Kasukabe City

An 800 kg kite rises into the May sky.

Giant kite on the Edo River

Photo by 江戸村のとくぞう (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Giant kite

An 800 kg kite,hauled into the sky by over a hundred people.

The tradition is said to have begun in 1841, late in the Edo period, when a travelling monk staying at a temple in Hōshubana (宝珠花) told local people how to divine a good silk-cocoon harvest by flying kites. Today, every 3 and 5 May, well over a hundred people fly a giant kite, 15 m tall, 11 m wide and weighing 800 kg, on the bank of the Edo River. Members of the Shōwa Ōdako Bunka Hozonkai (庄和大凧文化保存会) spend three months making it from washi paper and bamboo.

15 m by 11 m
800 kg
Every 3 and 5 May

02 ／ Flood control

50 metres underground,a river carries away floods.

The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel (首都圏外郭放水路) is a national facility that, when the Naka, Ōotoshi-Furutone and other rivers threaten to overflow, sends the floodwater underground to the Edo River. It runs about 6.3 km, 50 m beneath National Route 16, and in the pressure-adjusting tank that slows the water stand 59 pillars of about 500 tonnes each. The whole channel was completed in 2006, and guided tours are held by reservation.

50 m deep, about 6.3 km
59 pillars
Fully completed in 2006

03 ／ Wisteria

A Special Natural Monument wisteria,and a trellis over a kilometre long.

The city flower is the wisteria. The Ushijima Wisteria (牛島のフジ) is said to be over 1,200 years old; in the Meiji era its flower clusters reached 3 m and it was a famous sight near Tokyo, and in 1955 it was made a national Special Natural Monument. In 1980 a wisteria trellis about 1.1 km long was built along Fuji-dōri (ふじ通り) at the west exit of Kasukabe Station, and around the Kasukabe Wisteria Festival more than 200 vines bloom.

Said to be over 1,200 years old
Special Natural Monument, 1955
Trellis about 1.1 km

Living here

35 minutes to Asakusa by limited express, 15 to Ōmiya by express.

about 230,000 people

Kasukabe Station, where the Tobu Skytree Line and Urban Park Line meet, is about 35 minutes from Asakusa Station by limited express and about 15 minutes from Ōmiya Station by express. City Hall is a 14-minute walk from the west exit. In 2005 the city merged with the town of Shōwa (庄和町), extending it to the Edo River.

People living here: 229,792people
Area: 66km²
Households: 97,638households
Rent (average for rentals): 55,365yen
Healthcare: 13 hospitals ／ 130 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-10-01 に新設合併（庄和町）。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —29 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Kasukabe City in Japan35.975°N 139.752°E

to AsakusaTobu Skytree Line ltd. exp.35min
to Kita-SenjuTobu Skytree Line ltd. exp.20min
to ŌmiyaTobu Urban Park Line express15min

Travel times follow 市公式「春日部市の位置と地勢」（2022-05-20 更新）と移住リーフレット「かすかべでくらそう」（令和7年度版・2025-06-26 作成のPDF）の「良好なアクセス」に載っている値。東武鉄道の2026年3月14日ダイヤ改正の発表資料（2025-12-12）で特急の所要を確かめた (checked 2026-09-24). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Kasukabe City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

11.9km

Saitama Prefecture: さいたま市, 杉戸町, 越谷市, 松伏町, 宮代町, 白岡市
Chiba Prefecture: 野田市

Kasukabe City isthis kind of town.

01Every May, well over a hundred people fly a 15 m, 800 kg giant kite on the bank of the Edo River
02One of the world's largest underground flood channels runs 50 m beneath National Route 16, carrying floodwater to the Edo River
03Home to the Ushijima Wisteria, a national Special Natural Monument, and the 1.1 km wisteria trellis of Fuji-dōri

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kasukabe City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗