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25-1013: Tsumori was born in Saitama , and attended Tokyo 's Bunka Fashion College . She began work with Issey Miyake in 1977 under the "Issey Sports" line, which was later renamed "I.S. Chisato Tsumori Designs." With the support of Miyake, she started her own line in 1990. She took her work to Paris in 2003, at the same time beginning her menswear line. Her aesthetic focuses on prints and has a "healthy dose of manga/bohemian cuteness". Most of Tsumori's prints are painted by hand and draw inspiration from Japanese culture and manga, contemporary art, felines and various other sources. While most prints are hand painted, some prints are watercolor, drawn by pencil, or digital renderings. Although she lives in Paris, she pulls inspiration from her life in Japan. In 1999 Tsumori opened her first free-standing shop outside of Asia. The boutique

50-552: A directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 64 members. Saitama contributes 14 members to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between the Saitama 1st district , Saitama 5th district and Saitama 15th districts of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . The executive mayor , who is directly elected, is Sōichi Aikawa, an independent backed by

75-553: A population density of 6,093 people per km² (15,781 people per mi²). Its total area is 217.43 square kilometres (83.95 sq mi). The name Saitama originally comes from the Sakitama District ( 埼玉郡 ) of what is now the city of Gyōda in the northern part of what is now known as Saitama Prefecture. Sakitama has an ancient history and is mentioned in the famous 8th century poetry anthology Man'yōshū . The pronunciation has changed from Sakitama to Saitama over

100-625: A suburb of Tokyo, and the day/night population ratio is particularly low in Minami ward and Midori ward, which are close to the center of Tokyo. In part for this reason, the southern part of the city, which is closer to Tokyo, tends to have a higher population density than the northern part. In addition, population tends to be concentrated along the Keihin Tohoku Line, Utsunomiya Line, Takasaki Line, and Saikyo Line, which directly connect to central Tokyo, and where both conditions overlap, there

125-554: A total catchment area of 2,940 km (1,140 sq mi). The river is one of Tokyo's major sources of tap water , and together with the Tone River , accounts for around 80% of Tokyo's water supply as of 2018. The Okubo water purification plant takes water from the river. Attempts to control flooding of the Arakawa River have been made since the area that is now Tokyo became the de facto capital of Japan during

150-567: Is 1,371.3 mm (53.99 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.0 °C (80.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.9 °C (39.0 °F). See or edit raw graph data . Per Japanese census data, the population of Saitama has increased steadily over the past century. Saitama has ten wards ( ku ), which were assigned official colors as of April 2005: The city

175-467: Is Omiya Ward (Omiya Station area). Located approximately 20 km to 35 km from central Tokyo, Saitama City is a satellite city and bed town in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with a day-night population ratio of 92.8 in 2010, which is less than 100 despites being the prefectural capital and an ordinance-designated city (the southeastern part of Saitama Prefecture). Of the 747,000 commuters permanently residing in

200-450: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saitama, Japan Saitama ( さいたま市 , Saitama-shi , pronounced [saꜜitama] ) is the capital and largest city of Saitama Prefecture , Japan . Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa , Ōmiya , Yono and Iwatsuki . It is a city designated by government ordinance . As of 1 February 2021 , the city had an estimated population of 1,324,854, and

225-471: Is a series of high population density areas of over 20,000 people/km2 from Minami ward to Urawa and Chuo ward. Urban functions such as administration, commerce, and business are concentrated around major stations such as Urawa, Omiya, and Saitama-new urban stations, which have formed the central urban area since the time of the former Urawa and Omiya cities. The former Omiya City developed as a railroad town and commercial center, and Omiya Station in particular

250-652: Is also depicted in many anime such as Toaru Kagaku no Railgun and Arakawa Under the Bridge , which is set on the riverbank. The Arakawa plays a small but significant background role in the game Yakuza 4 . Main character Masayoshi Tanimura spends the game trying to discover who murdered his father, Taigi, whose body was dumped in the Arakawa after he was killed. 36°08′10″N 139°22′06″E  /  36.13611°N 139.36833°E  / 36.13611; 139.36833 This Saitama Prefecture location article

275-640: Is concentrated in this city. See Mass media in Saitama Prefecture for details. Saitama has seven sister cities. Arakawa River (Kanto) The Arakawa River or Ara River ( Japanese : 荒川 , Hepburn : Arakawa , "kawa" (川) already means "river") is a 173-kilometre (107 mi) long river that flows through Saitama Prefecture and Tokyo . Its average flow in 2002 was 30 m /s. It originates on Mount Kobushi in Saitama Prefecture , and empties into Tokyo Bay . It has

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300-437: Is for general aviation and offers no scheduled transport services. Commuter helicopter flights to Narita Airport are offered from Kawajima . Saitama Prefectural Board of Education  [ ja ] operates prefectural high schools. The following municipal high schools are operated by the city: Saitama was one of the host cities for the playoffs and the final of the official 2006 Basketball World Championship . It

325-784: Is home to two J. League football teams: the Urawa Red Diamonds , formerly owned by Mitsubishi , and Omiya Ardija , formerly owned by NTT . The city and Tokorozawa are home to the Japan Professional Basketball League team the Saitama Broncos . Since 2013, the city has hosted the Saitama Criterium cycling race sponsored by the Tour de France , held at the end of October. Most of Saitama Prefecture's mass media presence

350-520: Is one of the busiest and most prominent terminal stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with all Shinkansen bullet trains stopping there. The Urawa area is also known as an educational district with Saitama University and Saitama Prefectural Urawa High School, as well as an upscale residential area. The Iwatsuki Station area on the Tobu Noda Line (Tobu Urban Park Line) is also a part of the former Iwatsuki City's central urban area. The center of

375-510: The Edo period . Following a major flood in 1910 that damaged a large part of central Tokyo, a 22-kilometre (14 mi) long drainage canal was constructed between 1911 and 1924. In 1996 an agreement was signed to make it a "sister river" of the Potomac River in the eastern United States. This means that officials and volunteers from both river areas collaborate with each other. This river

400-483: The Honda Legend at Sayama Plant ), food, optical, precision and pharmaceutical products. Calsonic Kansei , a global automotive company is headquartered in the city. Iwatsuki is famous for manufacturing of hinamatsuri dolls and ornate kabuto ( samurai helmets). The political and administrative center of the city is Urawa Ward (Urawa Station area), and the economic, commercial, and transportation center

425-599: The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito . On May 24, 2009, Aikawa lost his bid for reelection against Hayato Shimizu , who was backed by the opposition DPJ . Saitama's economy is principally constituted by commercial business. The city is one of many commercial centers of the Greater Tokyo area and serves Saitama Prefecture, North Kanto, and northeast Honshu. Saitama is also home to various manufacturers, exporting automotive (Honda manufactures

450-463: The area mostly resides on the Ōmiya Plateau lying in the north-south direction. Dispersed in this region, major rivers flow southward, almost paralleling to one another. Saitama has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Saitama is 15.2 °C (59.4 °F). The average annual rainfall

475-635: The center of the Kantō Plain . Situated in the southeast of Saitama Prefecture, the city is topographically comprised by lowlands and plateaus, at mostly less than 20 m above sea level, with no mountain ranges or hills within the city boundaries. The western portion of the city lies on the lowland created by the Arakawa River along with those created by small rivers such as the Moto-Arakawa River , Shiba River , and Ayase River . The rest of

500-489: The city, 175,000, or 23.5%, commute to the Tokyo Special Wards area, making the city home to many so-called "Saitama Tomin". On the other hand, the former Urawa and Omiya cities were designated as core business cities in 1988, and in 2000, Saitama New Urban Center was opened and local branches of various central government offices were relocated from Tokyo. The southeastern area of Saitama Prefecture tends to be

525-555: The former Yono City is Yono-honmachi Station Representative station is Urawa Station . Saitama is a regional transportation hub for both passengers and freight train lines. Ōmiya Station , part of the Shinkansen high-speed train network, serves as the biggest railway hub in the prefecture. The closest major airports are Haneda Airport and Narita International Airport , both about two hours away. Honda Airport in Okegawa

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550-416: The new city Saitama in hiragana , not kanji . In third place in the poll was Ōmiya ( 大宮市 ) . In fourth was Saitama ( 彩玉市 ) , written with an alternative kanji for sai ( 彩 ) which means "colorful". The sai ( 埼 ) used in the prefectural name is a rare form of a common character ( 崎 ) that means " cape " or " promontory ". The city is located 20 to 30 km north of central Tokyo, roughly at

575-618: The years. With the merger of Urawa , Ōmiya , and Yono it was decided that a new name, one fitting for this newly created prefectural capital, was needed. The prefectural name "Saitama" ( 埼玉県 ) was changed from kanji into hiragana , thus Saitama City ( さいたま市 ) was born. It is the only prefectural capital in Japan whose name is always written in hiragana , and belongs to the list of hiragana cities . However, Saitama written in hiragana ( さいたま市 ) actually finished in second place in public polling to Saitama written in kanji ( 埼玉市 ). Despite this, government officials decided to name

600-619: Was designed by Christian Biecher and is located on rue Barbette in The Marais neighborhood of Paris . Currently, the Tsumori Chisato brand has over 40 sales points along with Asian freestanding stores, and outlets in the United States, Italy, Russia, and Scandinavia. This biographical article related to fashion is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This biographical article related to Japan

625-407: Was founded on May 1, 2001, and was designated on April 1, 2003 as a government ordinance . For the histories of Urawa, Ōmiya and Yono before the merger, see: On April 1, 2005, Saitama absorbed the city of Iwatsuki to its east, which became a new ward , Iwatsuki-ku . The city evaded the major impact of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . Saitama has a mayor-council form of government with

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