Koshigaya
title: "Koshigaya" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-in-saitama-prefecture", "koshigaya,-saitama"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koshigaya" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Koshigaya |
| native_name | 越谷市 |
| settlement_type | Core city |
| image_skyline | Koshigaya City Hall Saitama Japan 1.jpg |
| image_caption | Koshigaya City Hall |
| image_flag | Flag of Koshigaya, Saitama.svg |
| image_seal | Emblem of Koshigaya, Saitama.svg |
| image_map | Koshigaya in Saitama Prefecture Ja.svg |
| map_caption | Location of Koshigaya in Saitama Prefecture |
| pushpin_map | Japan |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| coordinates | |
| coor_pinpoint | |
| coordinates_footnotes | tags -- |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Japan |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Kantō |
| subdivision_type2 | Prefecture |
| subdivision_name2 | Saitama |
| established_title | |
| seat_type | |
| government_footnotes | tags -- |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Tsutomu Takahashi |
| leader_name1 | |
| total_type | |
| unit_pref | |
| area_magnitude | |
| area_footnotes | tags -- |
| area_total_km2 | 60.24 |
| elevation_footnotes | tags -- |
| population_footnotes | tags -- |
| population_total | 345,353 |
| population_as_of | February 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_demonym | |
| timezone1 | Japan Standard Time |
| utc_offset1 | +9 |
| area_code_type | |
| blank_name_sec1 | Phone number |
| blank_info_sec1 | 048-982-5111 |
| blank1_name_sec1 | Address |
| blank1_info_sec1 | 4-2-1 Koshigaya, Koshigaya-shi, Saitama-ken 343-8501 |
| blank_name_sec2 | Climate |
| blank_info_sec2 | Cfa |
| website | |
| module | {{Infobox place symbols |
| tree | Zelkova serrata |
| flower | Chrysanthemum |
| bird | Eurasian collared dove |
| :: |
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Koshigaya is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 345,353 in 158,022 households and a population density of 5700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 60.24 sqkm. It is famous for producing daruma dolls.
Geography
Koshigaya is situated in eastern Saitama Prefecture, in the alluvial plain of the Nakagawa basin between the Omiya plateau and the Shimosa plateau. Most of the city area is flat with an average elevation of only five meters above sea level. Many rivers, including the Motoara River, Naka River, Ayase River, Furutone River, and Sakagawa River flow through the city. Koshigaya, which is about 25 kilometers north of Tokyo and developed as a transportation for water and land transportation from premodern times.
Surrounding municipalities
Climate
Koshigaya has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Koshigaya is 14.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1408 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.1 °C.
|width = auto |collapsed = Y |metric first = Y |single line = Y |location = Koshigaya (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present) |Jan record high C = 18.9 |Feb record high C = 24.3 |Mar record high C = 27.7 |Apr record high C = 30.3 |May record high C = 35.1 |Jun record high C = 35.8 |Jul record high C = 40.2 |Aug record high C = 40.4 |Sep record high C = 37.9 |Oct record high C = 33.6 |Nov record high C = 26.1 |Dec record high C = 25.9 |year record high C = 40.4 |Jan high C = 9.6 |Feb high C = 10.6 |Mar high C = 14.1 |Apr high C = 19.6 |May high C = 24.1 |Jun high C = 26.7 |Jul high C = 30.7 |Aug high C = 32.1 |Sep high C = 27.9 |Oct high C = 22.1 |Nov high C = 16.6 |Dec high C = 11.8 |year high C = 20.5 |Jan mean C = 4.2 |Feb mean C = 5.2 |Mar mean C = 8.7 |Apr mean C = 13.9 |May mean C = 18.7 |Jun mean C = 22.0 |Jul mean C = 25.9 |Aug mean C = 27.1 |Sep mean C = 23.3 |Oct mean C = 17.5 |Nov mean C = 11.6 |Dec mean C = 6.5 |year mean C = 15.4 |Jan low C = -0.5 |Feb low C = 0.4 |Mar low C = 3.6 |Apr low C = 8.7 |May low C = 14.0 |Jun low C = 18.2 |Jul low C = 22.2 |Aug low C = 23.4 |Sep low C = 19.7 |Oct low C = 13.7 |Nov low C = 7.3 |Dec low C = 1.8 |year low C = 11.0 |Jan record low C = -7.5 |Feb record low C = -7.1 |Mar record low C = -4.9 |Apr record low C = -1.4 |May record low C = 4.7 |Jun record low C = 10.6 |Jul record low C = 14.1 |Aug record low C = 15.4 |Sep record low C = 10.2 |Oct record low C = 4.2 |Nov record low C = -1.8 |Dec record low C = -5.3 |year record low C = -7.5 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 50.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 47.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 94.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 109.8 |May precipitation mm = 124.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 144.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 138.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 134.3 |Sep precipitation mm = 197.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 203.4 |Nov precipitation mm = 78.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 50.3 |year precipitation mm = 1366.9 |Jan precipitation days = 4.4 |Feb precipitation days = 5.0 |Mar precipitation days = 9.2 |Apr precipitation days = 9.9 |May precipitation days = 10.2 |Jun precipitation days = 12.0 |Jul precipitation days = 11.0 |Aug precipitation days = 8.6 |Sep precipitation days = 11.0 |Oct precipitation days = 10.1 |Nov precipitation days = 7.3 |Dec precipitation days = 5.2 |year precipitation days = 103.4 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan sun = 199.6 |Feb sun = 181.7 |Mar sun = 185.3 |Apr sun = 184.0 |May sun = 182.5 |Jun sun = 128.9 |Jul sun = 153.4 |Aug sun = 180.1 |Sep sun = 134.7 |Oct sun = 135.5 |Nov sun = 153.7 |Dec sun = 174.5 |year sun = 1993.9 |source = Japan Meteorological Agency{{cite web | url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/rank_a.php?prec_no=43&block_no=0364&year=&month=&day=&view=h0 |script-title=ja:観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値） | publisher = JMA | access-date = February 26, 2022}}{{cite web | url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_amd_ym.php?prec_no=43&block_no=0364&year=&month=&day=&view=h0 |script-title=ja:気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値） | publisher = JMA | access-date = February 26, 2022}}}}
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Koshigaya has increased rapidly from the 1960s.
| 1960 | 49,585 | 1970 | 139,368 | 1980 | 223,241 | 1990 | 285,259 | 2000 | 308,307 | 2010 | 326,313 | 2020 | 341,621 |align = none |footnote =
History
The area around Koshigaya was an inlet of the sea in the Jōmon period and was settle during the Yayoi or early Kofun period. In the Nara period, it was a border area straddling Musashi and Shimōsa Provinces. 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 town also had a riverine connection with Edo and served as a transportation and transshipment center.
Municipal timeline
- The town of Koshigaya (then spelled 越ヶ谷) was created within Minamisaitama District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern 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 of its name to its present form.
- Koshigaya annexed the 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.
Government
Koshigaya has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 32 members. Koshigaya contributes four members to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Saitama 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Economy
Koshigaya is a major regional commercial center with a diversified industrial base.
Education
- Bunkyo University
- Saitama Prefectural University
- Saitama Toho Junior College
- Koshigaya has 30 public elementary schools and 15 public middle schools operated by the city government, and six public high schools operated by the Saitama Prefectural Board of Education. In addition, there are one private middle school and two private high schools. The prefecture also operates two special education schools for the handicapped.
Transportation
Railway
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/JR_logo_(east).svg" caption="20px]] [[JR East]] – [[Musashino Line"] ::
35px Tōbu Railway - Tōbu Isesaki Line
Highway
Sister cities
- Australia Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, since April 11, 1984
Local attractions
- Aeon Laketown shopping mall
- Aritaki Arboretum
In fiction
The actual scenery of Koshigaya is set in the anime and manga series, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. albeit with the name of "Oborozuka".
Notable people
- Yasue Funayama, politician
- Sumio Iijima, scientist
- Abi Masatora, sumo wrestler
- Tsubasa Masuwaka, fashion model
- Junri Namigata, professional tennis player
- Boniface Nduka, football player
- Yuka Ogino, tarento
- Atsushi Satō, one of the lead vocalists of EXILE
- Ryuto Yasuoka, basketball player
References
References
- "Koshigaya city official statistics".
- [https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/saitama/koshigaya-5657/ Koshigaya climate data]
- [https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-saitama.php Koshigaya population statistics]
- "International Exchange". Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR).
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