11227 ／ あさかし
Saitama PrefectureKurome River waterwheels drew copper wire.
Waterwheel copper drawing01 ／ Yosakoi
The Asaka Citizens' Festival, Saikasai (彩夏祭), was started in 1984 by residents worried that local ties were fading. In 1994 it added the Kanhasshu Yosakoi Festa (関八州よさこいフェスタ), the first festival of naruko (clapper) dancing on Honshu, and 99 teams danced at the 43rd festival in 2026. About 9,000 fireworks go up over the town, and about 700,000 people come.
02 ／ Copper drawing
In the late Edo period, waterwheels were built on the full-flowing Kurome River and used for tasks such as polishing rice. Around Hizaori village (膝折村), waterwheel power was used to draw heated lumps of copper into thin wire, a trade called shindō (伸銅). It carried on as a local industry, switching from water to electric power, and flourished as the birthplace of copper drawing in the Kantō region.
03 ／ The town's name
In 1930 the Tokyo Golf Club decided to move its course from Komazawa in Tokyo to Hizaori village, and the move spurred a push to rename the village and make it a town. On 1 May 1932 Asaka Town was born, named after Prince Asaka, the club's honorary president. The town-renaming permit issued by the club is a city cultural property. Hizaori Station was renamed Asaka Station too.
Living here
The city has Asaka and Asakadai stations on the Tobu Tojo Line and Kita-Asaka Station on the JR Musashino Line. The Tojo Line runs through onto the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho and Fukutoshin lines and others, and the city gives 15 minutes from Asaka to Ikebukuro. City Hall is an 8-minute walk from the south exit of Asaka Station. Parks, a library and more now stand on the site of a former US military base.
+3.5% since 2015
110,789 → 141,083
18.05km² of it habitable
2024
2.3 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
6.2 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 市勢要覧「朝霞市市勢要覧 朝霞浪漫2025」（2025-04-14 掲載）の「データで知りたい！朝霞市」にある「朝霞市の交通」の図の値 (checked 2026-09-24). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
6.3km
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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