Tokorozawa [city] - Tokorozawa

Japanese: 所沢[市] - ところざわ

Sayama City is located in the southern part of Saitama Prefecture, straddling the Sayama Hills and the Musashino Plateau. It was incorporated as a city in 1950. The central city was a post town on the Kamakura Kaido road in the Middle Ages, a market town in the early modern period, and a producer of Murayama Kasuri fabrics. The Army Balloon Flight Test Site, established in 1910, became Japan's first airfield when the Army Flight School opened in 1919, and the city developed into a military city. The airfield was taken over by the US military after World War II, but two-thirds of it was returned in 1971, and many national, prefectural, and municipal facilities were built there, including the National Defense Medical College, residential areas, and the Aviation Memorial Park. The population has increased rapidly since the development of housing complexes since the 1960s, and the city is served by the JR Musashino Line, Seibu Shinjuku Line, Ikebukuro Line, Sayama Line, and the Kan'etsu Expressway. There are many factories producing electrical equipment, general equipment, and food products, and vegetables and tea are also grown in the surrounding area. The Seibu Dome and indoor ski resort are located around the southern shore of Lake Sayama. ^72.11km2 . 341,924 people (2010).

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Japanese:

埼玉県南部，狭山丘陵と武蔵野台地にまたがる市。1950年市制。中心市街は中世は鎌倉街道の宿場町，近世は市場町，村山絣(がすり)の産地であった。1910年設置された陸軍気球飛行試験場が，1919年の陸軍飛行学校開設とともに日本最初の飛行場となり，軍都として発展。飛行場は第２次世界大戦後米軍に接収されたが1971年以降３分の２が返還され防衛医大，住宅地，航空記念公園など，国，県，市の多くの施設が作られた。1960年代からの団地造成により人口が急増，JR武蔵野線，西武新宿線・池袋線・狭山線，関越自動車道が通じる。工業では電気機器，一般機器，食品などの工場が多く，周辺では野菜，茶も栽培される。狭山湖南岸周辺には西武ドーム，屋内スキー場がある。72.11km²。34万1924人（2010）。

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