Monday, 29 March 2004

Found it!

After a quite Google search I found some infor from the following sites:

Kasukabe City is located in the center of the Kanto Plain and is 35 kilometers north of Tokyo. Highway 4 and Highway 16 intersect at Kasukabe City. Tobu Noda Train Line and Tobu Isesaki Train Line both come into Kasukabe Station. Kasukabe City is situated around Kasukabe Station. Kasukabe is in the eastern part of Saitama prefecture and is 20 kilometers (or 30 minutes) from the prefectural capitol Urawa City.

Sounds good! Close to Tokyo. Also any fans of Pokemon (I admit to being a fan!) will know the Kanto Plain is where the first season of the anime (and computer game) was based.

Kasukabe City Details
Location
Longitude 139'45"
Latitude 35'58"
6 meters above sea level
Area
37.78 square kilometers
Population
200,300 people (as of October 1997)
Famous For:
Wisteria
Paulownia wood dressers
Home of Crayon Shin-chan, a famous anime character

Got this from HERE

Located in the southeastern part of the Saitama Prefecture, the prefecture government office is also located in this city.
This city used to be a post town that grew on the Nakasendo Road. At present, it is a crossroads where a number of railway lines meet, including the Tohoku, Joetsu, and three other Shinkansen Lines, JR lines, and private railway lines. On May 1, 2001, three cities, namely Urawa, Omiya and Yono merged together and Saitama City was born. It will become the 13th ordinance-designated city on April 1, 2003. It is already well positioned as a core-business city and is expected to grow to a pivotal city that will lead a wide variety of activities in the Kanto Region.

Got that from HERE

And there's some more info HERE about the culture and history worth checking out.

Can't wait!