Fukaya, Saitama

Fukaya 深谷市
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Location of Fukaya in Saitama
Fukaya
Coordinates: 36°12′N 139°17′E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Saitama
Government
• Mayor	Susumu Kojima (since February 2010)
Area
• Total	137.58 km2 (53.1 sq mi)
Population (May 1, 2011)
• Total	147,505
• Density	1,072.14/km2 (2,776.8/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
City symbols
- Tree	Camellia
- Flower	Tulip
Phone number	048-571-1211
Address	11-1 Nakamachi, Fukaya-shi, Saitama-ken 366-8501
Website	City of Fukaya

Fukaya (深谷市, Fukaya-shi) is a city located in the north of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. In the Edo era, it was an inn-town on the Nakasendō (中山道), and grew during this period. It is in the prefecture's leading agricultural area, and claim's to be the biggest producer of leeks in Japan. Fukaya negi are famous. Shibusawa Eiichi, the founder of the first national bank in Japan, was born here. Akagi Nyugyo is a large ice cream company based in Fukaya. They make the famous Gari-Gari-kun ice-pop that tastes like soda, or other flavors. Takinomiya Jinja is a large Shinto shrine in Fukaya.

As of 2006, the city has an estimated population of 147,915 and a population density of 1075 persons per km². The total area is 137.58 km².

The city was founded on January 1, 1955.

On January 1, 2006 the towns of Hanazono, Kawamoto and Okabe, all from Ōsato District, were merged Fukaya.

Transportation

• Fukaya Station on the Takasaki Line (East Japan Railway Company)
• National Highway Route 17

Sister cities

Fukaya has two sister cities:

• Dalby, Queensland, Australia
• Fremont, California, USA

Education

Universities

• Saitama Industrial University (埼玉工業大学)

Senior high schools

• Fukaya Senior High School (埼玉県立深谷高等学校)
• Fukaya Commercial Senior High School (埼玉県立深谷商業高等学校)
• Fukaya Daiichi Senior High School (埼玉県立深谷第一高等学校)
• Kawamoto Senior High School (埼玉県立川本高等学校)
• Shouchi Fukaya Senior High School (私立正智深谷高等学校)
• Tokyo Seitoku University Fukaya Senior High School (私立東京成徳大学深谷高等学校)

Junior high schools

• Fukaya Junior High School (市立深谷中学校)
• Kamishiba Junior High School (市立上柴中学校)
• Fujisawa Junior High School (市立藤沢中学校)
• Hatara Junior High School (市立幡羅中学校)
• Aketo Junior High School (市立明戸中学校)
• Toyosato Junior High School (市立豊里中学校)
• Nanbu Junior High School (市立岡部中学校)
• Hanazono Junior High School (市立花園中学校)
• Kawamoto Junior High School (市立川本中学校)
• Minami Junior High School (市立南中学校)

Elementary schools

• Fukaya Elementary School (市立深谷小学校)
• Fukaya West Elementary School (市立深谷西小学校)
• Kamishiba East Elementary School (市立上柴東小学校)
• Kamishiba West Elementary School (市立上柴西小学校)
• Sakuragaoka Elementary School (市立桜ヶ丘小学校)
• Fujisawa Elementary School (市立藤沢小学校)
• Hatara Elementary School (市立幡羅小学校)
• Tokiwa Elementary School (市立常盤小学校)
• Oyori Elementary School (市立大寄小学校)
• Aketo Elementary School (市立明戸小学校)
• Toyosato Elementary School (市立豊里小学校)
• Yatsumoto Elementary School (市立八基小学校)
• Nanbu Elementary School (市立岡部小学校)
• Nanbu West Elementary School (市立岡部西小学校)
• Hanawaza Elementary School (市立榛沢小学校)
• Honjo Elementary School (市立本郷小学校)
• Hanazono Elementary School (市立花園小学校)
• Kawamoto North Elementary School (市立川本北小学校)
• Kawamoto South Elementary School (市立川本南小学校)

Famous people

• Golgo Matsumoto (tarento, TIM member, originally from Hanazono-cho, aka Masahiko Matsumoto)
• Shibusawa Eiichi (industrialist)
• Yasuo Takei (founder of Takefuji)
• Toriba Hiromichi (founder of Doutor Coffee)
• Mimura (actress)

External links

Media related to Fukaya, Saitama at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Fukaya website (Japanese)
• FukayaRedCrossHospital (Japanese)
• http://www.nicer.go.jp/index_en.html
• http://www.education.fukaya.saitama.jp/