Ogawa, Saitama  Ogawa is located in central Saitama Prefecture. The village of Ogawa was created within Hiki District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Ogawa annexed the neighboring villages of Okawa, Takezawa and Yawata on February 1, 1955. Tokigawa and Tamagawa merged to form the town of Tokigawa. The town was traditionally famous for Japanese traditional papermaking (washi). Ogawa has six elementary schools, three junior high schools, and one high school.