ÅŒmiya-ku, Saitama

Ōmiya -ku (Japanese大 宫 区) is a municipality ( ku ) of the Japanese city of Saitama. Ōmiya lies on the River Arakawa near Tokyo, where a large part of the population works.

History

As an independent city with over 450,000 inhabitants Ōmiya was (大 宫 市, -shi) to 2001, the administrative headquarters of Saitama Prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan. On 1 May 2001 Ōmiya as a city ( shi) was dissolved and merged with Urawa, Yono and Iwatsuki the new prefectural capital Saitama, in the former city Ōmiya forms the northern districts Ōmiya, Kita, Nishi and Minuma.

Traffic

Road

  • National road 17 to Tōkyō or Niigata
  • Tohoku Expressway Aomori
  • Nakasendō

Train

  • JR Takasaki Line, Railway Station Ōmiya, to Ueno (Tokyo) or Takasaki
  • JR Utsunomiya Line, Railway Station Ōmiya, Utsunomiya and Aomori
  • JR Keihin - Tohoku Line, Railway Station Ōmiya, to Yokohama
  • JR Saikyo Line

Sports

Saitama, Saitama Wards of Japan Cities of Japan Kita-ku (Saitama) Nishi-ku (Saitama) Minuma-ku (Saitama) Aomori, Aomori Takasaki, Gunma Midori-ku (Saitama) Minami-ku (Saitama) Sakura-ku (Saitama) Urawa-ku (Saitama)
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