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Koshigaya (越谷) is a city in Saitama (埼玉).

Understand

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Tourist information site

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The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site.

Get in

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Koshigaya (越谷) is accessible on the Tobu Skytree line from Ueno or the Musashino line from Tokyo/Funabashi.

Get around

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Koshigaya city has 7 stations within the city boundaries, they are Gamo (蒲生), Shin-Koshigaya (新越谷), Koshigaya (越谷), Kita-Koshigaya (北越谷) and Sengendai (せんげん台) on the Isesaki Line and 2 stations on the Musashino Line, Koshigaya Laketown (越谷レイクタウン) and Minami Koshigaya (南越谷).

See

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In April, the river near Kita Koshigaya station is lined with blossoming sakura (cherry blossom) trees. A walk of about 1 km will bring you to a park that has been filled with the beautiful flowering trees.

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Buy

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  • Aeon Lake Town (イオンレイクタウン). The largest shopping complex in Japan and one of the largest in Asia with 700+ shops. It has three premises:"kaze", "mori" and newer "outlet". Opened in 2008.

Eat

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McDonald's and Yoshinoya are right near the train station, as well as several other restaurants and vendor booths.

Drink

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Sleep

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Connect

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Go next

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Tokyo is within easy reach of Koshigaya, about 30 minutes to Ueno (上野) and 50 minutes to Ginza (銀座).

Routes through Koshigaya
Nishi Kokubunji Minami UrawaHigashi Kawaguchi  W  E  Shin MisatoShin Matsudo Nishi Funabashi
Ashikaga Tatebayashi ← in to Kasukabe  N  S  Nishi-Arai Asakusa
Nikko Tochigi ← in to Kasukabe  N  S  Kitasenjyu → in to Ueno Ginza
Aomori UtsunomiyaOyama  N  S  AdachiUeno Tokyo
Iruma TokorozawaUrawa  W  E  END


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