| Koshigaya | |||
| Settlement Type: | Core city | ||
| Pushpin Map: | Japan | ||
| Coordinates: | 35.8911°N 139.7909°W | ||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||
| Subdivision Name: | Japan | ||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
| Subdivision Name1: | Kantō | ||
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture | ||
| Subdivision Name2: | Saitama | ||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||
| Leader Name: | Tsutomu Takahashi | ||
| Area Total Km2: | 60.24 | ||
| Population Total: | 345,353 | ||
| Population As Of: | February 2021 | ||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time | ||
| Utc Offset1: | +9 | ||
| Blank Name Sec1: | Phone number | ||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 048-982-5111 | ||
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Address | ||
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 4-2-1 Koshigaya, Koshigaya-shi, Saitama-ken 343-8501 | ||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Climate | ||
| Blank Info Sec2: | Cfa | ||
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is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 345,353 in 158,022 households and a population density of 5700 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city is 60.24sqkm. It is famous for producing daruma dolls.
Koshigaya is situated in eastern Saitama Prefecture, in the alluvial plain of the Nakagawa basin between the Omiya plateau and the Shimosa plateau. Most of the city area is flat with an average elevation of only five meters above sea level. Many rivers, including the Motoara River, Naka River, Ayase River, Furutone River, and Sakagawa River flow in the city. Koshigaya, which is about 25 kilometers north of Tokyo and developed as a transportation for water and land transportation from premodern times.
Koshigaya has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Koshigaya is 14.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1408 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.1 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Koshigaya has increased rapidly from the 1960s.
The area around Koshigaya was an inlet of the sea in the Jōmon period and was settle during the Yayoi or early Kofun period. In the Nara period, it was a border area straddling Musashi and Shimōsa Provinces. Koshigaya-shuku prospered during the Edo period as a post station on the Nikkō Kaidō and the Ōshū Kaidō highways, and the town served as the temporary residence of the Tokugawa shōgun after the 1657 Great Fire of Meireki which destroyed Edo Castle. The town also had a riverine connection with Edo and served as a transportation and transshipment center.
Koshigaya was elevated further to special city status on April 1, 2003 and to core city status on April 1, 2015.
Koshigaya has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 32 members. Koshigaya contributes four members to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Saitama 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Koshigaya is a major regional commercial center with a diversified industrial base.
35px Tōbu Railway - Tōbu Isesaki Line
The actual scenery of Koshigaya is set in the anime and manga series, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. albeit with the name of "Oborozuka".