Sayama, Saitama
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| Sayama 狭山市 |
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 Location of Sayama in Saitama Prefecture |
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| Country | Japan | |
| Region | Kantō | |
| Prefecture | Saitama Prefecture | |
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| • Total | 49.04 km2 (18.93 sq mi) | |
| Population (October 1, 2010) | ||
| • Total | 157,453 | |
| • Density | 3,210.71/km2 (8,315.7/sq mi) | |
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| • Tree | Camellia sinensis (tea plant) | |
| • Flower | Azalea | |
| • Bird | Azure-winged magpie | |
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | |
| Website | www |
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Sayama (狭山市 Sayama-shi?), formerly known as Irumagawa, is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Sayama translates as "sitting on a mountain”. The city was founded on July 1, 1954.
As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 157,453 and a population density of 3,210.71 persons per km2. The total area is 49.04 km2.
The current Mayor is Yukinari Nakagawa (仲川幸成), who was elected in 2003.
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Geography
Sayama is bordered by the cities of Kawagoe, Tokorozawa, Iruma, Hannō, and Hidaka.
The Iruma River flows through the city.
Population history
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1970 | 60,886 | — |
| 1975 | 98,548 | +10.11% |
| 1980 | 124,029 | +4.71% |
| 1985 | 144,366 | +3.08% |
| 1990 | 157,309 | +1.73% |
| 1995 | 162,240 | +0.62% |
| 2000 | 161,460 | −0.10% |
| 2005 | 158,074 | −0.42% |
| 2010 | 155,738 | −0.30% |
Transportation
Ken-Ō Expressway, Route 16, Route 299 and Route 407 pass through Sayama. Train stations include Iriso Station, Inariyama-kōen Station, Sayamashi Station, and Shin-Sayama Station.
History and culture
Sayama is host to one of Japan's best known Tanabata (Star) festivals each August, the Irumagawa Tanabata Matsuri.[1][2]
The city was the location of the Sayama Incident, a 1963 murder and trial which resulted in the false accusation and conviction of an innocent man, a member of the Burakumin minority group, of murder.[3]
The city has an Indoor ski slope, the Sayama Ski Area.[4] The Secom Rugguts rugby union team, and the Saitama Soccer Club of the Kantō Soccer League, are located there.
The Iruma Air Base is located there, as is the Bunri University of Hospitality and Musashino Gakuin University.
Asteroid 4461 Sayama was named after the city.
Business
Honda assembly plant
Sayama is the location of an assembly plant, which opened in 1964, for Honda/Acura vehicles, currently including the Fit, Honda Odyssey (international), CR-V, and RLX, and in the past the Accord, Prelude, Vigor, Inspire, Legend and Integra.[5][6] The plant was briefly closed, but not damaged, following the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and restarted production in April 2011, albeit at lower production levels.[7]
Other businesses
The Lotte candy and food processing company operates a facility in Sayama.[8]
Dai Nippon Printing Company, Ltd. imaging media division operates a large coating facility in the city.
The Sankyo Flute Company is located there.
In January 2015, Marc Simmons became partner with Mr. Hasan Nuri and took over as CEO of Haselfoods (haselfoods.com), which became the only baklava manufacturing facilty in Japan (a hand made Mediterranean dessert). Located in Aoyagi, Sayama Haselfoods also imports food products from the Mediterranean.
The city, along with neighboring Iruma, is a well known tea growing region, producing Sayama Tea.
People from Sayama
- Matsushige Ohno (大野松茂), politician
- Shiori Kazama, director, The Mars Canon[9]
- Mitsuo Hashimoto, manga artist
- Ryuji Hijikata, professional wrestler
- Tetsurō Araki, anime director
- Kensuke Kazama, photographer
Sister cities
References
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- ↑ [1] Archived March 16, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Sayama City official website (Japanese) (note link to automated multilingual translation)
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