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Saitama City / Central Part

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Omiya Daini Park

3.5

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Omiya-ku Junouchou 2-405

A park situated along Prefectural Route 2 in Juno-cho, Omiya Ward, Saitama City. Facilities include a multipurpose square, baseball field, tennis courts, and other sports facilities; a Japanese garden; and a tea house. Over 500 plum trees grow on the grounds, including red, white, and weeping plums, and a Plum Tree Festival is held at the park from mid-February to March.

色んな種類の梅がほとんど咲いていました。白やピンク。梅の種類によって香りも違いました。甘酸っぱい香り甘い香り一本一本違う香りなんだと思いました。天気の良い平日でしたが駐車場は空いていました。公園を一周歩いたら汗ばみました。春はもう直ぐです！
Omiya Park

3.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Omiya-ku Takahanachou 4

This park was opened in 1885 as Hikawa Park, and began to be operated by the Prefecture from 1898 as Omiya Park. With over 1,000 cherry blossom trees, it is famous for cherry viewing, and was selected as one of Japan’s Top 100 Cherry Blossom Spots. With a small zoo and a large playground with play-equipment, this is a family friendly park.

・埼玉県の大宮公園内にある「児童遊園地」。無料です。10:00-16:00が開園時間で、休園日はなし。ただし、一部の有料施設は木曜日と金曜日がお休みのようです。・JR大宮駅東口から徒歩25分、東武アーバンパークライン大宮公園駅から徒歩10分の場所にあります。公共交通機関を利用すると、いずれも10分以上は歩くことが必要です。天気の良い日にぶらりと歩きながら訪問することをお勧めしますが、歩くのが苦...
Saiko Doman Green Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Pref. Todashi Bijogi 8-15-4

This municipal park is located along Saiko Lake, an Arakawa River reservoir. It has various facilities such as a wooded barbecue area, sports facilities, a dog run, and a fishing area are popular with people of all ages. Many cherry trees are planted along the park’s promenade, and a wild primrose field is maintained as a Special Natural Monument. It is known as one of the city’s best flower viewing spots.
Chinjyu Hikawa-jinja Shrine

4.0

18 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saitama Pref. Kawaguchishi Aoki 5-18-48

A Shinto shrine located in 5-Chome Aoki, Kawaguchi City. The shrine was founded in the early Muromachi period some 700 years ago. Dedicated to Susanoo-no-Mikoto, who defeated the eight headed serpent Yamata no Orochi, and his wife Kushinadahime no Mikoto, the shrine is believed to grant worshippers purification from evil influences, protection from disaster, luck in finding love and marriage, matrimonial harmony, and aid in childrearing.

涼し気な風鈴や、鯉の恋みくじを釣り上げるという変わったおみくじがあって、とても可愛いかったです。神社の周りにもオシャレなカフェや、色んな食べ歩きができるお店があってとても楽しい1日になりました！
Saitama Municipal Youth Astronomical Museum

3.5

17 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Urawa-ku Komaba 2-3-45

This science hall in Urawa Ward, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture has a planetarium attached. The main science hall offers equipment and lab facilities for elementary and middle school science courses, and also holds events such as science shows. In the planetarium, the first half of the show features guides explaining the night sky, while the second half comprises video displays.

プラレタリウムが主な見どころですが小さい場所ですが地元の小中学校の社会科見学コースでもあります。駒場競技場横にあります。
Saitama City Museum

4.0

15 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Saitama-shi Omiya-ku Takahanacho 2-1-2

A municipal museum that collects, preserves, and exhibits historical, archeological, folk, and other materials related to Saitama City. Their permanent exhibit looks at the history and culture of Saitama City and you can enjoy learning about the local area with a hands-on area. The museum also holds special events including special exhibits in the fall, themed exhibits in the spring, a Summer-Vacation Children's Museum, a winter Ancient tools and Lifestyles exhibit, all sorts of hands-on learning classrooms, ancient literature lectures, and community college level history courses amongst others.

さいたま市周囲の有史以前からの歴史を紹介した展示物が中心です。昭和時代の手作り玩具や竿秤、石臼、薬研の体験もできます。許可を受ければないぶの撮影も可能です。
Iwatsuki Sochinjyu Hisaizu Shrine

4.0

13 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Iwatsuki-ku Miyachou 2-6-55

A Shinto shrine located in 2-Chome Miya-cho, Iwatsuki Ward, Saitama City. The shrine was established to venerate Okuninushi-no-Mikoto some 1,500 years ago by the Izumo Hajiu clan and came to serve as the guardian shrine of the Iwatsuki area. Surrounded by lush forest, the grounds are also known as a treasure trove of wild birds.

近くに行く用事があったため、googleでパワースポット検索の結果、久伊豆神社訪問。孔雀や風鈴など想像以上の良い神社でした。真夏で気温も35度以上の中、神社独特な静寂さがありまた訪問したいと思う場所
Kawaguchi Art Gallery Atlia

3.5

27 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Kawaguchi-shi Namikimotomachi 1-76

A small art gallery that first opened in 2006. The gallery is based on five tenements; 'Hold Special Exhibitions', 'Hands-on Creation with Workshops', 'Courses (Learning Fun Skills, Learning Appreciation for the Arts)', 'Cooperative Projects (Co-Sponsored Exhibitions, Community Projects, School Projects)', and 'Rental Gallery Space'. They hold a wide variety of exhibitions.

こちらは、川口アリオの目の前にあるアートギャラリーです。訪問時は市内の小学生1年生-3年生の絵画コンクールの展示があり、たくさんの親子が訪れていました。
Saitama Specialties Sightseeing Center Sopia

4.0

23 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saitama Saitama-shi Omiya-ku Sakuragicho 1-7-5 Sonic City Building 2F

A local goods tourist shop that was reopened on the second floor of Sonic City in 2013. They usually have more than 950 different products representing the stand out Saitama souvenirs available for purchase. They offer a wide variety of popular top-quality Sai-no-Kuni brand goods including the standard Soka Senbei rice crackers, Ko-Edo Kawagoe Potato Treats, Sayama tea, and local sake as well as traditional handicrafts and merchandise for Saitama Prefecture's mascot character, Kobaton.

ソニックシティの中にあるので快適です。埼玉のおみやげが数多くあるので時間潰しにも、おみやげをまとめて買いたいという人にもとても便利だと思います。
Skip City Sai-No-Kuni Visual Plaza Visual Museum

4.0

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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.

科学館とハシゴ。アフレコ体験や編集などとてもとても楽しめます！時間も結構持つので小学生にオススメです。
Mint Museum of Saitama Branch

4.5

19 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Saitama-shi Omiya-ku Kitabukurocho 1-190-22

A museum attached to the Mint Bureau Saitama Branch, which relocated from Toshima, Tokyo to Saitama City in 2016. Nearly 1000 different items are on display including all prior commemorative coins, medals, Olympic medals, and ancient coins. On weekends and holidays they offer guided tours as well as quiz shows aimed towards elementary and middle school students.

Free entry. Best museum visit so far, because the staff were patient to explain in English and proactively pointed areas that i should see, yet gave space for me to explore the tour myself.
Isetan Urawa Branch

Shopping

Saitama Saitama-shi Urawa-ku Takasago 1-15-1

A department store located just a one-minute walk from the west exit of JR Urawa Station. It stands from a basement second floor all the way to the 7th floor and an open rooftop above that. The basement second floor is a parking level and the rooftop has a golf school. Events are held on the various floors especially on the weekends. There is also an art hall and art galleries on the 7th floor where works from a variety of artists are displayed and sold.
Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, Saitama

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Kita-ku Torochou 2-24-3

"A bonsai art museum located in 2-Chome Toro-cho, Kita Ward, Saitama City a short walk from Omiya Bonsai Village, a mecca for bonsai-lovers. The museum's collection includes bonsai as well as vessels for holding bonsai, visually striking ""suiseki"" stones, and paintings. Over 40 bonsai are on display in the museum's bonsai garden. The museum also displays items from its collection in its gallery area and also holds special, bonsai-related exhibitions."
Kitamoto Onsen Yura no Sato

3.5

5 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Saitama Kitamoto-shi Futatsuya 3-162-1

鴻巣で運転免許を更新した後、ひと休みするために湯楽の里に行ってきました。焼肉きんぐやセカンドストリートの奥にあり、看板を見逃すと分かりにくい立地だと思います。平日11時過ぎに利用しましたが、比較的空いてて、ゆっくりとお風呂を満喫できました。露天風呂が広くて、気持ち良かったです^_^ 人気の炭酸泉も空いていたので長湯できました。食事処や休憩所、地元の野菜コーナーなどあります。
Saitama City Space Theater

4.0

9 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Omiya-ku Nishikichou 682-2 JACK Omiya 3F

This planetarium in Omiya Ward, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture has a planetarium theater projecting about one hundred million stars, and a full-sky projection dome. In addition to live explanations from staff, they offer special video and audio projections as well. They also hold special events relating to science, culture, and outer space, and mini-exhibits related to the films playing in the planetarium theater.

大宮駅から直ぐの場所にある。が、よく分からなくて少しウロウロしてしまった。公共の施設なので商売っ気はあまり無く、ショップと呼ぶには程遠いショーケースに少々商品があるのみ。しかしプラネタリウム施設は新しく、座席もキレイで前後の間隔も十分。最初の星空解説のお兄さんは、温かくて優しい話し方でとても分かりやすかった。後半のドラえもんの宇宙映画は、やや内容にまとまりが無いようにも思えたが、子供達が飽きな...
Kawaguchi Green Center

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Pref. Kawaguchishi Araijuku 700

A botanical garden situated along Prefectural Route 34 in Araijuku, Kawaguchi City. Facilities include a greenhouse where visitors can view tropical water lilies, cacti, and tropical orchids year-round; a Japanese iris garden where hydrangea are also grown; a flower bed square; and azalea mountain. There's also a bird center which raises peacocks; playground with a lookout slide and miniature railroad; restaurant, gathering hall; rest area; and more.
Urawa Kurashi No Hakubutsukan Minkaen

4.0

18 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Midori-ku Shimoyamaguchishinden 1179-1

This museum is in Midori Ward, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture. It is dedicated to preserving the traditional city building techniques used in the making of the rebuilt structure it is housed in. It also gathers, preserves and displays tools from historical manufacture and daily life as part of its folk history collection. The grounds also hold an activity hall teaching about traditional lifestyle in a restored private house.

浦和くらしの博物館民家園は、主に江戸時代に建てられた浦和地区に残っている建造物を移築し集めた園で。無料で自由に見ることができます。建物は7つあり、国登録文化財の旧浦和市農業協同組合三室支所倉庫のみが大正時代に大正時代に建てられたもので、その他は江戸時代に建てられたものです。旧浦和市農業協同組合三室支所倉庫内は展示室になっていました。旧高野家住宅は煎餅店。旧高野家住宅は雑貨店の蔵。旧野口家住宅は寺の...
Ofuro cafe utatane

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Saitama Saitama-shi Kita-ku Onaricho 4-179-3
Saitama City Manga Museum

3.5

17 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Saitama-shi Kita-ku Bonsaicho 150

This was Japan's first art museum dedicated to manga comics. It was founded in 1966 on the former site of the mansion that Kitazawa Rakuten, founding father of modern Japanese manga, spent his later years with the goal of promoting the growth of manga culture. On display are the works of Kitazawa Rakuten as well as the works of other modern manga artists and they also hold various manga related events.

通常展示は少ないので企画展によって評価が分かれるかと思います。お庭に出ることができて天気の良い日はとても気持ちが良いです。
Okegawa City Benibana Furusato Hall

4.0

13 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saitama Okegawa Kano 419-1

This hall explores what the area was like nearly 100 years ago. Not only can you see and touch the building but you can also experience what life was like for those who lived back then. In the main building in the center of the facility you can try hometown cooking carefully made with traditional techniques and local ingredients that warms the heart including hand-made udon and soba noodles. In the studio building you can try hands-on lessons including making ceramics and pulling udon.

手打ちそばくらいでなにもないけど、古民家の庭に座っているとゆったりとした時間が流れる。梅が咲いている。

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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.