Fukaya

Fukaya is a metropolis located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of one February 2016, the metropolis had an predicted populace of 144,696, and a population density of 1040 humans in line with km². Its total place is 138.37 square kilometres. It is well-known for a spread of welsh onions or Fukaya-negi Fukaya turned into the web site of a fort built by using the Uesugi clan in 1456, and later the site of Okabe Domain a feudal area underneath the Tokugawa shogunate. In the Edo era, Fukaya-shuku became a chief submit town on the Nakasendo toll road, boasting over 80 motels.

The modern town of Fukaya changed into installed within Hanzawa District, Saitama with the established order of the municipalities machine on April 1, 1889. Hanzawa District become abolished in 1896, turning into a part of Osato District. Fukaya merged with the villages of Aketo, Hatara, Oyori and Fujisawa on January 1, 1955, and was expanded to city fame. It annexed the village of Toyosato on April 1, 1973. The economic system of Fukaya is dominated with the aid of agriculture, with welsh onions and tulips as well-known neighborhood crops.