Tokorozawa (所沢) is a city in Saitama Prefecture.

Understand

Tokorozawa is a suburban residential town with a population of 340,000. It is approximately 30 km directly northwest of Tokyo.

Get in

Tokorozawa is accessible with the Seibu Railways by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro, and the Seibu Shinjuku Line from Shinjuku

See

• 1 Tokorozawa Aviation Museum (所沢航空発祥記念館), 1-13 Namiki, ☏ +81 4-2996-2225, fax: +81 4-2996-2531. 9:30-17:00, closed on Monday. Japan's first airfield.  
• 2 Hachikokuyama Nature Park. Best known for being the inspiration for Totoro.  
• 3 Waterfall Castle, 357 Shiro.  

Do

Seibu Dome stadium

• 1 Seibu Dome stadium (西武プリンスドーム), 2135 Kami-Yamaguchi, ☏ +81 4-2525-1141. The baseball stadium of the Saitama Seibu Lions professional baseball team.  
• 2 Sayama Ski Slope (狭山スキー場, sayama sukījō), 2167 Kami-Yamaguchi, ☏ +81 4-2922-1384. An indoor ski slope.  
• 3 Seibuen Yuenchi (西武園ゆうえんち), 2964 Yamaguchi (1 minute walk from Seibuyuenchi Station), ☏ +81 42-922-1371. Th-M 10:00-16:00/21:00 (closing hours vary). Seibuen Yuenchi is an amusement and water park. A water park opens in the summer. Winter activities include outdoor ice skating and a trout fishing pond. ¥1000 for adults, ¥500 for children and seniors, children under 3 free. One-day pass: ¥3200 for adults, ¥2700 for children.  

Go next

• Iruma
• Sayama
• Fujimino
• Miyoshi
• Kawagoe
• Niiza
• Hanno
• Kiyose
• Higashimurayama

Routes through Tokorozawa

Hon-Kawagoe ←	W  E	→ Kodaira → Seibu-Shinjuku
Seibu-Chichibu ← Hannō ←	W  E	→ Hoya→ Nerima → Ikebukuro
Fuchu Honmachi ← Nishi kokubunji ← Shin Kodaira ←	S  E	→ Minami Urawa→ Shin Koshigaya → Matsudo
Takasaki ← Kawagoe ←	N  S	→ Tokyo/Nerima