Talk:Zama, Kanagawa

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typo[edit]

This article says "As of 128,989, the city had an estimated population of 128,989..." please note that 128,989 is not a year. I do not know when this research is from or I would fix the error myself.

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Water[edit]

Wiki for Zama states: "The city is well known for its drinking water, which is cold in the summer and warm in the winter." As a Zama City resident, I can confirm that this isn't true. Too bad because it would be nice... It may be a localized phenomenon in other parts of Zama. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OjisanUnit (talk • contribs) 05:11, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe set the phrase in quotation marks. Call it OR, but my intuition is it is a kind of local traditional proverb, putting in more poetic words the meaning "Summers are (usually) hotter than [whatever the average water temperature of springs and streams] is, winters are colder"; maybe with a deeper connotation of "nothing special about this place here", or "everything is just as it is supposed to be"?
If it were an actual phenomenon where the water temperature would actually, and significantly, vary over time, there would certainly be citable sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:A62:14EB:6900:FCBA:4DDE:F191:F058 (talk) 01:38, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

City symbols[edit]

Is there an official source in English claiming that the city bird is the great tit? I have not changed the main page in case this is the name the city itself likes to use but the actual emblem is parus minor which is the Japanese Tit not strictly the Great Tit (parus major).

This information is given on the Zama's website http://www.city.zama.kanagawa.jp/www/contents/1193392889882/index.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlanBrod (talk • contribs) 08:04, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]