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About Kita City (Kita-ku), Tokyo
Kita City has two major station areas where you can enjoy a leisurely stroll. The first is riverside Akabane, renowned for the famous Ichibangai Shopping Street and lively eateries. Oji Station is the other, offering a number of worthwhile spots in its vicinity.
About Akabane, Kita City
A fun and down-to-earth Tokyo neighborhood
Convenient, cheap and cheerful. That describes Akabane, a residential area on Tokyo’s northern border with Saitama that has true retro charm. Popular with Tokyo’s workers, the area comes alive at night when the narrow alleys around the station glow with red paper lanterns and revelers spill out of inexpensive bars and restaurants. Close by, the town of Oji is famous for cherry blossoms in spring and hydrangeas in summer at Asukayama Park, and its spectacular New Year’s Eve fox parade. Kyu-Furukawa Gardens is a popular green space nearby, with a mix of classical Japanese and European gardens surrounding a grand European mansion.
Everything is OK in Akabane
Diners and drinkers crowd into the cozy, lantern-lit alleys of Akabane Ichibangai and OK Yokocho around Akabane’s east exit from early afternoon, ready to forget the stresses of the day. The area evolved from a postwar black market and retains some of that raffish charm. It’s a good place to meet the locals, who are relaxed after the day’s work and ready to chat over a draft or two. You can find every kind of cuisine, from traditional eel restaurants to quick and tasty yakitori chicken skewers.
About Oji, Kita City
Discover an old area with a rich history and a tradition of papermaking
The area around Oji Station is rich with history, where papermakers, the city’s elite, and ancient shrines once thrived. Sit under cherry trees in one of Tokyo’s best parks, learn about the history of paper at a unique museum, and wander through ornate gardens.
Top 10 Things to do in Saitama
About Nishi Kawaguchi, Saitama Pref.
‘Neo-Chinatowns’ replace Tokyo red-light districts (Nikkei Asian Review, Sept. 08, 2018)
“TOKYO — An area near Nishi-Kawaguchi Station, just north of Tokyo, used to be a bustling red-light district.”
About Saitama Pref.
Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県, Saitama-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region. The capital is the city of Saitama.
This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and many of Saitama’s cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which many residents commute each day.
According to Sendai Kuji Hongi (Kujiki), Chichibu was one of 137 provinces during the reign of Emperor Sujin. Chichibu Province was in western Saitama.
Saitama Prefecture was formerly part of the old Musashi Province.
In the fifth year of the Keiun era (708), deposits of copper were reported to have been found in the Chichibu District of what is now Saitama Prefecture.
According to Sendai Kuji Hongi (Kujiki), Chichibu was one of 137 provinces during the reign of Emperor Sujin.[3] Chichibu Province was in western Saitama.
Saitama Prefecture was formerly part of the old Musashi Province.[4]
In the fifth year of the Keiun era (708), deposits of copper were reported to have been found in the Chichibu District of what is now Saitama Prefecture.
The Saitama area was historically known as a fertile agricultural region which produced much of the food for the Kantō region. During the Edo period, many fudai daimyōs ruled small domains within the Saitama area.
Saitama borders Tokyo but offers its own array of outdoor adventures and living Edo history
A major transportation hub and a stop on the way to Nikko during the Edo period, Saitama is now an urban commuter area. The Edo atmosphere remains, however, in many of its historic towns such as Kawagoe. Close enough to Tokyo to offer a quick getaway to the beauty of nature, mountainous areas like Chichibu offer easy hiking and seasonal flowers, while semi-rural Sayama is dotted with emerald-green tea fields.
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