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Top Things to do

• Cafe Sun Base.

  Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Omiya 4960-2

  A cafe located in Omiya, Chichibu City. The cafe's menu includes a weekly macrobiotic special plate meal made with organic brown rice and other select ingredients and without the use of any animal-derived foods or chemical flavorings.

• Cafe & Restaurant HotPot

  Saitama Pref. Hannoushi Azu 891-24

  A cafe and restaurant located close to Azu Sports Park and Tove Jansson Akebono Children's Forest Park in Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture. Enclosed by trees and greenery, the establishment has a hideaway feel. The restaurant serves hamburg steaks, pastas, zosui rice gruel, and more. The establishment also offers a reasonably priced lunchtime set meal which includes a beverage and slice of cake. The establishment's exquisite cheesecake, made with select ingredients, is also available for takeout.

• EAST CONTENTS CAFE

  Saitama Pref. Irumashi Azumachou 1-7-3 Heisei House 15

  "An American diner located inside Johnson Town, a former US armed forces residential area located in 1-Chome Azuma-cho, Iruma City. The restaurant serves a signature ""East Beef Steak,"" ""Beef Pepper Rice,"" pastas, pizzas, a la carte dishes, and snacks, as well as beer and cocktails. Plus, the establishment offers coffee, black tea, and other cafe-style selections."

• LOVERS Cafe

  Saitama Pref. Chichibugunnagatoromachi Honnokami 742-1

  A cafe with a stylish facade located in Nagatoro Town, Chichibu County, Saitama Prefecture. The cafe's French toast, made from croissants, is particularly popular. The cafe also serves cakes and other desserts, drinks, and pastas and a variety of other food. Inside, visitors will find a showcase filled with breads and cakes available for takeout. There are books, magazines, and picture books in the cafe area which customers may read at their leisure.

• MAPLE BASE

  Saitama Pref. Chichibugunoganomachi Nagaru 1129-1

  A maple syrup production factory located in Chichibu Muse Park in Nagaru, Ogano Town, Chichibu County. The facility researches maple syrup production and visitors can view the production equipment. There's also an adjoining cafe and a shop selling original merchandise and foods made with maple syrup.

• PUBLIC BAR Te・Airigh

  Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Miyakawachou 8-4 1st Ishida Building 1F

  "A bar located a one-minute walk from Chichibu Station in Miyakawa-cho, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture. The bar serves Western liquors such as single malt whiskies, as well as sweets made by a patissier. The bar also designates the first of the month as ""Ichiro's Malt Day"" and serves Chichibu Distillery's Ichiro's Malt and Grain as well as a special menu."

• Skip City Sai-No-Kuni Visual Plaza Visual Museum

  Saitama Pref. Kawaguchishi Kamiaoki 3-12-63 Ayano country visual plaza

  An interactive museum dedicated to visual media located in Sai-no-Kuni Visual Plaza in 3-Chome Kamiaoki, Kawaguchi City. The museum's standing exhibition is filled with interactive exhibits which teach about the history of movies as well as how movies are made, and visitors can see what it's like to film, combine clips together, make a cartoon, and create projection mapping. The museum also holds special exhibitions concerning visual media.

• SRC Sayama Horse Riding Center

  Saitama Pref. Sayamashi Sasai 716

  A horseback riding club located in Sasai, Sayama City. The club keeps around 88 horses. The club offers horseback rides for beginners which provides everything participants need to ride, a three-day course through which participants can gain a Class 5 horseback riding license, horseback rides for children, and more.

• Roadside Station Ichigo no Sato Yoshimi

  Saitama Pref. Hikigunyoshimimachi Kubota 1737

  A roadside station located in Kubota, Yoshimi Town, Hiki County. The station has a farm fresh shop selling seasonal agricultural products such as fresh vegetables from local farms and strawberries, a Yoshimi specialty product; a yakitori chicken skewer restaurant which also offers skewers made with cheek and temple pork meat, a local delicacy; a ramen restaurant; and a soft serve ice cream shop. There's also a local specialty products shop selling strawberry jams and sweets, a restaurant offering udon noodles made with local flour, and a classroom where you can learn how to make handmade udon noodles (advance reservation required).