its cities are described as bedroom communities and suburbs of Tokyo with many residents commuting into the city each day.

Saitama Prefecture District was one of Musashi's 21 ritsuryo districts.

Saitama Prefecture area was historically known as a fertile agricultural region which produced much of the food for the Kanto region.

Kawagoe Prefecture was consolidated with other territories into Iruma Prefecture which consisted of 13 districts of Musashi in the Western part of present-day Saitama.

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The first city in Saitama Prefecture was only established in 1922 when Kawagoe Town from Iruma District became Kawagoe City.

Saitama Prefecture is bordered by Tokyo, Chiba, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Nagano, and Yamanashi Prefectures.

The northern and north-western border lines with Gunma Saitama Prefecture are marked by the Tone River and the Kanagawa River and the drainage divides of the Arakawa River and Kanagawa River.

Topography of Saitama Prefecture is largely divided by the Hachioji Tectonic Line, which runs through Kodama, Ogawa, and Hanno, into the western mountain area and the eastern lowland area.

Saitama Prefecture has a number of sister city relationships with states and a province as listed below .