SaitamaHistoric DistrictsNagatoro
Nagatoro gorge (Nagatoro Iwadatami) River Cruise
A boat ride between rock shelves that are a special national natural monument. In winter the boats carry heated tables.
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SaitamaHistoric Districts
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.
SaitamaMuseumsSaitama
The Railway Museum
Opened in 2007 to mark 20 years of JR East. It is laid out in five parts: vehicles, history, work, science and the future.
SaitamaExperiencesTokigawa
Tamagawa Onsen (Showa-Retro Bathhouse)
Water rising from Paleozoic Chichibu strata 1,700 metres down. The men's and women's baths swap week by week.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsKasukabe
Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel
A flood-control works whose surge tank is called the underground temple. Places once closed, such as the pump room, are now on the tour.
Kamisato
Kamisato Cantare
A confectionery factory shop. Items with nothing wrong but their looks are sold as outlet stock.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsRanzan
Ranzan Gorge Barbecue Site
The outdoor hearths are roofed, so they work in rain. Order the food in advance and you need bring nothing.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsChichibu
Roadside Station Otaki Onsen
A strong chloride spring along the Arakawa, combining day bathing, local cooking and a museum of Chichibu life.
SaitamaFood & MarketsKawajima
Kanabue Soy Sauce Park
Run by Fueki Shoyu, founded in 1789. Tour the brewery and eat at a restaurant built around soy sauce.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsKamisato
Konohana Park Kamisato
A visitor hub beside the Kamisato smart interchange, gathering a farm stand, a patisserie and a strawberry farm.
SaitamaExperiencesAgeo
Enomoto Farm
Gelato and yoghurt made from milk fresh from the udder. The farm looks over the Arakawa, and you can meet the animals.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsSugito
Agri Park Yumesugito
A 10.2-hectare roadside station with a farm stand, fields and a barbecue ground.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsYokoze
Ashigakubo Fruit Tree Park Village
Eleven farms scattered on the south slope of Mount Hinata: strawberries from January, plums in summer, grapes in autumn.
SaitamaFood & MarketsChichibu
Usagi-da Winery
A Chichibu winery where you can tour the works and the vineyard and taste at the shop.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsOgawa
Roadside Station Ogawa-machi
A station under the banner of handmade paper and organic farming, with hands-on paper making, fans and paper lanterns.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsHanno
Moomin Valley Park
A park recreating the Moomin house and bathing hut, with displays about the author Tove Jansson.
SaitamaExperiencesTokorozawa
Belluna Dome
Home ground of the Saitama Seibu Lions. To suit the nature of the Sayama hills, it has no wall around it.
SaitamaExperiencesSakado
Meiji Naruhodo Factory Sakado
Watch the production lines for chocolate bars and Apollo sweets.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsHonjō
Marigold Hill Park
From the hilltop you see Mount Akagi and Mount Haruna. Moss phlox in spring, sunflowers in summer, marigolds in autumn.
SaitamaExperiencesKawaguchi
Kawaguchi Science Museum (Science World)
Hands-on displays and a planetarium, with an observatory for viewing the sun and nebulae.
SaitamaHistoric DistrictsHanno
Metsa Village
A lakeside place to meet Nordic living, with a market of homeware and crafts and boats for hire.
SaitamaExperiencesChichibu
Chichibu Geo Gravity Park
A suspension bridge on the piers of the old Shirakawa bridge, where you cross, slide and jump. There is a bungee too.