Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, Kantō Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Fujimi is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2021, the city had an estimated population of density of 5,700 persons per km². The total area of the city is 19.77 square km (7.63 sq mi).

Geography Located in south-western Saitama Prefecture, Fujimi is in the middle of the Kantō plain with an average altitude of 8 to 21 meters above sea level. It is approximately 10 km from the prefectural capital at Saitama and 30 km from downtown Tokyo.The north-eastern half of the city area is a lowland with the Arakawa and Shingashi Rivers and the south-western half part of the Musashino Plateau. The urban area is primarily in the southwest. The city has approximate dimensions of 7.0 km from east-to-west and 6.8 km from north-to-south.

Surrounding municipalities Saitama Prefecture ◦ Kawagoe; ◦ Fujimino; ◦ Saitama; ◦ Shiki; ◦ Miyoshi.

Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Fujimi expanded rapidly in the late 20th century and has grown at a slower rate in the 21st.

History The area of modern Fujimi is part of ancient Musashi Province. The villages of Tsuruse and Nanbata created within Iruma District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The village of Fujimi was created on September 30, 1956 by the merger of the villages of Tsuruse and Nanbata with the village of Mizutani from Kitaadachi District. Large scale public housing projects and new town developments in the 1960s and 1970s led to a rapid increase in population, and Fujimi attained town status on April 1, 1964 and city status on April 10, 1972.

Government Fujimi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 21 members. Fujimi contributes one member to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Saitama 7th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy Due to this location, Fujimi is primarily a bedroom community with over 30% of its population commuting to the Tokyo metropolis for work.

Education Fujimi has 11 public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the city government, and one public high school operated by the Saitama Prefectural Board of Education. In addition the prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.

Transport: Rail Tōbu Railway - Tōbu Tōjō Line • Fujimino - Tsuruse - Mizuhodai.

Transport: Road • National Route 254 • National Route 463.

Local attractions • site of Nambada Castle • Mizuko Shell Midden archaeological site.