Hidaka / Hanno

Top Things to do

• Musashi-Kyuryo National Government Park

  4.5

  121 Reviews

  Saitama Pref. Hikigunnamegawamachi Yamata 1920

  Japan’s first National Park. It was created as part of the centennial celebration of the Meiji Restoration. Roughly three million square meters in size—enough to fit about sixty-five Tokyo Domes—the park includes Japan’s largest air trampoline, a playground, athletic equipment, a barbeque spot, an area for viewing all kinds of plant life, from cherry trees to camellia and plum trees. There is also a cycling course and other facilities. You can enjoy them all regardless of age all day in the park.

• Roadside Station Ichigo no Sato Yoshimi

  4.0

  7 Reviews

  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).

• Ogose Bairin Plum Forest

  Saitama Pref. Irumagunogosemachi Douyama

  Ogose Bairin is one of Kanto’s 3 biggest plum forests. Among the 1,000 plum trees are some planted 650 years ago. There is a popular Plum Blossom Festival around the best viewing season, from mid-February to late March.

• Koma-jinja Shrine

  4.0

  74 Reviews

  Saitama Pref. Hidakashi Nihori 833

  The Koma-jinja Shrine enshrines Komano Jakko, a settler from Kokuri that was a flourishing northern region of the Korean Peninsula. The shrine celebrated its 1300th year since Koma County was established in 2016. The shrine’s cultural artifacts are exhibited with a chosen theme every year in September in the Koma-jinja meeting hall main room.

• Sawarabi no Yu

  3.5

  49 Reviews

  Saitama Pref. Hannoushi Shimonaguri 685

  Sawarabi no Yu located in Oazashimo, Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture is a natural hot spring for day-trippers. It is an alkaline simple spring, and it is said to be effective for atopy, nerve pain, arthritis, and fatigue. You can gaze at scenery with abundant nature from the open-air bath and enjoy yuzu citrus hot water on the winter solstice and see fireflies at a river nearby in summer. It also sells essentials such as bath towels so you can feel free to drop in. As for souvenirs, it has a range of products including ginger, udon noodles and soba noodles and significantly the popular Fukaya spring onion miso (soybean paste).

• Miyazawa Lake Hot Springs Kirari Villa

  4.0

  69 Reviews

  Saitama Pref. Hannoushi Miyazawa 27-49

  The Miyazawa Lake Hot Springs Kirari Villa is famed for its open-air hot springs overlooking Lake Miyazawa and the Chichibu Mountains. Its facilities are not for visitors under elementary school age. The facility offers heated cells and bedrock bathing, which is popular with women primarily for its detox and cosmetic effects. The buffet restaurant is a refined calming space where local seasonal vegetables are boutifully offered.

• Tamagawa Onsen

  4.0

  45 Reviews

  Saitama Pref. Hikiguntokigawamachi Tamagawa 3700

  A hot spring bathhouse located in Tamagawa, Tokigawa Town, Hiki County. The restaurant's two bathing areas -the Akira no Yu and the Nagomi no Yu-are fed by a hot spring welling up from 1,700 meters underneath the ground. Which area is the men's and which is the women's alternates on a weekly basis. Designed around a retro, Showa-period atmosphere, the bathhouse has a shop selling some 60 varieties of local carbonated beverages, a wood paneled library, and restaurant serving home-style cooking.

• Roadside Station Ogawamachi

  3.5

  27 Reviews

  Saitama Pref. Hikigunogawamachi Ogawa 1220

  A roadside station situated along National Route 254 in Ogawa, Ogawa Town, Hiki County. Ogawa Town is known as one of the leading production areas of organic vegetables in Japan and at this roadside station visitors can purchase local specialty products such as produce from local farms, local liquors, and famous local confections. The station is also adjoined by the Saitama Craft Center, a facility which sells, displays, demonstrates, and offers classes on traditional crafts such as handmade Japanese washi paper; and Men Kobo Katakuri, a restaurant which serves udon noodles made with local flour.

• Tove Jansson Akebono Children's Forest Park

  Saitama Pref. Hannoushi Azu 893-1

  Tove Jansson Akebono Children's Forest Park is a Moomin-themed park in an attractively planted environment. The Moomin Mansion, three stories plus a basement, a large, warm, wooden building centered on a fireplace, is a place for excited children to explore. The Forest House is a museum that displays materials about the life of children's author Tove Jansen, and there is a library on the second floor. Near the entrance to the park is a children's theater, popular with children for the musical events and story readings are held.