Warabi, Saitama
Warabi (Japanese蕨 市, -shi ) is a city in Saitama Prefecture, located on the northern edge of the Japanese capital Tokyo.
Warabi hosted the Japanese Wushu Championships and is one of the few Japanese cities with a long tradition of wushu.
History
Warabi was established on 1 April 1959.
Traffic
- Street: National Road 17, according to Tōkyō or Niigata
- Nakasendō
- JR Keihin - Tohoku Line, Railway Station Warabi after Ōmiya or Yokohama
Twinning
Since 2002, a twinning with the German town of Linden. and with the U.S. city of El Dorado County in the U.S. state of California
Sons and daughters of the town
- Kotaro Suzuki (born 1978 ), wrestler
- Yana Toboso (* 1984), mangaka
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Saitama
- Kawaguchi
- Toda