Fukaya, Saitama

Fukaya 深谷市
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[[File:|border|100px|border|alt=|Flag of Fukaya]] Flag
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 (53.12 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.^{[citation needed]} 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/