Saitama-Shintoshin

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Saitama-Shintoshin is the newly established metropolitan city center of Saitama aims to become the center of government and culture in the 21st century. Three separate cities of Urawa, Omiya and Yono were integrated in May 2001 to form the city of Saitama. 18 national government offices are to be transferred to the newly established Saitama-Shintoshin area, the core of the new Saitama City with a feel of the 21st century. Saitama Super Arena, the site of numerous music and sports events, has been constructed, and there are many places to see including high-tech buildings and the Keyaki Hiroba (Zelkova Plaza) built with an image of a grove of mixed trees.