Kumagaya, Saitama

Kumagaya (Japanese熊 谷 市, - shi) is a city in northern Saitama Prefecture.

Geography

Kumagaya is located north of Saitama and Konosu, east of Fukaya and west of Gyoda.

The Arakawa river flows from south-west to south-east and the River Tone from northwest to northeast through the city.

History

Kumagaya was a post station (宿 场 町Shukuba -machi ) of Nakasendō during the Edo period. On April 1, 1933 Kumagaya received its town charter. On August 14, 1945 flew B-29 bombers recent airstrike in the Pacific war on a Japanese city against Kumagaya.

Attractions

  • Uchiwa hard
  • Fireworks Festival

Traffic

  • Street: National road 17 to Tōkyō or Niigata
  • National Road 125 Katori
  • National Road 140 according to Chichibu
  • National Road 407 after Iruma and Ashikaga
  • Nakasendō
  • JR Takasaki Line, Railway Station Kumagaya and Kagohara, to Ueno or Takasaki
  • JR Joetsu Shinkansen, Station Kumagaya, by Tōkyō or Niigata
  • JR Nagano Shinkansen, Station Kumagaya, by Tōkyō or Nagano
  • Chichibu Chichibu tetsudō main line to Chichibu or Hanyū

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Saitama Prefecture Gyoda
  • Konosu
  • Fukaya
  • Higashimatsuyama
  • Yoshimi
  • Ōta
  • Oizumi
  • Chiyoda

Twinning

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Jun'ya Koga ( float )
  • Nanae Aoyama ( writer )
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