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埼玉県 · Shrines & temples

Oshijo

行田市県北

The floating castle that withstood Ishida Mitsunari's attempt to flood it out.

埼玉県 · Shrines & temples

Romon (Hikawa)

さいたま市県央

A vermilion gate, next to Omiya Park.

埼玉県 · Shrines & temples

Tsuki no Usagi

さいたま市県央

It has no torii, and rabbits sit where guardian lions usually would.

埼玉県 · Shrines & temples

Yukokuji

熊谷市県北

Where Kumagai Naozane took vows and built his hermitage.

埼玉県 · Shrines & temples

Noninji

飯能市西部

Its pond garden is among the hundred famous gardens of Japan, at the foot of the climb up Tenranzan.

埼玉県 · Shrines & temples

Kanasana Jinja

神川町県北

It has no main hall, and worships Mount Omuro instead. Its tahoto pagoda is a National Treasure.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Chichibu Yomatsuri

秩父市秩父

Held on 2 and 3 December. Included in the UNESCO listing of float festivals.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Hikawa Sando

さいたま市県央

The two-kilometre approach is among the longest in Japan. Its avenue of trees became the spine of the town.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Kawagoe Kurazukuri

川越市西部

Black-plastered merchant storehouses line the street. It is called Little Edo.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Toki no Kane

川越市西部

The symbol of Kawagoe. The bell still rings four times a day.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Nagatoro

長瀞町秩父

Crystalline schist spreads out like tatami. The birthplace of Japanese geology.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Chichibu Yomatsuri

秩父市秩父

Held on 2 and 3 December, with floats and fireworks. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Rice Paddy Art

行田市県北

Recognised by Guinness as the largest rice paddy artwork in the world.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Sakitama Kofun

行田市県北

The Inariyama mound yielded the gold-inlaid iron sword, a National Treasure.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Menuma

熊谷市県北

Inari sushi is the local speciality, sold before the gate of the National Treasure Shotendo.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Omiya Bonsai Village

さいたま市県央

A district built by bonsai growers who moved here after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Kawaguchi Casting

川口市東部

The setting of the film The Street with the Cupola. Everything from kettles to bridge girders was cast here.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Hitsujiyama Park

秩父市秩父

Four hundred thousand moss phlox draw patterns against Mount Buko.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Kashiya Yokocho

川越市西部

About twenty old-fashioned sweet shops in a row, holding the air of the Showa years.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Mitsumine Sea of Clouds

秩父市秩父

At 1,100 metres. When the conditions align, the shrine floats on a sea of cloud.

埼玉県 · Tourism

Railway Museum

さいたま市県央

More than forty real railway carriages, and driving simulators.

埼玉県 · Art & museums

The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

さいたま市県央

Design classics are set out to be sat on; Kisho Kurokawa's grid facade opens onto the park.

埼玉県 · Art & museums

Urawa Art Museum

さいたま市県央

One of the few museums in Japan collecting book art - the made book itself treated as the work.

埼玉県 · Art & museums

Omiya Bonsai Art Museum

さいたま市県央

The world's first public bonsai museum, beside the village founded by Tokyo growers who fled the 1923 earthquake.