Matsubushi Town

Three rivers write "river" across the town.

Edo, Naka and Ōotoshi-Furutone

Photo by 京浜にけ (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Rivers

Three rivers write 川,the character for "river".

The Edo River bounds the town on the east and the Ōotoshi-Furutone River (大落古利根川) on the west, and with the Naka River (中川) running through the middle, the three flow north to south like the three strokes of 川, "river". Fields spread over flat land 4 to 6 m above sea level, and about 150 cherry trees line the Furutone River bank for 1.5 km. The Furutone River Cherry Blossom Festival (古利根川桜まつり) runs from late March to early April.

Three rivers
4–6 m above sea level
About 150 cherry trees over 1.5 km

02 ／ Curry

The man who first made curry powder in Japanwas born in this town.

Yamazaki Minejirō (山崎峯次郎), founder of S&B Foods, was born in 1903 in Kanasugi village, now part of Matsubushi. After moving to Tokyo he came across curry rice, became the first to make curry powder entirely in Japan, and in 1923 founded Higashiya (日賀志屋), the company's forerunner. The town calls itself "the town of curry", and a curry senryū contest it ran drew 2,016 poems from across Japan.

Born in Kanasugi village, 1903
Founded Higashiya, 1923
2,016 curry senryū

03 ／ Concert hall

1.9 seconds of reverberation, full house:a hall made for chamber music.

Den'en Hall Ellora (田園ホール・エローラ) opened in July 1989 as the centrepiece of the town's central community centre, marking 20 years as a town. It was built on the advice of the composer Akutagawa Yasushi (芥川也寸志), and after he died before its completion it was named after his Ellora Symphony (エローラ交響曲). The town describes it as the first hall in Japan designed with computer-based digital acoustics; its reverberation is 1.9 seconds with a full house.

Opened July 1989
Reverberation 1.9 s, full house
Named after the Ellora Symphony

Living here

15 minutes by bus from Kita-Koshigaya Station.

about 30,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in town. For the town office, take an Ibakyu bus (茨急バス) from Kita-Koshigaya Station on the Tobu Skytree Line to the Matsubushi Yakuba-mae stop (松伏役場前), then walk one minute. The town gives the bus ride from Kita-Koshigaya Station as 15 minutes. In June 2025 the Higashi-Saitama Road (東埼玉道路) section of National Route 4 was extended into the town.

People living here: 28,266people
Area: 16.2km²
Households: 10,740households
Rent (average for rentals): 61,970yen
Healthcare: 3 hospitals ／ 10 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —5 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Matsubushi Town in Japan35.926°N 139.815°E

to Kita-KoshigayaLocal bus15min

Travel times follow 町の「松伏町ガイドマップ」（令和8年1月発行・町公式 2026-02-10 掲載）の「こんにちは松伏町ですアクセス」の面に載っている値。茨城急行自動車の2026年7月4日改正のポケット時刻表で今の運行を確かめた (checked 2026-09-24). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Matsubushi Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

7.0km

Saitama Prefecture: 吉川市, 越谷市, 春日部市
Chiba Prefecture: 野田市

Matsubushi Town isthis kind of town.

01A flat farming town where three rivers, the Edo, Naka and Ōotoshi-Furutone, flow like the character 川
02Home town of Yamazaki Minejirō, founder of S&B Foods, who first made curry powder entirely in Japan; the town calls itself "the town of curry"
03Den'en Hall Ellora, a hall for chamber music built on the advice of the composer Akutagawa Yasushi and tuned to 1.9 seconds of reverberation with a full house

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Matsubushi Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗