Urawa Ward is an administrative city in Saitama Prefecture, therefore almost all administrative facilities such as prefectural government, prefecture police station, the courthouse, the Legal Affairs Bureaus, a broadcasting station and the prefectural library are located in Urawa ward.
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Urawa Red Diamonds" is a football club located in Urawa. Home stadium is "Saitama Stadium 2002", and its seating capacity is 63,700. Reds crowned Asian champions in 2007. Sometimes, we go to the stadium to watch a football game
as an extracurricular activity.
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Saitama Super Arena" is a modern concert hall that has five floors, its seating capacity is 37,000. Famous musicians such as Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, U2,
The Who, Eric Clapton, Janet Jackson TVXQ . . . . gave a performance in here.
Beautiful cherry blossoms in Omiya Park, Hikawa Shrine is one of great shrines in Japan and over 2 million people visit here during the New Year.
Many museums are also available, ex. Railway Museum, Cartoon Art Museum, John Lennon Museum, Modern Art Museum. .
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prefectural library is on the west side of Urawa railway station, a city library is available at the
PARCO 8th floor of the other side. Many shopping facilities are available in Urawa and Omiya.
