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17-540: Kawagoe may refer to: Places [ edit ] Kawagoe, Saitama , a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan Kawagoe, Mie , a town in Mie Prefecture, Japan Kawagoe Domain , a former domain of Japan Other uses [ edit ] Kawagoe (surname) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

34-469: A bicycle sharing scheme in the city centre, with eight pickup/parking locations. Kawagoe is twinned with the following six municipalities in Japan and worldwide. Kawagoe is famous for its sweet potatoes , and the local "Candy Street" sells such treats as sweet potato chips, sweet potato ice cream, sweet potato coffee, and even sweet potato beer, brewed at the local Coedo Brewery. Some of its streets preserve

51-643: Is also depicted in many anime such as Toaru Kagaku no Railgun and Arakawa Under the Bridge , which is set on the riverbank. The Arakawa plays a small but significant background role in the game Yakuza 4 . Main character Masayoshi Tanimura spends the game trying to discover who murdered his father, Taigi, whose body was dumped in the Arakawa after he was killed. 36°08′10″N 139°22′06″E  /  36.13611°N 139.36833°E  / 36.13611; 139.36833 This Saitama Prefecture location article

68-621: The Musashino Terrace of central Saitama Prefecture, both the Arakawa and the Iruma Rivers flow through the city, which is approximately 30 kilometers from downtown Tokyo. The city area is approximately 16.3 km east–west and approximately 13.8 km north–south. The altitude is 18.5 meters above sea level in Motomachi, the highest at the southern end of the city is 50.7 meters, the lowest in

85-666: The Arakawa River have been made since the area that is now Tokyo became the de facto capital of Japan during the Edo period . Following a major flood in 1910 that damaged a large part of central Tokyo, a 22-kilometre (14 mi) long drainage canal was constructed between 1911 and 1924. In 1996 an agreement was signed to make it a "sister river" of the Potomac River in the eastern United States. This means that officials and volunteers from both river areas collaborate with each other. This river

102-629: The city government, and one private elementary school and four private combined middle/high schools. The city has seven public high schools operated by the Saitama Board of Education, one by the Kawagoe city government and three private high schools. The prefecture also operates three special education schools for the handicapped. [REDACTED] JR East – Kawagoe Line [REDACTED] Tōbu Railway - Tōbu Tōjō Line [REDACTED] Seibu Railway - Seibu Shinjuku Line The city of Kawagoe operates

119-561: The city served as an important base of operations when the Later Hōjō clan sought to gain control of the Kantō. For roughly two decades after that, the Uesugi launched a number of attempts to regain the region. This culminated in the 1545 Battle of Kawagoe , as the heavily outnumbered Hōjō garrison of Kawagoe defeated an attempted siege of Kawagoe Castle. This victory would lead to the end of Uesugi power in

136-577: The eastern part is 6.9 meters. Saitama Prefecture Kawagoe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kawagoe is 14.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1448 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.5 °C. Per Japanese census data,

153-735: The north. During the Edo period , Kawagoe Castle was the headquarters of the Kawagoe Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate , which had the largest kokudaka of any holding in the Kantō region outside of the control of the Tokugawa clan. The city prospered as a commercial and transshipment center and was nicknamed the "kitchen of Edo". After the Meiji restoration , it briefly became capital of Kawagoe Prefecture (1871) then Iruma Prefecture (1871–1873), before becoming part of Saitama Prefecture. The town of Kawagoe

170-493: The old castle town of the Edo period (17th to 19th centuries). Kawagoe Festival is held every year on the third Saturday and Sunday of October. In 2016, it was designated as an " Intangible cultural heritage ". Arakawa River (Kant%C5%8D) The Arakawa River or Ara River ( Japanese : 荒川 , Hepburn : Arakawa , "kawa" (川) already means "river") is a 173-kilometre (107 mi) long river that flows through Saitama Prefecture and Tokyo . Its average flow in 2002

187-671: The population of Kawagoe has increased steadily over the past century. Kawagoe is part of ancient Musashi Province and the area was heavily contested between the Later Hōjō clan and the two branches of the Uesugi clan , as they vied for control of the Kantō region . In the 1450s, Kawagoe was held by the Yamanouchi branch of the Uesugi Clan. Decades later, Hōjō Ujitsuna seized Kawagoe Castle in 1537, and

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204-521: The region, and the near-total destruction of the clan. The Hōjō having secured themselves in the region, Kawagoe served for another forty-five years as a satellite castle town defending Edo, and the clan's central castle at Odawara . Kawagoe's location on the Arakawa River and near the Edo River were important elements of its tactical significance in defending the Kantō region from potential attacks from

221-498: The title Kawagoe . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kawagoe&oldid=875615718 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kawagoe, Saitama Located in

238-551: Was 30 m /s. It originates on Mount Kobushi in Saitama Prefecture , and empties into Tokyo Bay . It has a total catchment area of 2,940 km (1,140 sq mi). The river is one of Tokyo's major sources of tap water , and together with the Tone River , accounts for around 80% of Tokyo's water supply as of 2018. The Okubo water purification plant takes water from the river. Attempts to control flooding of

255-477: Was created within Iruma District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. A large part of the town was destroyed in a fire on May 13, 1893 and was rebuilt with many structures using construction techniques of traditional kura warehouses. On December 1, 1922 Kawagoe merged with neighboring Senba Village, and was elevated to city status, with a population of 30,359. It

272-585: Was designated a core city with increased local autonomy. Kawagoe has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 36 members. Kawagoe contributes four members to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Saitama 7th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Kawagoe has 32 public elementary schools and 22 public middle schools operated by

289-447: Was the first municipality in Saitama Prefecture to receive city status. The village of Tanomozawa was annexed in 1939. The city escaped World War II with only minor damage. The city expanded in 1955 by annexing the villages of Yoshino, Furuya, Minamifuruya, Takashina, Fukuhara, Daito, Kasumigaseki, Naguwashi and Yamada. In December 1999, the old core of Kawagoe was designated a Historic Preservation District . On April 1, 2003, Kawagoe

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