Best around Saitama Suburbs Spot List

This is a branch temple of the Naritasan Shinshoji Temple on the land of Kawagoe and is famous for its goma-kito (a ritual of consecrated fire) and the flea market on the 28th of every month.

Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Goten has been preserved at Kawagoe Castle, listed among Japan's Top 100 Castles. It is also registered as a Cultural Property of Saitama.

This is a historic temple established in 830 and also known as Kawagoe Daishi. The temple is famous for the 538 statues of rakan (disciples of Buddha) with various facial expressions.

This is a museum built on the site where the Kawagoe Castle used to stand. Through various exhibitions, the museum explains how the people in the castle town lived.

The former Wada residence―Kurosuke no ie― is a traditional folk house built over 100 years ago.

The Tourist Information Office located on the first floor of Honkawagoe PePe . We assist tourists visiting Koedo Kawagoe.

One-stop purchase of popular Japanese products.

Enjoy nature all through the seasons! A whole family can enjoy the day camping and outing by the riverbank.

Located on high ground along a prefectural road, it has a fine view and is also easy to access. Their food includes lots of rare ingredients such as iwatake (a lichen called rock tripe) and white birch sap. In autumn, they serve course dishes of hoteishimeji mushrooms, daikoku mushrooms and matsutake mushrooms.

The specialty at this cozy inn is ayu (sweetfish). You can try some ayu dishes including ayu-meshi (sweetfish cooked with rice) and ayu sashimi. The Ayu-zukushi Plan (a course with ayu-centric dishes) is their recommendation. Their fresh and clean bath is a radium hot spring. It is effective against gynecological diseases, rheumatism, and neuralgia.

In the guest room with a view of Isanuma (a pond) and plenty of sun, you can relax at ease. The large bath with Togoal water is an artificial hot spring that relaxes your mind and body. You can enjoy your meals at a restaurant or a banquet hall.

Its open-air bath is the most wonderful thing about the inn. At the end of the long connecting corridor, you will find a bath from which you can see a spectacular view of the Arakawa Valley laid before your very eyes. Dishes with flavorful ingredients from all four seasons let you have a sense of taste from the fields.

An inn looking on to the Arakawa River's tributary, Yatsu River, the pure Japanese-style building made entirely of cypress has a calm presence. You can enjoy the Yatsu River Valley's view from its open-air bath. You can also visit this hotel just for lunch and the bath.

A public inn located an environment rich in natural beauty. The hot spring is high in alkaline with a pH of 9.2, and it is known to leave your skin feeling smooth. Also, guests can now enjoy a newly built open-air bath with gensen kakenagashi (hot spring water flowing into the bath directly from the source) overlooking the valley.

This is a hotel where you can enjoy a taste of country living sitting next to the irori (Japanese traditional fireplace). With a concept of ”learn as you stay”, this inn has garnered favorable reviews for their various activities, which include glass sculpting, indigo dying, and soba making.

A long-established ryokan since 1748, famous for being associated with Tesshu Yamaoka (a famous samurai from the late Edo Period). You can enjoy one of the 5 most famous Japanese rice dishes, Chushichimeshi, which was created by the 8th landlord of the ryokan and Tesshu. Its Japanese garden with rare stones is also splendid.

While you enjoy the scenery full of trees, handmade leaf bud soba and other dishes with river fish and edible wild plants will find you smacking your lips. Taking a slow fragrant Japanese cypress bath and listening to the stream will make your fatigue melt away.

A brewery in Chichibu that produces the sake, Bukou Masamune. The store is in a building that is over 200 years old and is a registered tangible cultural property.