Owada (Saitama) - Owada

...After Matsudaira Nobutsuna, the lord of Kawagoe, diverted the Nobidome irrigation canal from the Tamagawa aqueduct in 1655 (Meireki 1), the development of Nobidome Shinden also progressed. Owada, located in the northern part of the city, was a crossing point of the Yanase River during the Edo period, and served as a post station on the Kawagoe Kaido road, where horse-drawn carriages were used. Since the 1960s, the city has been rapidly developed into a residential area, including the Niiza housing complex of the Japan Housing Corporation, and is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, thanks to its convenient access to central Tokyo via National Route 254 (old Kawagoe Kaido), which runs through the center of the city, Shiki Station on the Tobu Tojo Line at the northern end, and Kiyose Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line at the southern end.

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…川越藩主松平信綱が1655年(明暦1)玉川上水から野火止用水を分水してから野火止新田の開発も進んだ。市域北部の大和田は，江戸時代は柳瀬川の渡河点にあたり，川越街道の宿駅として伝馬の継立てを行った。中央を貫通する国道254号線(旧川越街道)，北端を走る東武東上線の志木駅，南端を走る西武池袋線の清瀬駅を通じて，東京の都心部との交通が便利であるため，1960年代以降，日本住宅公団の新座団地をはじめとして住宅地化が急速に進み，全国有数の人口急増都市となっている。…

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