Editing Saitama Prefecture (section)

== Mascot ==
{{nihongo|Kobaton|コバトン}} is the prefectural mascot, a Eurasian collared dove, which is also the prefectural bird. Kobaton was made originally as the mascot of the fifty-ninth annual national athletic meeting held in the prefecture in 2004, and was inaugurated as mascot of the prefecture in 2005 with an inauguration ceremony and a letter of appointment from the governor. A wheelchair-using version of Kobaton also exists.<ref>{{cite web|author=埼玉県総務部広聴広報課 |url=http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/what/what_kobaton.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221101816/http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/what/what_kobaton.html |archive-date=2008-02-21 |title=埼玉県／埼玉県のマスコット コバトン |date=2008-02-21 |access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref>