Tokorozawa

[ toh-ker-uh-zah-wuh; Japanese taw-kaw-rawzah-wai ]

noun

1. a city in central Honshu, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.

Example Sentences

“I think they are unique and nice. I hope a lot of people will visit to check it out,” said Sumie Namiki, a 46-year-old from Tokyo working in Tokorozawa.

From Reuters

On a January afternoon, in his stained-wood-floored studio in the Tokyo suburb of Tokorozawa, the artist Kosen Ohtsubo fingered a large cabbage leaf, its edges a bit too curled and droopy for a salad.

From New York Times

Ouchi was born with perfect vision but since being diagnosed with an eye condition at the age of seven his sight has degenerated to the point where he needs a cane to navigate his local skatepark in Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo.

From Reuters

June 25, 2013, 2:32 am Seibu Pushes Aside Cerberus’s Call for New Directors TOKOROZAWA, Japan–Cerberus Capital Management, the American giant embroiled in a public battle to revamp management at Japan’s Seibu Holdings, failed on Tuesday to push through a bid to appoint new directors at the struggling conglomerate, the latest setback by foreign investors to shake up corporate Japan.

From New York Times

His father, John, is originally from Chester-le-Street, but Dean was born and raised in Japan and attended high school near Kobe - where his parents now live - before going on to study for a degree in sports science at Waseda University's Tokorozawa campus.

From The Guardian