Kasukabe
Kasukabe is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Kasukabe is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It was one of the special cities of Japan until their abolition in 2015. As of 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 233,278 in 108,328 households and a population density of 3,500 inhabitants per square kilometre (9,100/sq mi). The total area of the city is 66.00 square kilometres (25.48 sq mi). Kasukabe is famous for the production of kiri-tansu (桐箪笥), traditional tansu dressers made from paulownia wood. The cultural and economic value of the paulownia is reflected in its designation as the official town tree.
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Worth seeing in and around Kasukabe
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Saitama Stadium 2002
Saitama Stadium 2002, a.k.a. the Saitama Stadium or simply Saisuta, is a football stadium located in Midori-ku, Saitama, Japan.
8.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Iwatsuki Castle
Iwatsuki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tateyama Castle was home to the Ōoka clan, daimyō of Iwatsuki Domain, however the castle dates from the Muromachi period and was inhabited by many samurai lords over its history.
4.6 km · Japanese castle in Saitama city · Wikipedia - 03Tobu Zoo
Tobu Zoo is a combination of a zoo and an amusement park located in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, owned by Tobu Railway.
5.8 km · zoo and amusement park in Japan · Wikipedia - 04Jion-ji Temple (Saitama)
Jion-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Iwatsuki neighborhood of the city of Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai sect and its honzon is a statue of Senjū Kannon Bosatsu.
3.8 km · Buddhist temple in Saitama city, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Shimizu Park
Shimizu Park is a privately owned park located in Noda City in north-eastern Chiba prefecture about 65 kilometers north of Tokyo. It is located 200 meters west-north-west of Shimizu-kōen Station on the Tōbu Urban Park Line, which is roughly 30 km east of its terminus in central Saitama city.
8.9 km · park in Noda city, Chiba prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Shinpukuji Shell Mound
The Shinpukuji shell mound is an archaeological site in the Iwatsuki neighborhood of the city of Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan containing a late Jōmon period shell midden and settlement ruin. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1975, with the borders extended in 2002 and again in 2016.
5.6 km · archaeological site · Wikipedia - 07Nippon Institute of Technology
Nippon Institute of Technology is a private university in Miyashiro, Saitama, Japan, established in 1967.
6.7 km · college in Saitama, Japan · Wikipedia - 08University of Human Arts and Sciences
The University of Human Arts and Sciences is a private distance learning university with headquarters in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Saitama, Japan, established in 2000. It has a satellite campus in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
8.5 km · private university in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Shinmei Shell Mound
The Shinmei Shell Midden is an archaeological site in the Nishioyanoi neighborhood of the city of Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan containing am early Jōmon period shell midden and settlement ruin. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2020.
8.5 km · archaeological site · Wikipedia - 10Kurohama Shell Mound
The Kurohama shell mound is an archaeological site in the Kurohama neighborhood of the city of Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan containing a Jōmon period shell midden and settlement ruin. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2006.
8.3 km · Japanese archaeological site · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kasukabe
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 47 km · Narita (NRT), 62 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 64 km
- Stations
- Iwatsuki Station, 6 km · Hasuda Station, 9 km · Higashi-iwatsuki Station, 3.8 km · Kasukabe Station, 500 m · Kawama Station, 7.4 km
- Tokyo → Kasukabe33 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · ¥520–710
- Narita → Kasukabe56 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · ¥790–1,080
- Omitama → Kasukabe61 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · ¥950–1,290
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kasukabe
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kasukabe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Kasukabe
Kasukabe is 10 km from Koshigaya, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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