Saitama Prefecture (Saitama-ken) is located in the Kanto region on Honshu
island, Japan. The capital is the city of Saitama. it is part of the Greater
Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of
Tokyo, to which floods of residents commute each day. Saitama is home to
two J. League football (soccer) teams: the popular Urawa Red Diamonds and
Omiya Ardija. Kawagoe is known locally as "Little Edo" Koedo
Kawagoe is famous for its sweet potatoes, and on the local "Candy
Street". Higashimatsuyama is famous “Yakitori”(skewered spicy pork)
which has peculiarity its spicy source.
Prefectural Symbols
Saitama Flower is Primrose (Primula sieboldii)
Saitama Tree is Keyaki tree (Zelkova serrata)
Saitama Bird is Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
SGI practice Soka Gakkai's particular form of Nichiren Buddhism. Butsudan
Buddhist altar Nichiren taught that by chanting "Nam Myoho Renge Kyo"
to the Gohonzon. SGI practitioners call this process a "human revolution."