Tsurugashima

Tsurugashima is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Starting at 1 February 2016, the city had an expected populace of 70,230, and a populace thickness of 3,980 people for every km². Its complete region is 17.65 square kilometers. Tsurugashima is situated in the geographic focus of Saitama Prefecture. Tsurugashima Station is roughly a short ways from Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on the Tobu Tojo Line by direct express train.

The region around current Tsurugashima has been possessed since ancient occasions, and various vast internment hills from the Kofun time frame are safeguarded inside as far as possible. Amid the Edo time frame, the territory was to a great extent under the control of Kawagoe Domain. The town of Tsurugashima was made inside Koma District, Saitama with the foundation of the regions framework on April 1, 1889.

Koma District was canceled in 1896, winding up some portion of Iruma District. Tsurugashima was raised to town status on April 1, 1966. The cutting edge city of Tsurugashima was established when the previous town of Tsurugashima was raised to city status on September 1, 1991. In the past an agrarian network, Tsurugashima has progressively turned into a room network, with over 33% of its populace driving to the Tokyo city or the city of Kawagoe.

Neighborhood fascination:

• Zennoji Temple

• Wakaba Walk Shopping Cente