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  2. Saitama (city) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. List of Japanese prefectural name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Saga-ken (佐賀県) - There was a river named Sakagawa, which reversed flow at high tide-saka noboru, the kanji was changed during the Edo period (佐賀)→help congratulations. Saitama: 埼玉県: Saitama-ken (埼玉県) means the area "over the Tamagawa River" saki no tama, but the kanji reading has become (埼玉)→cape-jewel. Shiga ...

  4. Saitama Prefecture - Wikipedia

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    Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県, Saitama-ken) is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. [2] Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km 2 (1,466 sq mi ).

  5. Hiragana and katakana place names - Wikipedia

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    There are a small number of municipalities in Japan whose names are written in hiragana or katakana, together known as kana, rather than kanji as is traditional for Japanese place names. [1] Many city names written in kana have kanji equivalents that are either phonetic manyōgana, or whose kanji are outside of the jōyō kanji.

  6. List of cities in Japan - Wikipedia

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    City (Special Ward) Japanese Prefecture Population Area (km 2) Density (per km 2) Founded Website Nagoya: 名古屋市 Aichi 2,327,557: 326.45: 6,860: 1889-10-01: Toyohashi

  7. Saitama (One-Punch Man) - Wikipedia

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    Saitama (Japanese: サイタマ) is a fictional character who is the titular protagonist of the Japanese manga and anime series One-Punch Man created by One.Saitama, an unassociated and independently acting superhero who dreams of becoming famous, hails from Z-City and performs heroic deeds as a hobby.

  8. Prefectures of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (都道府県, todōfuken, [todoːɸɯ̥ꜜkeɴ] ⓘ), which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.

  9. Vehicle registration plates of Japan - Wikipedia

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    A license plate in Japan thus follows this format: KK?*H##-## (e.g., 足立500き21-41), where KK is the name of the issuing office in kanji, H is a hiragana, ? is a 5 for vehicles less than 2000 cc and a 3 for vehicles greater than 2000 cc (other numbers are less common—1 for large trucks, 2 for buses, etc. [1]), * is a number from 0 to 99 ...