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on the Arakawa riverside every August August every riverside Arakawa the on

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garden, and many other attractions. In June, June, In attractions. other many and garden,

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along to the festival music throughout throughout music festival the to along

Tamanoike, the source of the Hoshikawa. the of source the Tamanoike, especially beautiful colors in June. in colors beautiful especially

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history and beauty. It features a spectacular view of 500 Someiyoshino cherry trees stretching in full full in stretching trees cherry Someiyoshino 500 of view spectacular a features It beauty. and history Hoshikawa Symbol Road Road Symbol Hoshikawa Hydrangea at Nogoji Temple Temple Nogoji at Hydrangea D-6

been selected as one of the “100 Best Cherry Blossom Places” by the Sakura Society of Japan for its its for Japan of Society Sakura the by Places” Blossom Cherry Best “100 the of one as selected been

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Address: 315 Harajima, Kumagaya City Kumagaya Harajima, 315 Address:

Closed dates: Mondays (If Monday is a public public a is Monday (If Mondays dates: Closed

tastes different from each restaurant. The taste taste The restaurant. each from different tastes あるん？ 〜 Closed days: Saturdays, Sundays, Public holidays, New Year Year New holidays, Public Sundays, Saturdays, days: Closed sold here. sold Kumagaya sports and culture village “Kumapia” village culture and sports Kumagaya

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Opening hours: Weekdays 9:00-17:00 Weekdays hours: Opening November 1 to the end of February) of end the to 1 November You can enjoy an appetizing special sauce that that sauce special appetizing an enjoy can You

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Tel: 048-594-6677 Tel: ありますか？

Admission fee: Free fee: Admission

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 (9:00-16:00 from from (9:00-16:00 9:00-17:00 hours: Opening

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built using ancient Japanese architectural architectural Japanese ancient using built

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ceremony, features quaint buildings that were were that buildings quaint features ceremony, and managed. There is a replica of "Dancing clay figure", figure", clay "Dancing of replica a is There managed. and

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Closed dates :Mondays and Thursdays (excluding national national (excluding Thursdays and :Mondays dates Closed

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小さい ※ For group tours, please make a reservation in in reservation a make please tours, group For ※ Opening hours : 10:00–16:00 : hours Opening painting to dye beautiful patterns. patterns. beautiful dye to painting 美味しい 大きい

mid-summer heat. A block of ice made from from made ice of block A heat. mid-summer

school students: 100 yen (Group discount for over 20 people) 20 over for discount (Group yen 100 students: school farm in the prefecture. the in farm dyeing that uses pattern paper or hand- or paper pattern uses that dyeing

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property for being a great example of a large large a of example great a being for property

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along with the vaulted ceiling. The building is is building The ceiling. vaulted the with along

from around the prefecture, including the paintings paintings the including prefecture, the around from

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mats, and combines to create a spacious area area spacious a create to combines and mats,

community. Here, you can enjoy various forms of art art of forms various enjoy can you Here, community. Karisaka Tunnel

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building, featuring a large thatched roof. It It roof. thatched large a featuring building,

The Ogino Ginko museum was built in 2006 in the birthplace of Ginko Ogino. There are exhibition exhibition are There Ogino. Ginko of birthplace the in 2006 in built was museum Ginko Ogino The of the late Kyosuke Nagashima who contributed to to contributed who Nagashima Kyosuke late the of Nerima IC

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syrup is popular. Gokabo is a nourishing natural natural nourishing a is Gokabo popular. is syrup depending on the region and store, but it is is it but store, and region the on depending the since flourished has industry brewing

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which began sales about 200 years ago. The The ago. years 200 about sales began which the common people in Kumagaya since ancient ancient since Kumagaya in people common the still is and popular, very is rice and water

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Local sake produced by high quality ground ground quality high by produced sake Local Chichibu Railway

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Entrance fee: 700 yen Opening hours: 9:30-16:00 hours: Opening yen 700 fee: Entrance and year end/new year holidays) year end/new year and

be closed on certain days during the summer summer the during days certain on closed be レッカード クレジットカ お釣り 会計 20 min 40 min to noodle making are in Kumagaya. in are making noodle to the summit of decorating technique. decorating of summit the as figures precious the at closely look and walls and components

Closed dates :Mondays and Tuesdays (may also also (may Tuesdays and :Mondays dates Closed

the principle of "Kumagaya-sufficiency for everything". All the production steps from harvest, milling milling harvest, from steps production the All everything". for "Kumagaya-sufficiency of principle the ago, is designated as a national treasure. You can enjoy the brightly colored sculptures applied to the the to applied sculptures colored brightly the enjoy can You treasure. national a as designated is ago,

Opening hours :10:00-17:00 (no entry after 16:30) after entry (no :10:00-17:00 hours Opening Kumagaya Kumagaya boasts the largest wheat output in Honshu. "Kumagaya Udon" is a tasty noodle focusing on on focusing noodle tasty a is Udon" "Kumagaya Honshu. in output wheat largest the boasts Kumagaya

The main shrine, which was originally built more than 800 years ago, and rebuilt about 260 years years 260 about rebuilt and ago, years 800 than more built originally was which shrine, main The Takasaki Omiya Ueno Tokyo

Admission fee: Free fee: Admission 45 min

Kumagaya Udon Kumagaya Shodenzan Kangiin Shodendo Shodendo Kangiin Shodenzan D-2 1 hour and 20 minutes Open seven days a week a days seven Open

Industrial Modernization in November 2007. November in Modernization Industrial 1 hour and 15 minutes Yorii 30 min Ikebukuro Shinjuku Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 hours: Opening as being an important part of the Heritage of of Heritage the of part important an being as Nagano

Chichibu Admission fee: Free fee: Admission

the time of its establishment. It was recognized recognized was It establishment. its of time the

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making machinery that was actually used at at used actually was that machinery making

shooting locations. shooting

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brought to a close, with exhibitions of yarn- of exhibitions with close, a to brought

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year silk making history of the company is is company the of history making silk year

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operating Katakura Industries plant. The 121- The plant. Industries Katakura operating

the nagayamon big and impressive. The premise premise The impressive. and big nagayamon the Tokyo Station on the

taste. 40 min

of the Kumagaya Plant, which was the last last the was which Plant, Kumagaya the of

remnants of Negishike’s former wealth and find find and wealth former Negishike’s of remnants JR Joetsu Hokuriku Tonegawa River is rich in both nutrition and and nutrition both in rich is River Tonegawa

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familiar and beloved among ordinary Japanese people. Japanese ordinary among beloved and familiar Shinkansen during the Edo period. Here, you can see the the see can you Here, period. Edo the during

Yamato-imo grown in the fertile land by the the by land fertile the in grown Yamato-imo Niigata Station on the 1 hour and 15 minutes with deep-fried tofu cooked in sweetened soy sauce is is sauce soy sweetened in cooked tofu deep-fried with

he wealthy farmer served as village headman headman village as served farmer wealthy he T JR Joetsu / known production area of Yamato-imo. The The Yamato-imo. of area production known

Commemorative Museum Commemorative

Shoden since early times. The taste of sour rice wrapped wrapped rice sour of taste The times. early since Shoden Hokuriku Shinkansen

Kumagaya is one of the country’s most well- most country’s the of one is Kumagaya

Inari-zushi has been popular among visitors to the sacred sacred the to visitors among popular been has Inari-zushi

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Hello! Let’s talk the Kumagaya dialect. Kumagaya the talk Let’s Hello! Tokyo Station on the Yamato-imo Inari-zushi 1 hour and 20 minutes

観 JR Kumagaya Station JR Takasaki Line/

このシートの文と単語を指で指してください。 Ueno Tokyo Line

いらっしゃいませ。熊谷弁を使って会話しましょう。 Nagano Station on the 1 hour and 30 minutes 味 JR Joetsu / Hokuriku Shinkansen 1 hour and 10 minutes Shinjuku Station on the

JR Takasaki Line /

Shonan Shinjuku Line

Touch & Communication sheet Communication & Touch ミニーョシート コミュニケーションシ

指 Yorii Station Kumagaya Chichibu Station Hanyu Station 40 min on the 30 min Station on the 20 min

on the Chichibu on the Chichibu Chichibu Chichibu Railway Railway Railway Railway

High Spots of Kumagaya of Spots High Cuisine Kumagaya’s さし Kumagaya Tourism Association Contact Tel: 048-594-6677 URL: http://www.oideyo-kumagaya.com/ A B C D E F a b Ota City Koizuka Community Center Enlarged view of the Kumagaya downtown area Funeral hall Kojima Community Center "Memorial Saiun" Shin-Hoshikawa River Kojima Community Center

83 Menuma Kojima 301 Ishidagawa River Kumagaya 276 Fujimi Junior High school Kumagaya Agricultural Prefectural Kumagaya Livestock High School Hygiene Service Center Hakoda Fourth Park 1 Kumagaya High School Hakoda Elderly and Children Fureai Center 341 Kamino Park Tonegawa River 1 Mother and Child Health Center Tosuibashi Bridge Holiday / Night Emergency Clinic Kumagaya Nishi Elementary School Sightseeing Map Tennis Court Health Promotion Division Kumagaya Health Center Public Employment Security Office Dekijima Kumagaya Local Yasaka Shrine 0 1,000 2,000m Meteorological Observatory Prefectural Kumagaya Library Ishihara Community Center Menumadai Menuma Shodenzan Women's and children's hall Onuma Elementary School Reitaisai Festival Saitama District Public Kumagaya Central 83 Prosecutors’ Office Oizumi Town Koban (police box) Mamada Tonegawa General Welfare Hall for People with Disabilities 276 Athletic Park Onuma Community Center Central Community Center Central Park 128Kumagaya General Hospital Menuma Onuma Community Center Civic Hall Tax office Saitama District Court Greenery Center Community Center Kumagaya City Hall Nogoji Temple Katakura Silk Chamber of Commerce and Industry Commemorative Museum St. Paul’s Church Onuma Menuma Shodenzan Menuma Elementary School Yukokuji Temple Community Center Kumagayakan Kumagaya Higashi Nagaiota Menuma Nishi Junior High School Yagihashi Takagi Shrine Elementary School AEON Atago Yasaka-jinja Shrine 45 Menuma Agricultural Tourism Association Menuma Pavilion Kumagaya Post Office Kumagaya Girls High School Menuma Nishi Training Center Seikeien Honcho Parking Area Menuma Central Fire Station Munuma Athletic Park Menuma Central Community Center Bizenkyo Water Channel Menuma Chuo Community Plaza Smile Hotel Prefectural Kumagaya 2 Kumagaya Regional government office Menuma Health Center Menuma Higashi junior high school JyoetsuSekijoji Shinkansen Temple Hoshikawa Symbol Road Saitama Industrial Uchiwa Festival Technology Center King Ambassador Higashi (East) park 妻沼庁舎 Menuma Library Kamikumagaya Station Hotel Kumagaya Menuma Labor Festival Plaza 17 MaRRoaD Inn Kumagaya 127 59 JR Takasaki Line Toyoko Inn Welfare｠Hall Kumagaya-eki91 Anshinkan Crime Prevention Center Ota Community Center Kita-guchi Menuma Higashi Ono Soccer and Rugby Stadium Station Branch Office of Library Ota Community Center Yagita Arakawa Community E・Hotel Iizuka Yatogo Welfare Center for the Aged Center Kumagaya R&B Hotel Kumagaya Branch of Saitama 2 Bicycle parking Arakawa-so Resting House Kumagaya EkimaeDistrict Legal Affairs Bureau Hikawa-so for the Aged Kumagaya Royal Police box in front of Kumagaya station Menuma High School Hotel Suzuki Kumagaya Minami AZ Kumagaya Ota Elementary School Bicycle parking Menuma Minami Yatsukuchi Zengashima Elementary School Kumagaya Station NITTOH MALL Menuma Roadside Station Ono Ichinotsubo Elementary School Hotel New Neo South Entrance Kumagaya Station Branch Office Tiara 21 Chiyoda Town 407 Menuma Agri Park Hotel Sunroute Gender Equality Promotion Center "Heartpia" Dogayato Gliding Field Cultural Center Business Ryokan Meijiya Cultural Hall Kumagaya Station Passport Center Kumagaya Library Contact Office at Kumagaya Station Nagai Elementary School Tourist Information Center at Kumagaya Station Planetarium Hall Menuma Produce Center E-HOTEL KUMAGAYA ANNEX 276 Arakawa Park Kamine Martial Arts Stadium Sky-sports Festa Kumagaya Pension Office 341 Citizens Empowerment Center Civic Gymnasium Nagai Community Center Benzai Sakuragi Elementary School Manpei Park Chichibu Railway Fukukawa River 303 Kuzuwada Soccer Stadium Kumagaya Arakawa Green Space Nagai Community Center Sakuragi Community Center Shimomasuda Kamiebukuro Enami Hata Elementary School Arakawa River Osato Large Municipal Area Association 263 Arakawa-Ohashi Bridge Menuma Higashi Athletic Park Barai Nishino Kuzuwada Ferry Wharf Kamisudo Kuzuwada Tajima Menuma-so Resting House for the Aged 263 Osugi Shrine 3 Hata Community Center Abare-mikoshi

Shin-Naragawa River

Nishijo Tawarase Kumagaya Health Center Ogino Ginko Memorial Museum Welfare Center for the Aged Narashinden Hinata Beppunuma Park Beppu-so Beppu Community Center Menuma Organic Center Beppu Elementary School 407 Beppu Gymnasium 83 359 Nishi Beppu Fukukawa River Floodgate Higashi Beppu 17 Nakanara Agricultural Development Center "Agrimate" Fukaya City Shimonara Beppu Junior High School Shihoji Nara Community Center Kaminara Beppu Nara Elementary School Shufukuji Temple Business Hotel Daiichi In 303 Kami Chujo Nara Junior High School Kagohara Station 359 Jokoin Contact Office Hotel City Field Kagohara Narashinden Chujo Elementary School 4 264 Tamai Chujo Community Center 362 Niibori Elementary School Chujo Rural Center Kumagaya Vocational Training School Niibori Tamai Minami Chujo Junior High School Kagohara Takayanagi Kumagaya Sports Bunkamura "Kumapia" Imai Kagohara Elementary School Kagohara Community Center Tamai Community Center Dai Taishoji Temple Ozone Tamai Elementary School 341 Bicycle Niibori Community Center Ohata Community Center 178 357 Tokuzoji Temple parking lot Ofuro café Bivouac 83 Ofukuro Midoricho Niiborishinden Ohata Elementary School Kumagaya Cultural Tamai Junior High School Kakinuma Jurokken Japan Air Self-Defense Force Creation Center "Sakuramate" Fire Department Environment Rugby Stadium Kumagaya Base Sakuramate Branch Office JR Takasaki Line Beautification｠Center Otsuka Kumagaya Cargo Terminal 407 Kumagaya Sports Cultural Park Miyoshi Kumagaya Nishi High School Kamikawakami Acacia Raising Park 47 General waste Niijima Kumagaya Industrial Business Hotel Sky Final Disposal Site Harajima Ohata Junior High School Umaimon Cup Festival Mikajiri Junior High School Kubojima 17 Office Building of Shimokawakami Miizugahara Mikajiri the Water Service Department 17 75 Koizuka Mikajiri Community Center Kumagaya Technical Hoshikawa River Funeral Hall "Memorial Saiun" High School Koizuka Community Center Mikajiri Elementary School Kumagaya Police Station Hoshimiya Community Center Kumagaya Sakura Enko 303 5 Chichibu Railway 75 Athletic Park Kojima Ohara Fujimi Junior High School Koanji Temple Hotel Route Inn Kumagaya Kumagaya High School Chuo Hoshimiya Elementary School Indoor Pool“Aquapia” Kumagaya Agricultural Joetsu / Hokuriku Shinkansen Ishihara Mother and Child Health CenterShin-Hoshikawa River High School 128 Holiday / Night Emergency Clinic Ohara Junior Narita Community Center Mikajiri kannonyama / Ryusenji Temple 140 Hakoda Gyoda City Chichibu Guide Narita Elementary School Ikegami 140 Oaso High School Kumagaya Nishi Tobichi, Clean Center Prefectural Kumagaya Library Oaso Junior High School Elementary School Gyoda City 125 Miyazuka Tumulus Ishihara Elementary SchoolSakuracho Oaso Elementary School Kamiishi Community Center Public Employment Security Office Butai Kumagaya Commercial High School Kumagaya Central Community Center Nakanishi Oaso Community Center Hirose Ishihara Health Center Kamino Civic Hall MiyachoCentral Park Akagicho Hongoku Kumagaya City Hall 140 Chichibu Railway Senami Nakacho Hirose Seikeien SuehiroKumagaya Higashi Elementary School Tsukimicho Kamakura Community Center Kumagaya Higashi Junior High School Oaso 385 Wild Bird Forest Isecho Fureal Park cho Honcho Kawaraaketo Kami KumagayaHoshikawa Kumagaya Girl’s High School Aketo Arakawa Junior Center for the Social Welfare for the Aged Kamino-so National Home for Working Youth Isecho Yayoi Kumagaya Regional Government Office High School Miyamotocho Prefectural Kumagaya Arakawa Oaso Park Labor Center Arakawa Community Center Tsukuba Hirato Daiichi Suiko-en Special Support Education School Sports Center for Laborers Miharashicho Kumagaya Branch of the Saitama District Legal(Sewage Affairs Bureau disposal) Oshikawa River Kumagaya Enokicho MiyamaechoKumagaya Gender Equality Promotion Sounds of insects in Arakawa/Oshikiri Business Hotel Cabin Kumagaya Arakawa Kawaracho Center "Heartpia" Resting House for the Aged Kumagaya Ohashi Bridge Green Space Ginza Mochida Kumagaya Pension Office Hirato-so Socio Distribution Oshikiri Bridge Kumagaya Minami Elementary School Sakuragicho Tode Kumagaya Sakura Festival Center Sakuragi Citizens Empowerment Center 6 ArakawaKumagaya Ohashi Sakura-tsutsumiElementaryAkebonocho Chichibu Railway 128 Hirayama-jutaku 17 School Sayada Elementary School Manpeicho Hiharu Bridge Civic Sakuragi Community Center Sayada Community Center Oshikiri Tobu Gymnasium Konan Farmer’s Market Gymnasium Tonyacho Kamishinden Kumagaya Cultural Center Joetsu / Hokuriku Shinkansen Konan Agricultural Process Club 407 Fireworks Cultural Hall Nagomi Restaurant Kumagaya Library Sayada Konan Kita Elementary School Planetarium Hall Hotel Garden Palace Mitsumoto Teshima Musashitomiyo Resting House for the Aged Arakawa River 47 81 Conservation Center Yoshioka-so Konan-so Welfare Center for the Aged Yoshioka Community Center Oi Konan Clean Center Sendai Wada Yoshinogawa River Muraoka Mishoshinden Kuge Elementary School Konan Second Community Center Yoshioka Elementary School Konan General Konan General Cultural Hall“Pipia” Narisawa Kuge Community Center Playground Kuge Bridge Konan Community Center Konan Cultural Assets Center Kamionda Koizumi Konan Library 173 Konan Junior High School Magechi Konan Community Center 257 Arakawa CyclingMoto-Arakawa RoadKuge River Konan Government Office Konan Gymnasium Konan Chuo Konan Labor Welfare Center Shiba Prefectural General Yoshioka Junior High School Gyoda Konan’s Wisteria 11 7 Education Center Kutsuto Onuma Park Konan Branch Office Nakaonda Best 100 Mt. Fuji Prefectural Senior Nursing School Ichida Elementary School Hiratsukashinden scenic spots in Kanto Itai Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Suwa Shrine Konan General Park Sugahiro Research Center Shimoonda Tsudashinden Prefectural｠Cardiovascular and Rissho University Respiratory Center Konan Minami Elementary School Nakazone Nohara Osato Farmer’s Market Prefectural Animal Guidance Center Monjuji Temple Yagii Wadagawa River Osato Junior High School Osato Lifetime Study Center "AsuNet" Fukiage Kishoshiki Cultural Center Dai-ennichi Fair Osato Library Shio Osato Community Center Shio Burial Mounds Oegawa Osato Gymnasium Konosu City Osato Government Office Konan Day Service Center 11 Konan In-home Care Support Center Osato General Playground Government-managed Musashi Hills Numaguro Tsudonogawa River Tsuda Arakawa Nanbu Environmental Center Forest Park Takamoto Mukoya Namegawa Town Health Sports Center Hotel Heritage Resorts Shikinoyu Spa

Tamatsukuri Floodgate Sakura Riverside Park 8 Higashimatsuyama City Legend Aiage Tamatsukuri Recommended Sightseeing Courses Tokanyama Tumulus Trip Plan Suggestions! Yoshimi Elementary School 407 National Highway 391 Downtown Temple Tour Furusato Menuma Konan Osato Hoanji Temple Minowa 81 Major Regional Road Walking Tour from Kagohara Station Exploring Tour Haniwa Tour Nodoka Tour 307 Oashibashi Bridge Shinkansen Kabutoyama Tumulus b-2 Kumagaya Station B-4 Kagohara Station C-2 Nogojiemple T (Ajisai temple)C-6 Hirayama-jutaku E-7 Kuge Bridge 66 345 5.5 0.2 1.5 Koyatsubayashi JR 2 min on foot 5 min on foot km 12 min by car km 1 min by car km 3 min by car Kabutoyama Tumulus Funakidai Nagashima Memorial Museum a-2 Hoshikawa Symbol Road B-4 Taishoji Temple D-2 Menuma Roadside Station C-6 Konan Farmer’s Market E-8 Osato Farmer’s Market Kabutoyama Private Railway Osato Fureai Center 2.6 3.9 1.5 Kasuga Cultural Center 12 min on foot 8 min on foot 6 min by car 10 min by car 3 min by car km km km Negishike-nagayamon School Famous Places for Beautiful Flowers a-2 Seikeien B-4 Tokuzoji Temple D-2 Menuma Shodenzan B-7 KONAN Cultural PropertiesE-8 CenterSakura Riverside Park Yoshimi Town 5.8 3.3 2.8 Police Famous Places and 7 min on foot 37 min on foot 13 min by car 8 min by car 5 min by car Historic Sites km km km Katakura Silk Mikajiri Kannonyama / 9 a-2 Commemorative Museum B-5 Ryusenji Temple E-2 Gliding Field B-8 Shio Burial Mounds F-9 Nagashima Memorial Museum Fire Station Farmer’s Market 2.2 5.5 3.0 19 min on foot 13 min on foot km 4 min by car km 15 min by car km 3 min by car Court Festival / Event a-2 Hoshikawa Symbol Road B-5 Koanji Temple F-3 Ogino Ginko Memorial MuseumC-7 Monjuji Temple E-9 Negishike-Nagayamon

2 min on foot 40 min on foot 0.3 Tax Office Hotel km 1 min by car

b-2 Kumagaya Station B-4 Kagohara Station E-9 Kabutoyama Tumulus