Iwatsuki

• Name — Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama • Official Name — Iwatsuki Ward • Native Name Lang — ja • Settlement Type — Ward • Image Skyline — Iwatsuki WATSU.JPG • Image Caption — Iwatsuki Watsu shopping center, Saitama City • Image Seal — 岩槻区ロゴ.svg • Seal Alt — 130px • Image Map — Iwatsuki-ku in Saitama City.svg • Map Caption — Location of Iwatsuki-ku in Saitama • Pushpin Map — Japan • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Japan • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Kantō • Subdivision Type2 — Prefecture • Subdivision Name2 — Saitama • Subdivision Type3 — City • Subdivision Name3 — Saitama • Area Total Km2 — 49.17 • Population Total — 112862 • Population As Of — March 2021 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — Japan Standard Time • Utc Offset1 — +9 • Blank Name Sec1 — City Symbols • Blank1 Name Sec1 — - Tree • Blank2 Name Sec1 — -Flower • Blank2 Info Sec1 — Kerria japonica • Blank Name Sec2 — Phone number • Blank Info Sec2 — 048-835-3156 • Blank1 Name Sec2 — Address • Blank1 Info Sec2 — 3-2-5 Honcho, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 339-8585 Iwatsuki-ku is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northeastern part of the city. As of 2021 03, the ward had an estimated population of 112,862 and a population density of 2,300 persons per km 2. Its total area was 49.17 sqkm.

Iwasuki Ward is within the Kantō Plain, in the northeast portion of Saitama City.

Iwatsuki-ku is surrounded by Minuma-ku (west), Midori-ku (southwest), and the cities of Kawaguchi (south), Koshigaya (southeast), Kasukabe (northeast), Shiraoka (north), and Hasuda (northwest).

Iwatsuki developed from the Muromachi period as a castle town next to Iwatsuki Castle and the center of Iwatsuki Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. It was also a post town on the Nikkō Onari Kaidō connecting Edo with Nikko. The modern town of Iwatsuki created within Minamisaitama District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On May 3, 1954, Iwatsuki merged with the neighboring villages of Niiwa, Wado, Kawadori, Kashiwazaki, Kawai and Jionji and was elevated to city status on July 1, 1954. On April 1, 2005, Iwatsuki merged with the city of Saitama, becoming Iwatsuki Ward. Iwatsuki is known as the "City of Dolls" (人形のまち Ningyō no Machi) due to a history of doll-making that dates back to the 17th century.

• Mejiro University – Saitama campus • University of Human Arts and Sciences • Iwatsuki-ku has 14 elementary schools, eight junior high schools, and four high schools, and one special education school. Municipal junior high schools: • Hakuyo (柏陽中学校) • Iwatsuki (岩槻中学校) • Jionji (慈恩寺中学校) • Jouhoku (城北中学校) • Jounan (城南中学校) • Kawadoori (川通中学校) • Nishihara (西原中学校) • Sakurayama (桜山中学校) Municipal elementary schools: • Higashi Iwatsuki (東岩槻小学校) • Iwatsuki (岩槻小学校) • Jionji (慈恩寺小学校) • Jouhoku (城北小学校) • Jounan (城南小学校) • Kamisato (上里小学校) • Kashiwazaki (柏崎小学校) • Kawadoori (川通小学校) • Kawai (河合小学校) • Niiwa (新和小学校) • Nishihara (西原小学校) • Ota (太田小学校) • Tokuriki (徳力小学校) • Wado (和土小学校)

Tōbu Railway – Noda Line • - Higashi-Iwatsuki

• – Iwatsuki Interchange • Route • Route • Route

• Canada Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada (1996)

• Iwatsuki Castle

• Takeru Satoh, actor