Koshigaya


Koshigaya is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 337,071, and a population density of 5,610 persons per km². Its total area is. It is famous for producing daruma dolls.

Geography

Koshigaya is situated in eastern Saitama Prefecture, about 30 km from downtown Tokyo, along the banks of the Motoarakawa River.

Surrounding municipalities

Koshigaya-shuku prospered during the Edo period as a post station on the Nikkō Kaidō and the Ōshū Kaidō highways, and the town served as the temporary residence of the Tokugawa shōgun after the 1657 Great Fire of Meireki which destroyed Edo Castle.
The modern town of Koshigaya was created within Minamisaitama District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It annexed the neighboring villages of Ozawa, Niikata, Sakurai, Obukuro, Ogishima, Dewa, Gamo, Osagami, and Masubayashi on November 3, 1954 and changed the spelling if its name to its present form. Koshigaya annexed neighboring village of Soka on November 3, 1955. Koshigaya was elevated to city status on November 3, 1958.
Koshigaya was elevated further to special city status on April 1, 2003 and to core city status on April 1, 2015.

Economy

Koshigaya is a major regional commercial center with a diversified industrial base.

Education

Railway