Tokorozawa

Tokorozawa (所沢) is a city in Saitama Prefecture.

Understand

Tokorozawa is a suburban residential town with a population of 340,000. It is approximately 30 km directly northwest of Tokyo.

Tourist information sites

• The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site.

• The city has official info pages in English on Guidoor.

Get in

Tokorozawa is accessible with the Seibu Railways by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro, and the Seibu Shinjuku Line from Shinjuku

See

• 1 Tokorozawa Aviation Museum (所沢航空発祥記念館), 1-13 Namiki (Take Seibu Shinjuku Line to Kōkū-kōen Station), ☏ +81 4-2996-2225, fax: +81 4-2996-2531. 9:30-17:00, closed on Monday & Dec 29-Jan 1. Japan's first airfield. Exhibition hall: Adult ¥520, child ¥100. Movie theatre: Adult ¥630, child ¥260. Combination ticket: Adult ¥840, child ¥320. (updated Oct 2023)
• 2 Hachikokuyama Nature Park (八国山緑地). Best known for being the inspiration for Totoro.  
• 3 Taki-no-jo (Waterfall Castle) Ruins (滝の城址), 537 Shiro, Tokorozawa. Ruins of a 16c (Sengoku era) castle.  

Do

Seibu Dome stadium

• 1 Seibu Dome stadium (aka Belluna Dome) (西武ドーム（ベルーナドーム）), 2135 Kami-Yamaguchi, ☏ +81 4-2525-1141. The baseball stadium of the Saitama Seibu Lions professional baseball team.  
• 2 Sayama Ski Slope (狭山スキー場, sayama sukījō), 2167 Kami-Yamaguchi, ☏ +81 4-2922-1384. An indoor ski slope.  
• 3 Seibuen Yuenchi (西武園ゆうえんち), 2964 Yamaguchi (1 minute walk from Seibuyuenchi Station), ☏ +81 42-922-1371. Weekend 10:00-20:00/Others 10:00-17:00. Seibuen Yuenchi is a long-standing amusement and water park since 1950. A water park opens in the summer. Winter activities include outdoor ice skating and a trout fishing pond. One day pass ¥4900 for adults, ¥3600 for children (free for under 3). (updated Jan 2024)

Go next

• Iruma
• Sayama
• Fujimino
• Miyoshi
• Kawagoe
• Niiza
• Hanno
• Kiyose
• Higashimurayama

Routes through Tokorozawa

Hon-Kawagoe ←	W  E	→ Kodaira → Seibu-Shinjuku
Seibu-Chichibu ← Hannō ←	W  E	→ Hoya→ Nerima → Ikebukuro
Fuchu Honmachi ← Nishi kokubunji ← Shin Kodaira ←	S  E	→ Minami Urawa→ Shin Koshigaya → Matsudo
Takasaki ← Kawagoe ←	N  S	→ Tokyo/Nerima