Saitama Prefecture

Kanto region · Prefecture

Saitama ranks 5th in Japan in population, and with 40 cities it has the most cities of any prefecture. Many residents commute to central Tokyo, yet history and nature are also close at hand, such as the storehouse-style streets of Kawagoe and the mountains of Chichibu.

Kawagoe, "Little Edo"
Chichibu Night Festival
The Railway Museum
Soka senbei (rice crackers)

Key facts

Prefectural capital: Saitama City
Municipalities: 63 (40 cities, 22 towns, 1 village)
Population: 7,287,325 5th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −0.8% 43rd in Japanfrom 7,344,765 in 2020
Area: 3,798 km² 39th in Japan
Population density: 1,919 people/km² 4th in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 47 prefectures, ordered by this site from these values.

Places to know

Saitama City A designated city that includes Omiya and Urawa. Home to the Railway Museum and the Bonsai Village.
Kawagoe City Streets of storehouse-style buildings and the Toki no Kane bell tower.
Chichibu City The Chichibu Night Festival and sightseeing among the mountains.

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Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).

National parks in Saitama Prefecture

Chichibu-Tama-Kai National ParkTotal park area 1,263 km²Also in Tokyo, Yamanashi, Nagano

Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks

Municipalities in Saitama Prefecture (63)

Municipality	Population	5-year change	Area
Saitama City	1,344,865	+1.6%	217 km²
Kawagoe City	354,567	−0.0%	109 km²
Kumagaya City	188,037	−3.3%	160 km²
Kawaguchi City	591,712	−0.4%	61.95 km²
Gyoda City	76,111	−3.2%	67.49 km²
Chichibu City	54,609	−8.5%	578 km²
Tokorozawa City	342,537	+0.0%	72.11 km²
Hanno City	77,707	−3.3%	193 km²
Kazo City	109,480	−1.9%	133 km²
Honjo City	76,337	−2.8%	89.69 km²
Higashimatsuyama City	91,816	+0.0%	65.35 km²
Kasukabe City	223,939	−2.5%	66.00 km²
Sayama City	142,970	−3.9%	48.99 km²
Hanyu City	52,198	−1.3%	58.64 km²
Konosu City	115,494	−1.1%	67.44 km²
Fukaya City	138,393	−2.0%	138 km²
Ageo City	224,634	−1.0%	45.51 km²
Soka City	251,360	+1.2%	27.46 km²
Koshigaya City	341,497	−0.0%	60.24 km²
Warabi City	75,454	+1.6%	5.11 km²
Toda City	139,232	−1.2%	18.19 km²
Iruma City	140,150	−3.8%	44.69 km²
Asaka City	147,233	+4.4%	18.34 km²
Shiki City	75,036	−0.4%	9.05 km²
Wako City	83,591	−0.5%	11.04 km²
Niiza City	164,882	−0.7%	22.78 km²
Okegawa City	72,962	−2.4%	25.35 km²
Kuki City	147,464	−2.1%	82.41 km²
Kitamoto City	64,319	−1.4%	19.82 km²
Yashio City	93,410	+0.1%	18.02 km²
Fujimi City	112,751	+0.8%	19.77 km²
Misato City	140,568	−1.1%	30.13 km²
Hasuda City	60,368	−1.8%	27.28 km²
Sakado City	99,273	−1.0%	41.02 km²
Satte City	47,754	−4.6%	33.93 km²
Tsurugashima City	70,627	+0.7%	17.65 km²
Hidaka City	53,231	−2.5%	47.48 km²
Yoshikawa City	71,291	−1.0%	31.66 km²
Fujimino City	112,322	−1.1%	14.64 km²
Shiraoka City	51,461	−1.4%	24.92 km²
Ina Town	44,498	−0.8%	14.79 km²
Miyoshi Town	37,440	−2.6%	15.33 km²
Moroyama Town	33,251	−6.0%	34.07 km²
Ogose Town	10,254	−7.0%	40.39 km²
Namegawa Town	19,911	+0.9%	29.68 km²
Ranzan Town	17,332	−3.1%	29.92 km²
Ogawa Town	26,272	−7.9%	60.36 km²
Kawajima Town	17,873	−7.8%	41.63 km²
Yoshimi Town	16,823	−7.5%	38.64 km²
Hatoyama Town	12,639	−6.8%	25.73 km²
Tokigawa Town	9,767	−7.3%	55.90 km²
Yokoze Town	7,230	−9.4%	49.36 km²
Minano Town	8,430	−9.4%	63.74 km²
Nagatoro Town	6,112	−10.2%	30.43 km²
Ogano Town	9,465	−13.4%	171 km²
Higashichichibu Village	2,289	−15.5%	37.06 km²
Misato Town	10,318	−6.5%	33.41 km²
Kamikawa Town	12,480	−6.6%	47.40 km²
Kamisato Town	29,611	−2.4%	29.18 km²
Yorii Town	30,683	−5.2%	64.25 km²
Miyashiro Town	33,542	−1.8%	15.95 km²
Sugito Town	42,574	−2.9%	30.03 km²
Matsubushi Town	26,889	−4.9%	16.20 km²

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population in 2025; change compared with 2020). Area: GSI (2025). Designated cities are shown as one city (wards combined). "Temperature now" is the latest JMA AMeDAS observation (preliminary) at the nearest station in the same prefecture, loaded and shown unchanged when you open the page.

Figures come from official Japanese statistics (such as the 2025 Census by the Statistics Bureau of Japan), with the source and year shown next to each one. Photos are freely licensed images from Wikimedia Commons; the photographer and license are shown under each photo.

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