Okegawa

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Okegawa

Total population

74,748

Air quality index

88Moderate

Coordinates36.00°, 139.56°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Okegawa is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2020, the city had an estimated population of 75,218 in 33,119 households and a population density of 3000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 25.35 square kilometres (9.79 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

K

Kazue Kineri

M

Masahiro Motoki

Japanese actor and singer

K

Kurosu Kōnosuke

Japanese mathematician (1893–1970)

C

Chō

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator

N

Nobuhiro Kato

Japanese association football player

N

Nobutaka Suzuki

Japanese association football player

J

Junya Hosokawa

Japanese association football player

H

Hayato Ochi

Japanese association football player

T

Tsubasa Oshima

Japanese association football player

U

Uri Nakayama

Japanese singer

Ken'ichi Hagiwara

Japanese actor and singer (1950–2019)

S

Shōei

Japanese actor

A

Atsuko Nagai

Japanese judoka

Mai Ichii

Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer

M

Matsudaira Nobutsuna

[松平信綱] Roju of Tokugawa shogunate; daimyo of Kawagoe

Taimei Yamaguchi

Japanese politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Saitama

• Kitamoto
  2.3 mi away · pop. 65,201
• Ageo
  2.6 mi away · pop. 226,940
• Ina
  3.7 mi away · pop. 44,442
• Kawajima
  4.2 mi away · pop. 20,788
• Konosu
  4.8 mi away · pop. 117,883
• Hasuda
  5.9 mi away · pop. 61,499
• Yoshimi
  6.4 mi away · pop. 19,631
• Kawagoe
  6.7 mi away · pop. 350,745
• Shiraoka
  6.7 mi away · pop. 52,214
• Kuki
  7.3 mi away · pop. 151,598
• Fujimino
  8.8 mi away · pop. 114,218
• Sakado
  9.2 mi away · pop. 101,679

Browse all places in Saitama →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Okegawa

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 109 mi
• Tropical Storm Higos
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 188 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Black-backed Wagtail

Motacilla alba lugens

Seen 2026-06-25

Amur Carp

Cyprinus rubrofuscus

Seen 2026-06-25

Parrot's feather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Seen 2026-06-22

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Seen 2026-06-22

Prosopocoilus inclinatus inclinatus

Prosopocoilus inclinatus inclinatus

Seen 2026-06-11

Common Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium vulgare

Seen 2026-06-11

Trypoxylus dichotomus septentrionalis

Trypoxylus dichotomus septentrionalis

Seen 2026-06-11

Marumba sperchius

Marumba sperchius

Seen 2026-06-11

Callambulyx gabyae

Callambulyx gabyae

Seen 2026-06-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Okegawa, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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