Saitama » Kasukabe, Koshigaya, Kuki
Kasukabe, Koshigaya, and Kuki are home to Washinomiya Shrine, said to be the oldest large shrine in the Kanto region and famous as a sacred place for anime, Koshigaya Ichigo Town, Hanadaen and Koshigaya Noh Theater, Gesen Crayon Shinchan Arashi wo yobu Buriburi Cinema Studio, Wisteria Flower Garden with beautiful wisteria trellises, Uchimaki Park with its extensive athletic courses, Kasukabe City Folk Museum, Showa General Park, and other tourist spots.
Washinomiya Shrine, the oldest large shrine in the Kanto region and the headquarters of the rooster, is often mentioned in the Azuma Kagami, a history book written in the Kamakura period (1185-1333), and was deeply respected by the warriors of the Kanto region. In the Kamakura period (1185-1333), t...»
Tobu Zoo is one of the largest leisure land complexes in the Kanto region, combining a zoo and an amusement park on a vast site covering a total area of 61 hectares. Visitors can meet approximately 1,200 animals of about 120 species. In the zoo, visitors are welcomed by a variety of animals, includ...»
Soka Matsubara is a 1.5-kilometer stretch of pine trees along the Ayase River from Shinmei 2-chome to the southern end of Asahi-cho 1-chome on the old Nikko Kaido (now Adachi-Koshigaya Line prefectural road). This beautiful row of pine trees has been known as "Senbon Matsubara" since the Edo period...»