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Special city in Kantō, Japan
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Tokorozawa (所沢) is a city in Saitama Prefecture.
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所沢航空発祥記念館
Japan's first airfield.
八国山緑地
Best known for being the inspiration for Totoro.
滝の城址
Ruins of a 16c (Sengoku era) castle.
西武ドーム（ベルーナドーム）
The baseball stadium of the Saitama Seibu Lions professional baseball team.
狭山スキー場, sayama sukījō
An indoor ski slope.
西武園ゆうえんち
Seibuen Yuenchi is a long-standing amusement and water park since 1950. A water park opens in the summer. Winter activities include outdoor ice skating and a trout fishing pond.
Tokorozawa is accessible with the Seibu Railways by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro, and the Seibu Shinjuku Line from Shinjuku
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