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Sayama City
Saitama Prefecture · City
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Sayama City is a main production area of Sayama tea, praised in a song that says "Shizuoka for color, Uji for aroma, but Sayama is the best for taste." The Tanabata festival and the waterside of the Iruma River are also points of local pride.
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.
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Places to visit
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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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