Spots in Saitama Area

  • Roadside Station Minano
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    3.0
    31 Reviews
    Transportation
    Saitama Pref. Chichibugunminanomachi Minano 3236-35
    A roadside station situated along Prefectural Route 348 in Minano, Minano Town, Chichibu County. The station sells fresh, local agricultural products as well as foods like pickles and handmade manju buns. The adjoining rest house offers old-fashioned handmade udon noodles, waraji katsudon pork cutlet rice bowls, and other dishes.

    国道140号沿いの道の駅。道の駅というより農産物直売所レベルで小ぢんまりとした佇まい。公衆トイレは温泉洗浄便座が快適に機能しており、多目的な利用に適しています。

  • COCOON CITY
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Omiya-ku Kishikichou 4-263-1
    Cocoon City is a large shopping area near the east exit of Saitama-Shintoshin Station in Omiya Ward,Saitama City. The prefecture's largest cinema complex, Cocoon 1, is directly connected to the station, while Cocoon 2 is a great place to spend some time and walk around, and Cocoon 3 is built around a Yodobashi Camera store. Altogether, the complex contains about 270 shops.
  • Ofuro no Osama Shiki
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    4.0
    24 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Saitama Shiki-shi Kamimuneoka 5-11-6
    A day trip hot spring bath house with its own individual personality perfect for those who love bathing, offering an Indispensable Place of Healing where you can feel connected to both beauty and health. The hot spring is pumped up from 1500 meters below the ground and is a sodium chloride bicarbonate spring. The baths are free flowing and 100% spring water with no additions. The bath house is well known for its wide variety of available baths.

    岩盤浴を併用されると良いでしょう 岩盤浴は何度も入り放題、コーヒーも飲み放題 実に優雅な時間を過ごせます 露天風呂も雰囲気最高

  • Bon-no-yu Chichibu riverside hot springs facility
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    3.5
    29 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Obashira 309-1
    Bon-no-yu is a hot springs facility located on the banks of the Arakawa River in Obashira, Chichibu City. The hot spring water is said to be very good for the skin; the water is drawn up from a multilayer spring that has some of the highest concentrations of beneficial minerals in the Kanto region. Besides indoor and outdoor baths, visitors to Bon-no-yu can also enjoy using the mist sauna. The main building is in traditional tatami-floored style, with rest areas and a bedrock bath (advance reservation needed); there is also a restaurant serving set meals and donburi (rice bowl) dishes, etc., as well as various relaxation facilities including massage services.

    埼玉の秩父にあります。荒川沿の自然豊かなエリアでキャンプ場が近くにあります。内湯と露天風呂、サウナもあります。アルカリ性で肌がツルツルになります。お風呂の後は休憩室で夕飯をいただきたした。メニューはかなり充実しています。お蕎麦とカツ丼を美味しくいただきました。

  • Kannanoyu
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    3.5
    24 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Saitama Pref. Kodamagunkamikawamachi Kobama 1341
    This is the region's largest spa resort, boasting over 33,000 square meters, and in addition to eight types of bath, two types of saunas, a Finnish-style löyly sauna and bedrock bath. The Kanna-no-Yu spring bubbles up from 1,500 meters below ground, and is a hydrogen carbonate chloride spring, and is said to be effective in treating nerve pain and muscle soreness, and recovery from fatigue. There is also a carbonated spring, the Sparkling Shower bath which embraces the body with millions of fine bubbles, for even more variety.

    神泉は昨日、今日と休館だった。 そこで来る途中にあった白寿の湯に行くか、と友人が友人に探してもらったら、 白寿の湯の少し先、北にかんなの湯があると教えてもらいそこに行った。 天然温泉「かんなの湯」では後払いでした。 理由はレストランやみやげなどと入浴料を一緒に精算するからでした。 風呂は、普通、水、泡、極小泡、露天風呂、五右衛門風呂、赤外線サウナ、塩サウナがあり、一通り全部入った。 身体は洗う暇が...

  • Chichibu Festival Museum
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    4.0
    59 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Bambamachi 2-8
    A museum which presents materials and live demonstrations relating to the Chichibu Night Festival, held each year on December 3 and one of the three largest float festivals in Japan. Making use of the latest technologies, the museum recreates the sights and sounds of the festival for visitors to enjoy. Visitors can also see historical materials up close. There’s a souvenir shop on the first floor selling souvenirs related to the festival as well as original museum merchandise.

    A Small Museum, but does an excellent job of showing how dynamic this festival is! It is a Designated Cultural Treasure which you can experience here. We went on a weekday, not crowded, but the 3-D...

  • Gokurakuyu Hanyu Onsen
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Saitama Hanyu Godo 843-1
    A hot spring bathhouse located in Godo, Hanyu City. Facilities include seven outdoor baths and six indoor baths fed with water from the Emachu Godo Onsen natural hot spring welling up from 1,600 meters below the surface, plus a sauna. There's also a relaxation center offering gentle seitai osteopathy, reflexology, and skin scrubbing; a rest area; reservable private tatami mat rooms; and a restaurant serving meals, snacks, and desserts.

    この温泉、幾度も行っている。今回は風呂、サウナに入るだけではなく、藤花亭で初めて食事した。 藤花亭は、この温泉の食事処。 ぱりうまカレーうどんと、ちくわ天を食べたが、予想したより美味しかった。 日帰り温泉の食堂の割に、きちんとした作りなのだ。 また、藤花亭は広く、客席が多いから、他の客を気にすることなく食事ができる。 そこも、良かった。

  • Stellar Town
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Kita-ku Miyaharachou 1-854-1
    Stellar Town, which opened in 2004, hosts about 110 shops and restaurants along its Stellar Mall shopping street, as well as block stores like Ito Yokado, Yellow Hat, and Daiso. It holds many events, including small concerts, product fairs, and handicraft workshops. It’s always crowded with families.
  • Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Nyotai Shrine
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    4.0
    31 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Midori-ku Miyamoto 2-17-1
    A Shinto shrine located in 2-Chome Miyamoto, Midori Ward, Saitama City. The shrine is dedicated to gods such as Kushinadahime-no-Mikoto. Warm climate plants grow thickly here, and the shrine's grounds have been designated a Prefectural Natural Monument as well as Furusato no Mori forest. A Nagoshi no Harae event is held here on July 31 in which participants take dolls into which their sins and shames have been transferred to and let them drift away on a river, then pass through a large ring placed in the shrine's torii gate to pray for good health.

    氷川女体神社(女体社)は、大宮氷川神社(男体社)中山神社(簸王子社)と合わせて武蔵国一宮と称されています。氷川三社はそれぞれ離れた場所に鎮座していますが、大宮氷川神社から見て中山神社と氷川女体神社は、冬至の日の出の方向に一直線に並んでいます。大宮氷川神社から女体神社までこの光の道に沿って一直線に歩くことはできませんが、日本一長い桜回廊が、大宮氷川神社と氷川女体神社を繋いでいますので、脚力と時間があ...

  • Kasukabe Onsen Yura no Sato
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    3.5
    22 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Saitama Pref. Kasukabeshi Kobuchi 105-1
    "A hot spring bathhouse situated along Prefectural Route 2 in Kobuchi, Kasukabe City. Facilities include an outdoor bath constantly replenished from a natural hot spring ""kakenagashi"" style; a high-concentration carbonated spring bath, jacuzzi, and other indoor baths; and a loyly sauna. The bathhouse also has a body care facility, rest space, game corner, and restaurant."

    メンバーズカードを購入すれば回数券が買えるので定期的に行く方にはおススメです。10回の回数券で7300円でした。

  • LakeTown OUTLET
    Shopping
    Lake Town, Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture 4-1-1
    Lake Town Outlet contains a large number of stores that carry products for children. At this outlet mall, customers can sense the sunlight, the breezes, and the sunset from the lake, giving them a sense of the natural world as they shop. The three zones within the mall are full of greenery and flowers, creating a relaxing atmosphere throughout. Customers can rent strollers, and there is even a feeding room, making it easy for them to bring their babies with them when they shop.
  • Chichibu Jibasan Center Bussankan
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    3.5
    56 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Miyakawachou 1-7
    A facility selling local specialty products which adjoins Chichibu Station in Miyakawa-cho, Chichibu City. Here visitors can purchase local agricultural products and farm foods, sake, confections, Chichibu-Meisen silk, Chichibu tsumugi pongee, and other crafts and local products. The facility's restaurant serves gozen meals made with local vegetables and Chichibu pork; waraji katsudon pork cutlet rice bowls a local Chichibu favorite; soba noodles made with locally grown ingredients; original sweets; and more. The facility also has a training hall and meeting rooms.

    秩父鉄道の秩父駅から改札出てすぐ左へ行くと「じばさん商店」です。 同じ建物内で直結しています。 秩父の名産品がたくさん売っています。 いつのまにか、リニューアルしていて、前とは変わってとても見やすくなっていました。 売店もできて、座る箇所も増えて、綺麗になっていて利用しやすい施設に変わっています。

  • Kuki syobu Park
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    4.0
    23 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Kuki-shi Kawaraicho 70
    A park opened in 1977 with beautiful greenery surrounding a massive 31.3ha pond formed by the gathering of the many numerous small creeks in the surrounding wetland area. The park is dominated by the giant pond and you can enjoy boating, fishing, a cycling trail, a jogging course, and barbequing. You can also watch wild birds.

    工場地帯に突然大きな池のある公園が現れます。ボート乗り場もありますが、平日はあまり混んでいなかったです。

  • Saitama Children’s Zoo
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Higashimatsuyamashi Iwadono 554
    Located among gentle hills, this largest zoo in the prefecture is home to over 200 popular animal species (1,600 total animals), including koalas, lesser pandas, and capybaras. There are lots of activities to try too, like riding ponies, petting monkeys and marmosets, and milking animals. You can watch the cute capybaras play in a rock bath during winter.
  • Time Bell Tower
    Travel / Tourism
    Saitama Pref. Kawagoeshi Saiwaichou 15-7
    A historic structure situated along Kanetsuki-dori Street in Saiwai-cho, Kawagoe City. The tower was originally built some 400 years ago by Sakai Tadakatsu, then the lord of what was Kowagoe Domain. The tower was destroyed by fires and rebuilt many times; the current tower was rebuilt after it was destroyed in the Great Kawagoe Fire in the Meiji period. The tower's bell still rings out four times a day to announce the time and this sound has been selected by the Ministry of the Environment for inclusion of its list of 100 Soundscapes of Japan.
  • Yukai Soukai Yukemuri Yokocho Omiya
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    3.5
    23 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Nishi-ku Mihashi 5-1010
    "A hot spring bathhouse situated along the Shin-omiya By-pass in Mihashi, Nishi Ward, Saitama City. Facilities include an outdoor bath constantly replenished ""kakenagashi"" style from the Saitama Mihashi Onsen, a natural hot spring welling up from 1,500 meters underground; a high-concentration carbonated spring bath; electric bath; lie-down bath; jacuzzi; and theater-style far infrared sauna. There are also massage, skin scrubbing, and hair salon facilities; a rest area; and the Yuraritei restaurant serving authentic ramen, set meals, and a la carte."

    近隣の日帰り温泉に比べて少し狭いですが、和風でレトロな雰囲気のある素敵な温泉で、 大きな提灯の飾られた食事処が千と千尋の映画っぽいと子供が喜んでいました。 お風呂も炭酸泉が気持ち良くて良かったです。

  • Saitama Museum of Natural History
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    4.0
    32 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Chichibugunnagatoromachi Nagatoro 1417-1
    This is a museum in Nagatoro, Nagatoro Town, Chichibu County. The museum collects as well as stores and researches natural materials of the area with the theme “from the past to the future, a 300 million year journey of Saitama and the coexistence of people and nature”. There is an earth science exhibition and a biological creature display as a permanent exhibit. Additionally, the museum holds exhibitions on the living biological creatures and minerals in the Saitama Chichibu area.

    埼玉県に40年以上住んでますが、子供と初めて訪れました。 他県の自然博物館に比べると小振りな博物館でしたが、秩父で発掘された化石から、大昔は海であったことがよく分かります。 パレオパラドキシアの化石は大変興味深いです。 秩父の自然や成り立ちを学べるので、秩父観光前に訪れると、秩父巡りがより楽しめると思います。

  • Kasukabe Yumoto Onsen
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    3.5
    22 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Saitama Pref. Kasukabeshi Shimoomashishinden 66-1
    A hot spring bathhouse located in Shimoomashi Shinden, Kasukabe City. The bathhouse has an outdoor bath and several varieties of indoor baths as well as a dry sauna, mist sauna, and mixed gender pool zone where swimsuits are required. Other facilities include a bedrock bath, body care center with massages and beauty treatments, and a rest room. After your bath, you can enjoy a meal in the bathhouse' restaurant, light meal corner, private banquet hall.

    床のクッションが恐ろしく悪い。しかも汚い。なのにスリッパ禁止とかありえない。おまけにわかる場所に掲示もない。

  • Enomoto Dairyfarm
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    3.5
    9 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Saitama Pref. Ageoshi Azeyoshi 736-1
    A farm located in Azeyoshi, Ageo City. The farm raises milk cows and a variety of other animals. The farm offers a course which lets visitors experience the life of a farmer, including milking cows and making butter (advance reservation required). The farm also sells gelato made with fresh milk; yogurt made with just milk, lactobacteria, and sugar; and other products. There's also a barbecue ground which allows visitors to bring their own foods for grilling.

    いつもは、丸山公園に出かけた際に農産物直売所にて榎本牧場のアイスクリーム(カップ)を買って頂くのですが、今日は本家に寄れたのでここでしか買えないコーンに載せてのアイスを戴きました。うまかぁ〜

  • Saitama Museum of Rivers
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    4.0
    29 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Osatogunyorimachi Kozono 39
    Opened in 1997, the Saitama Museum of Rivers teaches visitors through a variety of workshops about the Arakawa River, Saitama’s most prominent waterway, as well as the relationship between rivers and people’s lives. Its Arakawa Wakuaku Land facility is open from the Spring Equinox until the mid-November. This extremely popular “water athletics” park lets visitors learn about the scientific properties of water, flood control, and water use first hand through various activities.

    本館は館内音響環境が悪く、壁面に反響してアナウンスが明瞭に聞こえない。 「鉄砲堤実演イベント」を観覧したが、小学生ならば早々に(よく聞こえないので)飽きてしまうだろう・・・という感じ。 如何にも“予算内で設備を作りました”・・・後は知りません・・・というのが見え見え。 館内案内人にPAがダメだというと「よくそのように言われます」とのこと。 心に訴えかけるものが無く、全く響かない案内。博物館員の方々...

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Eclipsed by neighboring Tokyo, Saitama is often branded as the sleepy suburbs. However, look a little deeper and you’ll uncover quaint towns bursting with history and crafts from the kurazukuri Edo-period clay houses of Kawagoe to the ancient tree-enveloped temples of Chichibu.

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