Satte, Saitama

Satte (幸手市, Satte-shi) is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2016, the city had an estimated population of 52,449, and a population density of 1550 persons per km². Its total area is 33.93 square kilometres (13.10 sq mi).

Satte

幸手市
Satte City Hall
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Location of Satte in Saitama Prefecture
Satte
Location of Satte in Saitama Prefecture
Coordinates: 36°4′41.1″N 139°43′33.1″E
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureSaitama Prefecture
Area
  Total33.93 km2 (13.10 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2016)
  Total52,449
  Density1,550/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- TreePodocarpus macrophyllus
- FlowerSakura
Phone number0480-43-1111
Address4-6-8 Higashi, Satte-shi, Saitama-ken 340-0192
Websitehttp://www.city.satte.saitama.jp/
Gongendō Park

Geography

Located in the flatlands far eastern Saitama Prefecture, Satte is at the convergence of Saitama, Chiba and Ibaraki Prefectures, at an average altitude of approximately twenty meters above sea level. The Edo River and the Naka River flow through the city, which is approximately 50 kilometers from downtown Tokyo.

Surrounding municipalities

History

During the Kamakura period, Satte developed as a post town on the Kamakura Kaidō, and maintained that role through the Edo period with the Nikkō Kaidō and the Nikkō Onari Kaidō.

The town of Satte was created within Kitakatsushika District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was raised to city status on October 1, 1986.

Discussions to merge with neighboring Kuji and Washimiya in 2004 resulted in the selection of a new city name of Sakuranomiya (桜宮市), but the merger never took place.

Economy

The economy of Satte is primarily agricultural.

Education

Transportation

Railway

Highway

Local attractions

  • Gongendo Tsutsumi (Japanese: 権現堂堤). About 1,000 Yoshino cherry trees are spread out over 1 km along the top of the levee of the Gongendo river. During cherry blossom season, many visitors from all over the prefecture and beyond come to enjoy the picturesque pink and yellow of cherry and rapeseed blossoms, and vendors set up stalls. The levee is also sown with hydrangea and red spider lilies, which bloom in the summer and fall.

Notable people from Satte

  • Kagami Yoshimizu, the creator of the Lucky Star series, was born in Satte. Although he has now moved out of Satte, his house was turned into the Lucky Star Museum, made to resemble Konata Izumi's (one of the main characters in the series) house[1][2] for a few years. The museum is now closed.
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