Niiza City

43 ha of woodland around a Zen temple.

Heirinji

Photo by Abasaa (Public domain)

01 ／ Zen temple and woodland

On a senior councillor's last wish,the temple moved here from Iwatsuki.

Heirinji (平林寺) is a Rinzai Zen temple founded in 1375 in what is now Iwatsuki Ward, Saitama City. In 1663 it moved to Nobidome, as Matsudaira Nobutsuna, shogunal senior councillor and lord of Kawagoe, had wished before his death. The temple grounds' woodland keeps the look of the old Musashino coppice and became a Natural Monument in 1968. Covering about 43 ha, it is the city's only nationally designated cultural property.

Founded 1375 in Iwatsuki
Moved to Nobidome, 1663
Natural Monument

02 ／ Canal

To a thirsty plateau,about 24 km from the Tamagawa Canal.

Nobidome sat on a dry plateau of Kantō loam, and people struggled for everyday water. In 1655 Matsudaira Nobutsuna had his retainer Yasumatsu Kin'emon draw a share of water from the Tamagawa Canal (玉川上水). The Nobidome Canal (野火止用水) runs about 24 km in all, from today's Kodaira to the Shingashi River. A Kawagoe merchant's record says water arrived 40 days after digging began.

Dug in 1655
About 24 km long
Prefectural Historic Site

03 ／ Springs

Two springs on a wooded slope,among Japan's 100 Fine Waters.

Myōonzawa (妙音沢) is a green area of about 3.3 ha on a steep slope beside the Kurome River, where two springs, Ōsawa and Kosawa, flow without pause. The city made it a Special Green Space Conservation District in 2004. With volunteers' conservation work also recognised, the Ministry of the Environment chose it as one of the Heisei 100 Fine Waters (平成の名水百選). A new kind of cherry was also found here.

Two springs
About 3.3 ha
Heisei 100 Fine Waters

Living here

Shiki Station is actually in Niiza.

about 170,000 people
30 min to a city centre

Shiki Station on the Tobu Tojo Line stands in Tōhoku 2-chōme, Niiza. The tourism association puts it about 20 minutes from Ikebukuro. For City Hall, take a Seibu Bus from the South Exit to "Niiza Shiyakusho"; the office is right by the stop. The city also has Niiza Station on the JR Musashino Line, and describes itself as bordering Tokyo along half of its area.

People living here: 166,017people
Area: 22.78km²
Households: 73,686households
Rent (average for rentals): 64,770yen
Healthcare: 6 hospitals ／ 71 clinics

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

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.

Niiza City in Japan35.794°N 139.565°E

to IkebukuroTobu Tojo Line20min

Travel times follow 新座市産業観光協会（事務局は新座市シティプロモーション課）の観光公式サイト「新座めぐり。」の「アクセス」に載っている値 (checked 2026-09-24). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 8 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Niiza City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

8.0km

Saitama Prefecture: 朝霞市, 所沢市, 志木市, 三芳町
Tokyo: 清瀬市, 東久留米市, 練馬区, 西東京市

Niiza City isthis kind of town.

01Heirinji, moved from Iwatsuki on the last wish of senior councillor Matsudaira Nobutsuna, is surrounded by about 43 ha of woodland
02In 1655 the Nobidome Canal, about 24 km long, brought water from the Tamagawa Canal and opened up the dry plateau
03At Myōonzawa beside the Kurome River, two springs flow, chosen as one of the Heisei 100 Fine Waters

See the town as it is now.

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Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

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