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Kawaguchi City
Saitama Prefecture · City
Official websiteSaitama Prefecture page
Kawaguchi City prospered as a city of metal casting and was the setting of the film "Foundry Town" (Kyupora no Aru Machi). It borders Tokyo across the Ara River and is a commuter town with the 2nd largest population in the prefecture.
Key facts
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 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
MuseumNHK Archivesmuseum
Important Cultural PropertyFormer Tanaka Family ResidenceJapanese western-style building in Suehiro, Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture
Shopping centerAEON Mall Kawaguchi
Shopping centerAEON Mall Kawaguchi Maekawa
GardenKawaguchi Green Centercity park and botanical garden located in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
MuseumKawaguchi Museum of Artart museum in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Shopping centerRara Terrace Kawaguchi (Shopping center).jpg?width=240)
BridgeArakawa Bridgerailway bridge in Tokyo and Saitama.JPG?width=240)
Shinto shrineKawaguchi ShrineShinto shrine in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
CastleAkayama Castle
Buddhist templeZenko-ji TempleBuddhist temple of the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha sect dedicated to Amitabha triad in Zenkoji-style in Kawaguchi, Japan
Buddhist templeShakujo-ji (Temple)
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Kawaguchi-Angyoroadside station in Kawaguchi, Saitama prefecture, Japan
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).
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Saitama Prefecture
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