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Western AreaKawagoe City
It greatly thrived in 1612 when Sōjō Tenkai trusted by Ieyasu Tokugawa became the chief priest. Due to Kawagoe’s…
Temples and Shrines
Western AreaKawagoe City
The good old small-time candy stores are lined up at the Yokochō. There were about 70 houses lined up in the beg…
Scenery / Landscape Restaurants Sweets
Western AreaKawagoe City
A “townscape of kura warehouses” still remain in Kawagoe. The kura warehouses have a fireproof architecture cl…
Historical and Cultural facilities Scenery / Landscape
Chichibu AreaChichibu City
The shrine is believed to have a history of 2,000 years, stretching all the way back to the era of Emperor Keikō…
Temples and Shrines
Northern AreaHonjo City
Jyōshinin Hyakutai Kannon-dō, commonly called, “Sazaedō”, was built to pray for the victims of the great eruptio…
Historical and Cultural facilities Temples and Shrines
Northern AreaHonjo City
This is a memorial house for Hanawa Hokiichi, a blind Japanese classical scholar who lived in the mid-Edo period…
Museums Historical and Cultural facilities
Western AreaKawagoe City
The Kawagoe Castle was built in the first year of Chōroku (1457) under the command of the vassals, Ōta Dōshin an…
Historical and Cultural facilities
Chichibu AreaNagatoro Town
It is said that this shrine was founded by the Japanese Takeru, about 2,000 years ago. The current main building…
Temples and Shrines
Chichibu AreaNagatoro Town
This is a ropeway installed at an altitude of 497 meters in Mt. Hodōsan, connecting a total length of 832 meters…
Scenery / Landscape
Eastern AreaKazo City
Although the historical Kisai Castle was a one-story building enclosed by earthworks and walls, it was restored …
Historical and Cultural facilities
Eastern AreaKazo City
This is a museum that exhibits the collection of pictures and sculptures owned by Tabei Jinichi. Along with t…
Museums
Eastern AreaKazo City
This is a museum for the classics of the Rolls Royce and the Bentley, in which the Bentley was beloved by Jirō S…
Museums
Eastern AreaKoshigaya City
This is the village shrine of Ōsawa. It is said to be the Katori Shrine from Saishiro which was transferred here…
Temples and Shrines
Western AreaHigashimatsuyama City
At the vast site that spreads 46 hectares towards Hiki Hills, popular animals such as the giraffes, red pandas, …
Parks / Gardens
Western AreaHigashimatsuyama City
Known as Iwadono Kannon, Shōbōji’s official name is Iwadonosan Shōbōji. At the Bando 33 spot pilgrimage’s 10th …
Temples and Shrines
Western AreaHigashimatsuyama City
The park opened in 1990 as part of spreading “Botan (peony)”, the city’s flower. This is a prominent peony park …
Parks / Gardens
Western AreaHigashimatsuyama City
In 712, it is said that during the Heian period, Minamoto-no-Yorinobu, who was heading towards the suppression o…
Temples and Shrines
Eastern AreaGyoda City
The Hachimanyama Kofun (Mount Hachiman burial mound), is the central burial mound within the group of Wakakodama…
Historical and Cultural facilities
Eastern AreaGyoda City
It is a place located very close to the Ōshi Castle and is noted for its water hyacinth. The Aoi-no-ike (lake) w…
Parks / Gardens
Western AreaHatoyama Town
The ruins of a kiln used in the 7th century which is said to be one of the oldest artifacts of Saitama Prefectur…
Historical and Cultural facilities