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Sakitama Kofun Park

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Saitama Pref. Gyoudashi Sakitama 4834

A public park situated along Prefectural Route 77 in Sama, Gyoda City. The park encloses the Sakitama Burial Mounds, a group of several large ancient burial mounds which includes the Maruhakayama Burial Mound and the Futagoyama Burial Mound. Park facilities include the Shogunyama Burial Mound Exhibit Hall, the Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds, a public square, botanical garden, and rest house. The park is also a popular destination for viewing cherry blossoms in the spring.

Partial archaeological excavations have found that Inariyama Tumulus belongs to an important lord or owake who served Wakatakeru no Ookimi. Wakatakeru inscribed in the iron sword buried in the...
the Statue of Kumagai Jiro Naozane

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Saitama Kumagaya Tsukuba
7 Tsu Ume Brewery Ato

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Saitama Fukaya-shi Fukayacho 9-12
Kashima Burial Mounds

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Saitama Fukaya-shi Honda
Hirayama Family's Residence

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Saitama Kumagaya-shi Hiharu
Oku no Yama Ancienct Burial Mound

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Saitama Gyoda-shi Watariyanagi
Hanawa Hokiichi former residence

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Saitama Prefecture Honjo
Water temple Kawarakamaato

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Saitama Pref. Kodamagunmisatomachi Numagami
Grave Noriyuki Okabe six Yata TadashiKiyoshi

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Saitama Pref. Fukayashi Fusaiji

Saitama Northern

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Saitama Areas

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.