Living in Minami-Urawa

A residential area in Minami Ward, Saitama City, called a cram-school district because exam prep schools and cram schools gather here. You can reach Ueno and Tokyo Station without transferring, and many trains toward Tokyo originate at this station. In return, fast medium-distance trains do not stop here, so you have to transfer once toward Shinjuku and Ikebukuro.

It is a residential area in Minami Ward, Saitama City, called a cram-school district because of its many cram schools. On the JR Keihin-Tohoku Line you can reach Omiya in 11 minutes and Tokyo Station in 41 minutes without transferring. Minami Ward has the fewest penal code offenses of the 10 wards of Saitama City. The Shonan-Shinjuku Line does not stop, so you transfer once at Akabane for Shinjuku.