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Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama prefecture, Japan

Signed International walking city exchange city agreement on November 1, 2007

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• City name Higashimatsuyama city, Saitama prefecture, Japan
• Location It is located at the middle of Saitama prefecture, Japan. It takes 44 minutes by train to central Tokyo.
• Population approximately 90 thousand
• Scale 65.35㎢
• Climate annual mean temperature 15.4℃, precipitation 1,392㎜
• Specialty The city aims to the best welfare city in Japan, and is the host city of "Japanese three day walking competition" with 30 years of history.

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Higashimatsuyama (東松山市, literally “East Pine-Tree Mountain”) is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on July 1, 1954.

As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 89,647, with 35,720 households and a population density of 1,372.22 persons per km². The total area is 65.33 km2 (25.22 sq mi).

The city is served by Takasaka and Higashi-Matsuyama Stations on the Tōbu Tōjō Line, providing a direct rail service to Ikebukuro in Tokyo.

In 1967, the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels, was established in Higashi-Matsuyama.

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