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Wako City
Saitama Prefecture · City
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Wako City is a research city with the headquarters of RIKEN, where the new element "nihonium" was discovered. It is a residential city with convenient transport, served by Tokyo Metro and the Tobu Tojo Line.
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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