Spots in Saitama City / Central Part Area

  • Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa-jinja Shrine
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    4.5
    447 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Omiya-ku Takahanachou 1-407
    Founded over 2,400 years ago, Hikawa-jinja Shrine is famous for its “Hikawa Gagaku-kai,” which was organized in 1935. This society performs ancient court music known as gagaku at the shrine’s festivals. Although it is also held in the spring, the annual kangetsu (moon viewing) gagaku performance at the shrine’s music pavilion in the fall lets visitors enjoy a fantastic autumn evening with a performance that blends kagura and kangen dance.

    境内の周囲は住宅地であるのに、境内は木々が生い茂っている自然豊かな神社です。武蔵国の中で最も格式の高い一宮の神社ですが、いわゆる高い格式に伴う排他的な雰囲気は無く、1時間もあれば全て周遊できる程度の境内の広さです。年末年始であれば初詣客で混雑しますが、それ以外の季節は特に神事を始めイベントでもない限り、休日でもそれほど混雑しておらず、ゆっくりと境内を散策することが出来ます。 神社そのものは大宮駅...

  • Saitama Super Arena
    Travel / Tourism
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Chuou-ku Shintoshin 8
    Saitama Super Arena is used as the site for many concerts and sporting events. Keyaki Hiroba, located adjacent to the arena and stadium, contains a number of cafes, taverns, and other eating and drinking establishments. The presence of a convenience store and a drugstore make the site especially convenient. Inside the arena is a temporary daycare center, so that parents can enjoy concerts and events without worrying about their children.
  • The Railway Museum
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Omiya-ku Onarichou 3-47
    The Railway Museum is located near Tetsudo Hakubutsukan Station in Onaricho, Omiya Ward, Saitama City. Built to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of JR East, The Railway Museum undertakes preservation and research work in relation to both Japanese and international railways. Using exhibits of real railway locomotives from different eras, as well as train-driving simulators etc., the Museum enables visitors to learn about both the history of railways and the latest rail technology.
  • Akigase Park
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    4.0
    70 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Sakura-ku Doujou 4-17
    In response to the sprawling growth of the cities, Saitama Prefecture opened this park in 1971. This park, along the Arakawa River banks, flourishes with a variety of woods, including a bird watching sanctuary, and other areas for enjoying nature. It also has tennis courts, and other sports facilities, and barbecue areas. Residents of all ages enjoy the Akigase Park for relaxation, nature fieldtrips, and recreation.

    コロナ非常事態宣言下でのウオーキングの為に車で行きました。とても広大な敷地で、荒川にも隣接しています。BBQエリアは、500円かかります。担当の方が、回ってきて徴収してくれます。これから良い季節。

  • Toda Park
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    4.0
    38 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Todashi Todakouen 5-27
    A park located in Toda City. The park's grounds extend for 2,500 meters east to west; on the banks of the Arakawa River, the park is situated along the border with Tokyo. The park originally served as the venue for rowing events as the Toda Rowing Course during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The park was also used for the boating events during the 2004 National Sports Festival of Japan.

    四季折々景色が良いです。午後からは学生達のボートを漕ぐ姿が見れます。週末には大会もあり、昭和オリンピックの聖火台も見れます。但し近くに食事をする場所や売店は無いのでコンビニで買い物をして行くのがおすすめです。

  • Ageo Maruyama Park
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    4.0
    42 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Ageoshi Hirakata 3326
    It is a park with several different facilities, including a playground with a small animal corner and large play equipment, an aquatic plant pond and barbecue area with the theme of “the harmony of water and greenery”. You can also enjoy bass fishing in the vast pond. Many people visit especially during the cherry blossom season.

    無料の公園で駐車場も無料で利用できます。園内は広くて、老若男女たくさんの人がやってきます。今年の3月に新しい遊具が完成しています。

  • Shirakobato Water Park
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    4.0
    45 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Koshigayashi Osogawa 985
    Located in a rural area that straddles both Koshigaya City and Iwatsuki City, ShirakobatoAquatic Park is a prefectural park named after the official prefectural bird, theshirakobato (collared dove). This 21.5 hectare park contains nine swimming pools, including one with flowing water and one with a slide. Other recreational facilities include barbecue areas, a fishing area, and a miniature golf course. These facilities make the park popular across generations, especially with family groups.

    しらこばと水上公園はファミリーで楽しめるプールですが夏以外の季節も色々ないイベントが開催され楽しく遊べるところです。秋冬春の土日祝日はほとんどフリマが開かれ賑わっています。出店者に話を伺うと都内や千葉県、遠くは茨城県の方からはるばるお店を出しに来ています。価格も都内のフリマより廉価な値付けで振り出しものも良く見つけます。お客も多いので出店したい方も宝探しをしたい方も楽しめると思います。ちなみに私は...

  • The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
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    4.0
    54 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Urawa-ku Tokiwa 9-30-1
    An art museum located in Kitaurawa Park along National Route 463 in Tokiwa, Urawa Ward, Saitama City. The museum's collection includes works by Monet, Chagall, and Picasso, as well as Japanese modern artists. The content of the museum's standing exhibition is changed four times a year. The museum also holds five special exhibitions a year as well as workshops, lectures, museum concerts, and other events. In addition, there's a museum shop and Italian restaurant.

    ずいぶん久しぶりに埼玉県立近代美術館に行きました。1Fは常設展のMOMASコレクション、2Fは企画展です。MOMASとは、埼玉県立近代美術館(The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama)のことです。入館料は常設展のみだと200円、企画展も合わせると1,200円でした。わずか200円で気軽に見ることができるので、ぶらっと立ち寄るのも良いと思います。

  • Sonic City
    Travel / Tourism
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Omiya-ku Sakuragichou 1-7-5
    Sonic City, with its large and small halls, international conference room, exhibition hall, citizen’s halls, large and small conference rooms, and municipal hotel, is a comprehensive convention facility that hosts various events and exhibitions. Its outstanding location is extremely convenient, just three minutes on foot across the pedestrian deck that links to JR and Tobu Urban Park Line Omiya Station’s west entrance. Check out the many benefits of joining Sonic City’s “Hall Members” plan.
  • Saitama Seiganji Onsen
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    4.0
    44 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Nishi-ku Seiganji 683-4
    The Saitama Seiganji Onsen utilizes natural 38.3 degree Celsius spring water that springs from 1,500 meters below ground. It is a popular hot springs known for its spacious green location and water quality said to have beautifying effects on the skin. Enjoy the wide outdoor bath surrounded by bamboo groves and the nekorobiyu, where you can see the natural bamboo groves while lying down.

    清河寺って読めませんね。 仮名も振って無いし。 施設はゆったりと造られています。 食事処も美味しいし良い感じです。 お休み処が少し狭いです。 お湯は申し分ないです。

  • Sainokuni Saitama Arts Theater
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Chuou-ku Uemine 3-15-1
    The SainoKuni Saitama Arts Theater is reputed as the “theater that creates”. It is a place where the culture of exceptional theater arts can be sensed up close. Art Producer, Ninagawa Yukio, has created and performed quality artistic works in the mediums of theater, dance, and music since 2006. In March 2018, the Ninagawa Yukio Third Year Memorial will again host a performance of his work. The piano concerts and theater performances are a must see too.

    初めて行ったのですが、地理的には大宮の一歩手前です。駅からちょっと遠そうでしたので、タクシーで行きました。小ホールは客席が半円に広がっています。トイレが下までいかないといけないのが少し面倒かも。多機能トイレはすぐ横にありました。 こじんまりとしたおしゃれな劇場でした。

  • Aeon Mall Kawaguchi Maekawa
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Shopping
    Saitama Kawaguchi-shi Maekawa 1-1-11
    A shopping mall on a plot nearly 72,000 square meters in size offering nearly 133,000 square meters of floor space. They have a wide variety of shops to help you with your daily life activities including clothing, accessories, and miscellaneous goods stores as well as electrical appliances, games, books, health and beauty, groceries, and restaurants. They also hold a variety of popular special events and sales.

    すぐ近くに新しくできたイオンモール川口店もあります。川口前川店の方が小規模ですが、フードコートは充実しているし店舗数もまずまず。駐車料金が無料なので、車で行くのがおすすめです。土日は周辺道路が混雑していますが。

  • Saikanoyu Spa
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    4.0
    32 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Saitama Pref. Todashi Hikawachou 1-1-23
    A hot spring bathhouse located in 1-Chome Hikawa-cho, Toda City. The bathhouse has an outdoor rock bathtub, tsubo individual jar baths, a lie down bath which are fed from a natural hot spring, and a Chinese medicinal bath. Indoor bath facilities include a hinoki cypress tub fed from a natural hot spring, jacuzzi, and relaxation bath, as well as a far infrared sauna. Plus, the bathhouse has massage, skin scrubbing, and hair salon facilities; as well as private rooms, multipurpose rooms with karaoke and a restaurant serving a la carte dishes, noodles, set meals, and donburi rice bowls.

    こちらは、戸田市にあります天然温泉の施設です。(戸田公園駅・高島平駅より無料送迎バスが出ています) お盆の休日夜20:00頃伺うと空いていました。 1階が駐車場、2階がお風呂・レストラン、3階が休憩所となっています。 2階で100円ロッカー(使用後戻ります)に靴を入れ受付へ、一般の入浴で1,100円を支払いお風呂ロッカーのキーをもらいます。 館内は綺麗で程よい広さが良かったです。 お風呂は、内風呂...

  • Wakuwaku Factory Glicopia East
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    4.0
    33 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Saitama Pref. Kitamotoshi Nakamaru 9-55
    A confectionary factory located in 9-Chome Nakamaru, Kitamoto City. The factory offers free, reservation-only tours. Tour-goers can see Pocky, Pretz, and other snacks being made; watch a movie about the history of the company; check out some 1,500 toys provided as prizes by Glico throughout the years; and take a quiz challenge, and in turn learn about Glico and snack making. For a small fee, visitors can also decorate a Giant Pocky sticky with the toppings of their choice.

    The guided tour is conducted only in Japanese, hence we understood little. I enjoyed the tour of the factory production line, nothing like seeing for yourself the automation they put in place! The...

  • Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore
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    4.0
    34 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saitama Pref. Saitamashi Omiya-ku Takahanachou 4-219
    A museum located in Omiya Park along the industrial road in Takahana-cho, Omiya Ward, Saitama City. The museum collects and researches items relating to the history, folk customs, and art of Saitama. The museum's standing exhibition looks at the lifestyles and culture of the people of Saitama and it also holds special exhibitions on the history and folk customs of the prefecture.

    Learning the history of Saitama. Total of 10 halls for the permanent exhibition. Ticket for permanent exhibition is ¥300, permanent and special exhibitions (on kimono) cost ¥400.

  • 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.
  • 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...

  • 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。

  • 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〜

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