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Urawa

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Urawa (浦和, Urawa) is a place name and a family name in Japan.

  • Urawa as a place name can refer to:
    • Urawa-ku, Saitama is a ward of Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
    • Urawa, Saitama was a city and its area is now Urawa, Minami, Nishi and Sakura wards of Saitama City.
    • Urawa Red Diamonds is a professional football (soccer) club playing in the J. League.
    • Urawa University and Urawa University Junior College are located in Midori-ku, Saitama.

All the eight railway stations in the former Urawa city have "Urawa" in their names. They are either on Keihin-Tōhoku (K), Saikyō (S), Musashino (M) or Saitama Railway (R) Line.

Urawa station also stops most Utsunomiya and Takasaki Line trains.