Wako, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

E32496
city municipality

Wako is a suburban city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on the northern outskirts of Tokyo, known for hosting major national institutions and research facilities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Japan Institute of Sports Sciences (nearby) 1
Wako, Saitama, Japan 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
borders Asaka, Saitama ⓘ
Itabashi, Tokyo ⓘ
Nerima, Tokyo ⓘ
Shiki, Saitama ⓘ
characteristic bedroom community for central Tokyo ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council ⓘ
hasAreaCode 048 ⓘ
hasCityStatus yes ⓘ
hasFunction research hub ⓘ
residential suburb ⓘ
hasHighway National Route 254 ⓘ
Tokyo Gaikan Expressway ⓘ
hasJapaneseName 和光市 ⓘ
hasPostalSystem Japan Post ⓘ
hasRailService Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line ⓘ
Tokyo Metro Yurakuchō Line ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line

Tobu Tojo Line ⓘ
surface form: Tōbu Tōjō Line
hasTransportConnectionTo Ikebukuro ⓘ
Shibuya ⓘ
Shinjuku ⓘ
hostsFacility RIKEN ⓘ
surface form: RI Beam Factory (RIKEN)
hostsInstitution Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) research facilities ⓘ
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (historical campus; some functions) ⓘ
National Tax College of Japan ⓘ
RIKEN ⓘ
surface form: RIKEN Wako campus
isSuburbOf Tokyo ⓘ
knownFor national research institutes ⓘ
science and technology facilities ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
leaderTitle Mayor ⓘ
locatedIn Honshu ⓘ
Kantō region ⓘ
Saitama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Kantō region ⓘ
surface form: Greater Tokyo Area
locatedNorthOf Tokyo 23 wards ⓘ
partOf Tokyo metropolitan area ⓘ
partOfAdministrativeDivision Saitama Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
surface form: Saitama Prefecture municipalities
timeZone Japan Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +09:00 ⓘ
writingSystem Japanese ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sendagaya → hasInstitution → Wako, Saitama Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japan Institute of Sports Sciences (nearby)
RIKEN → headquartersLocation → Wako, Saitama Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wako, Saitama, Japan
Legal Training and Research Institute → locatedIn → Wako, Saitama Prefecture, Japan ⓘ