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Ranzan Town
Saitama Prefecture · Town
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Ranzan Town was named because the scenery of the Tsuki River valley resembles Arashiyama in Kyoto. It has the National Women's Education Center and the Sugaya Yakata ruins, linked to the Kamakura-period samurai Hatakeyama Shigetada.
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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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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