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Where to stay in Saitama Prefecture
This guide covers 39 destinations in Saitama Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 33 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Saitama, Kawaguchi and Kawagoe. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND).
- Destinations in this guide
- 39
- Places to stay
- 33
- Main airport
- HNDTokyo Haneda International Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Saitama Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Saitama Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saitama | 1,325,843 | 9 | HND · 37 km |
| Kawaguchi | 593,900 | 2 | HND · 29 km |
| Kawagoe | 354,598 | 2 | HND · 50 km |
| Toda | 142,352 | 2 | HND · 31 km |
| Misato | 141,913 | 2 | HND · 32 km |
| Wakō | 84,120 | 2 | HND · 31 km |
| Warabi | 74,996 | 2 | HND · 32 km |
| Chichibu | 59,326 | 2 | HND · 90 km |
| Tokorozawa | 341,289 | 1 | HND · 40 km |
| Sōka | 251,390 | 1 | HND · 31 km |
| Kasukabe | 228,975 | 1 | HND · 47 km |
| Ageo | 226,616 | 1 | HND · 51 km |
| Kumagaya | 193,190 | 1 | HND · 76 km |
| Asaka | 143,915 | 1 | HND · 33 km |
| Fukaya | 140,930 | 1 | HND · 85 km |
| Yashio | 93,283 | 1 | HND · 31 km |
| Higashimatsuyama | 91,818 | 1 | HND · 65 km |
| Shiki | 75,247 | 1 | HND · 37 km |
| Koshigaya | 341,784 | HND · 38 km | |
| Niiza | 165,997 | HND · 34 km | |
| Kuki | 150,197 | HND · 58 km | |
| Sayama | 148,474 | HND · 48 km | |
| Iruma | 145,303 | HND · 48 km | |
| Kōnosu | 116,777 | HND · 62 km | |
| Fujimino | 113,490 | HND · 44 km | |
| Fujimi | 111,858 | HND · 40 km | |
| Kazo | 110,622 | HND · 67 km | |
| Sakado | 100,829 | HND · 57 km | |
| Hannō | 80,099 | HND · 54 km | |
| Gyōda | 78,488 | HND · 72 km | |
| Honjō | 76,757 | HND · 94 km | |
| Okegawa | 74,115 | HND · 54 km | |
| Yoshikawa | 72,139 | HND · 39 km | |
| Tsurugashima | 70,067 | HND · 56 km | |
| Kitamoto | 65,191 | HND · 58 km | |
| Hasuda | 61,473 | HND · 51 km | |
| Hidaka | 54,728 | HND · 57 km | |
| Hanyū | 52,740 | HND · 72 km | |
| Shiraoka | 52,103 | HND · 53 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Saitama Prefecture
18 places to stay in Saitama Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in Saitama Prefecture
15 hotels in Saitama Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel Metropolitan Saitama-Shintoshin | Saitama | |
| Palace Hotel Omiya | Saitama | 1988 |
| Royal Pines Hotel Urawa | Saitama | 1999 |
| むさしのグランドホテル | Ageo | |
| 一平荘 | Higashimatsuyama | |
| 東横イン和光市駅前 | Wakō | |
| 浦和ワシントンホテル | Saitama | |
| 浦和東武ホテル | Saitama | |
| Hotel Route-Inn Fukaya Ekimae | Fukaya | |
| Kawagoe Prince Hotel | Kawagoe | |
| Kawagoe Tobu Hotel | Kawagoe | |
| OYO 44814 Hotel Tetora Akabane | Kawaguchi | |
| Wadoh | Chichibu | |
| Wallaby House | Warabi | |
| 旅籠一番 | Chichibu |
When to go
Best time to visit Saitama Prefecture
From the climate of 39 destinations in Saitama Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 39 | 9 °C | 40 mm |
| February | 0 of 39 | 10 °C | 44 mm |
| March | 0 of 39 | 14 °C | 88 mm |
| April | 0 of 39 | 19 °C | 104 mm |
| May | 0 of 39 | 24 °C | 126 mm |
| June | 0 of 39 | 26 °C | 167 mm |
| July | 0 of 39 | 30 °C | 167 mm |
| August | 0 of 39 | 31 °C | 158 mm |
| September | 0 of 39 | 27 °C | 201 mm |
| October | 0 of 39 | 22 °C | 173 mm |
| November | 0 of 39 | 17 °C | 70 mm |
| December | 0 of 39 | 11 °C | 39 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Saitama Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Saitama Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
HND · Tokyo Haneda International Airport
NRT · Narita International Airport
IBR · Ibaraki Airport
MMJ · Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Saitama Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Japan
Nearby
Regions near Saitama Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.