SaitamaShrines & TemplesGyoda
Sakitama Jinja
The shrine said to be the origin of the prefecture's name, Saitama. It stands among a group of burial mounds.
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Sakitama Kofun
The Inariyama mound yielded the gold-inlaid iron sword, a National Treasure.
SaitamaMuseumsGyoda
Sakitama Burial Mounds
A sword inlaid with 115 gold characters - the single most important written object of fifth-century Japan.
SaitamaArchitectureGyoda
Tabi Storehouses of Gyoda
A town that once made 80 percent of Japan's tabi socks; over 80 of its storehouses survive.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsGyoda
Oshi Castle Ruins and Gyoda City Folk Museum
The floating castle that withstood Ishida Mitsunari's water attack, the model for the film The Floating Castle.
SaitamaExperiencesGyoda
Gyoda City Haniwa Museum
Make a clay haniwa figure among the Saitama burial mounds. Shaping takes 90 to 120 minutes; firing takes about a month.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsGyoda
Gyoda's World's Largest Rice-Paddy Art and Kodai Hasu-no-Sato
A picture drawn in a paddy with rice of four colours. About 1,000 people take part in the planting.
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Gyoda City Mizushiro Park
A park laid out from the moat and marsh of Oshi Castle, with a public square, a garden and a koi pond.
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Sakitama Kofun Park
A special national historic site, with the Inariyama mound that yielded the national-treasure inscribed sword and Marohakayama, among the largest round mounds in Japan.