Saitama New Urban Center (Saitama Shintoshin) ［さいたま新都心］

Saitama New Urban Center

Saitama New Urban Center is the area spanning Omiya and Chuo districts of Saitama City, surrounding JR Saitama Shintoshin Station.
With the aim of decentralizing the economy and administration concentrated in Tokyo, this new urban center was built as a city, to take on some of the responsibilities of the nation's capital, by redeveloping the site where once the Omiya Switchyard of the former Japan National Railway stood.
The high-rise buildings standing side by side, surrounding Saitama Shintoshin Station, include many national government agencies responsible for Kanto and surrounding regions.
This New Urban Center is also the largest commercial district in Saitama Prefecture, featuring the COCOON Shintoshin Complex, Saitama Super Arena, Keyaki Plaza, the John Lennon Museum, and numerous office buildings, it attracts people from all over the vicinity.