Saitama Prefecture Okegawa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.

During the Edo period, Okegawa-shuku was the sixth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, with the surrounding area noted for its production of safflower.

Okegawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 19 members.

In terms of national politics, the city is part of Saitama 6th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

JR East – Takasaki Line Media related to Okegawa, Saitama at Wikimedia Commons