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Urawa, Saitama

Urawa was a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Urawa, Saitama
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The place

Urawa was a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. On May 1, 2001, Urawa was merged with the cities of Ōmiya and Yono to create the city of Saitama. Since April 1, 2003, the area of former Urawa City has been divided into 4 wards: Urawa-ku, Midori-ku, Minami-ku and Sakura-ku of Saitama City. The city hall and the prefectural government building are located in Urawa-ku.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Urawa, Saitama

4 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.

  1. 01
    Saitama Super Arena

    Saitama Super Arena, currently known as GMO Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then was officially opened on September 1 of the same year.

    3.6 km · multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Cathedral, Urawa

    The Cathedral of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, also called the Urawa Church, is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Urawa, Saitama prefecture, Japan.

    1.1 km · church building in Saitama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

    The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama is a museum in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums that are supported by a prefecture.

    700 m · art museum in Saitama, Saitama, Japan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Urawa Racecourse

    Urawa Racecourse is a racecourse located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

    2.1 km · racecourse in Saitama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Urawa, Saitama

Airports
Tokyo Haneda (HND), 37 km · Narita (NRT), 67 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 77 km
Stations
Saitama-Shintoshin Station, 3.4 km · Kita-Urawa Station, 700 m · Musashi-Urawa Station, 2.3 km · Naka-Urawa Station, 1.8 km · Minami-Urawa Station, 2.7 km
  • Narita → Urawa, Saitama
    60 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · ¥940–1,280
  • Omitama → Urawa, Saitama
    75 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · ¥990–1,350
  • Makinohara / Shimada → Urawa, Saitama
    177 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · ¥2,430–3,320
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Urawa, Saitama

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 Urawa, Saitama. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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Around it

Next door to Urawa, Saitama

Urawa, Saitama is 5 km from Saitama, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Saitamacity in Saitama Prefecture, Japan700 m
  • Chūō-kuward of Saitama, Saitama, Japan2.9 km
  • Minami-kuone of the 10 wards of Saitama City, Saitama prefecture4 km
  • Urawadissolved municipality in Saitama prefecture, Japan700 m
  • Yonodissolved municipality in Saitama prefecture, Japan2.9 km