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群馬県 · Tourism

Kiryu Textile

桐生市東毛

Nishijin in the west, Kiryu in the east. Saw-tooth roofed mills still stand.

群馬県 · Tourism

Usui Meganebashi

安中市西毛

A brick arch bridge of four spans. You can walk the disused railway across it.

群馬県 · Tourism

Shimonita Konnyaku

下仁田町西毛

A tuber that grows even on poor ground. Production accounts for 90 percent of the national total.

群馬県 · Tourism

Oigami Morning Market

沼田市北毛

A spring with a legend of the deity of Akagi. A morning market is held here.

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.

千葉県 · Tourism

Ogoma

成田市北総

A goma fire is lit every day. For road safety you can have the car itself blessed.

千葉県 · Tourism

Sawara Dashi

香取市北総

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The festival of a waterside town that prospered before the gate of Katori Jingu.

千葉県 · Tourism

Narita Omotesando

成田市北総

An approach 800 metres long, where eel restaurants split the fish in front of the shop.

千葉県 · Tourism

Jigoku Nozoki

鋸南町南房総

A rock ledge thrust out over a former quarry, with the whole Boso peninsula in view.

千葉県 · Tourism

Inubosaki

銚子市北総

The earliest sunrise of the new year on Honshu. A white lighthouse stands here.