Fukaya (???, Fukaya-shi) is a city located in northern Saitama Prefecture, in the central Kant? region of Japan. As of 1 February 2016, the city had an estimated population of 144,696 and a population density of 1040 persons per km². Its total area was 138.37 square kilometres (53.42 sq mi). It is famous for a variety of welsh onions or Fukaya-negi (????).
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Geography
Fukaya is located on the northern border of Saitama Prefecture, in the flatlands of the Kant? plain. Both the Tone River and the Ara River flow through the city.
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Surrounding municipalities
- Saitama Prefecture
- Honj?
- Kumagaya
- Ranzan
- Misato
- Yorii
- Gunma Prefecture
- Isesaki
- ?ta
History
Fukaya was the site of a castle built by the Uesugi clan in 1456, and later the site of Okabe Domain a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. In the Edo era, Fukaya-shuku was a major post town on the Nakasend? (???) highway, boasting over 80 inns.
The modern town of Fukaya was established within Hanzawa District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Hanzawa District was abolished in 1896, becoming part of ?sato District.
Fukaya merged with the villages of Aketo, Hatara, Oyori and Fujisawa on January 1, 1955, and was elevated to city status. It annexed the village of Toyosato on April 1, 1973.
On January 1, 2006, the towns of Hanazono, Kawamoto and Okabe (all from ?sato District) were merged into Fukaya.
Economy
The economy of Fukaya is dominated by agriculture, with welsh onions and tulips as famous local crops. Industrial parks are located in the eastern portion of the city, and the manufacture of bricks is a major local industry.
Education
Universities
- Saitama Institute of Technology (??????)
- Tohto College of Health Sciences (??????)
High schools
- Prefectural Fukaya High School (??????????)
- Prefectural Fukaya Commercial High School (????????????)
- Prefectural Fukaya Daiichi High School (????????????)
- Prefectural Kawamoto High School (Closed in March, 2010) (?????????? (??))
- Private Shouchi Fukaya High School (??????????)
- Private Tokyo Seitoku University Fukaya High School (??????????????)
Middle schools
- Municipal Fukaya Middle School (???????)
- Municipal Kamishiba Middle School (???????)
- Municipal Fujisawa Middle School (???????)
- Municipal Hatara Middle School (???????)
- Municipal Aketo Middle School (???????)
- Municipal Toyosato Middle School (???????)
- Municipal Okabe Middle School (???????)
- Municipal Hanazono Middle School (???????)
- Municipal Kawamoto Middle School (???????)
- Municipal Minami Middle School (??????)
Elementary schools
- Municipal Fukaya Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal Fukaya West Elementary School (????????)
- Municipal Kamishiba East Elementary School (????????)
- Municipal Kamishiba West Elementary School (????????)
- Municipal Sakuragaoka Elementary School (????????)
- Municipal Fujisawa Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal Hatara Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal Tokiwa Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal ?yori Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal Aketo Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal Toyosato Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal Yatsumoto Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal Okabe Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal Okabe West Elementary School (????????)
- Municipal Hanzawa Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal Hong? Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal Hanazono Elementary School (???????)
- Municipal Kawamoto North Elementary School (????????)
- Municipal Kawamoto South Elementary School (????????)
Transportation
Railway
- JR East - Takasaki Line
- Fukaya - Okabe
- Chichibu Railway - Chichibu Main Line
- Aketo - Takekawa - Nagata - Omaeda
Highway
- Kan-Etsu Expressway - Hanazono IC
- National Route 17
- National Route 140
- National Route 254
Sister cities
Fukaya has three sister cities:
- Dalby, Queensland, Australia
- Fremont, California, USA, since January 26, 1980
- Shunyi District, Beijing, China, since November 7, 1995
Local attractions
- Site of Fukaya Castle
- Birthplace of Shibusawa Eiichi
- Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Museum
- Takinomiya Jinja
Noted people from Fukaya
- Shibusawa Eiichi, industrialist
- Yasuo Takei (founder of Takefuji)
- Mimura, actress
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