Saitama Prefecture is bordered by Tokyo, Chiba, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Nagano, and Yamanashi.
April 12005: The town of Yoshida and the villages of Arakawa and Otaki (all from ChichibuDistrict) and the old city of Chichibu merged to form the new city of Chichibu.
Chichibu Railway the northwestern, Seibu Railway the southwestern, Tobu Railway the midwestern and the eastern, the New Shuttle and Saitama Railway the southeastern parts of the prefecture respectively.
Saitama Prefecture is bordered by Tokyo, Chiba, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Nagano, and Yamanashi.
On April 12005, the town of Yoshida and the villages of Arakawa and Otaki (all from from ChichibuDistrict) and the old city of Chichibu merged to form the new city of Chichibu.
On October 12005, the village of Ryokami and the old town of Ogano (both from ChichibuDistrict) merged to form the new town of Ogano in ChichibuDistrict.