浦和市
alternative words: Urawashi city, Urawashi, Urawa-shi, Urawa shi, Urawa
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town
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world cup
related topics:
Saitama Prefecture
related web sites:
http://www.city.urawa.saitama.city
explanation: City where the office of Saitama Prefecture is situated. During Edo period, it had developed as a post town of Nakasendo which linked Tokyo and Kyoto through the inland region. Afterward, during 20the century, the town has extended quickly because many factories as well as workers have migrated there thanks to the vicinity to Tokyo. The town is also notorious for its soccer team and some matches of World Cup 2002 will take place there.
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