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Sights in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
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Kana Garden
Photogenic rose garden and panorama beds, with vegetable-harvest and rice planting and harvesting experiences.
Hiratsuka City Art Museum
Holds special exhibitions of Shonan-related works under the theme Art and Light of Shonan.
Yoshizawa Eight Views
Beautiful satoyama scenery in Yoshizawa, Shonan Hiratsuka, selected to preserve for posterity.
Tobiyatsu Hill (Majestic Mount Fuji)
Top Fuji viewpoint among Yoshizawa Eight Views; sometimes diamond Fuji; spring embankment cherries.
Shonan-daira (Komayama Park)
Green park spanning Hiratsuka and Oiso; about 180m observatories offer a 360-degree Shonan panorama and famous night views.
Hinomiya Shrine and Standing Stone
Roughly 4-meter-square natural rock called Hinomiya-san, with a Yamato Takeru legend and counted among Yoshizawa Eight Views.
Komyo-ji Kannon Hall (Kaname Kannon)
Hiratsuka Eight Views and 7th Bando 33 site; Kaname Kannon's miniature shrine is a national Important Cultural Property.
Shogan-ji Temple
After the stone steps, a view of the Miura Peninsula. Founded in 1502, long a Soto Zen training temple.
Tsukagoshi Park
Rare in the prefecture: a front-square rear-square burial mound with a cherry tree on top and good views.
Yatsurugi Shrine and Kanman Fudo
Guardian of Yoshizawa; large zelkova at upper shrine, nationally designated wooden Fudo statue at lower shrine.
Myoen-ji (Tsuchiya Coin-Washing Benzaiten)
Tendai temple in Tsuchiya, Hiratsuka, enshrining Benzaiten, with a cave and coin-washing pond.
Tentoku-ji
Linked to Sanada Yoichi Yoshitada of the Ishibashiyama battle; later an Ueda clan castle in Sagami.
Tsuchiya Basket Chrysanthemum Garden
Best viewing is from late October to mid-November.
Hiratsuka Offshore Experiment Tower (University of Tokyo Ocean Alliance)
Yellow observation and marine experiment tower 1 km offshore in 20 m of water, run by the University of Tokyo.
Ishikkusu Banyu Flower Field
Three hectares of seasonal flowers on the Sagami River riverbed: tulips, poppies, cornflowers, lavender, zinnias, and cosmos.
Hiratsuka Hachimangu Shrine
One of Sagami's six shrines, reputedly founded by Emperor Nintoku in 68, hosting several festivals.
Hachimanyama Park
Central-city oasis with cherry, roses, hydrangea, and bush clover, monuments, and a Western-style building.
Hachimanyama Western-style House (Former Yokohama Rubber Hiratsuka Factory Memorial Hall)
Registered as a national tangible cultural property as a historic building.
Kirifuri Falls (Hiratsuka Eight Views)
Hiking course around marble-like falls and a stone reportedly visited by Yamato Takeru. Also called Maou Falls.
Shichikoku Pass and Tohara
City's westernmost 182 m pass, said named for seven-province views. Mountain ridges and seasonal flowers welcome hikers.
Hiratsuka Coast
About 4 km coast. Fuji's silhouette appears behind Shonandaira TV tower, a Hiratsuka symbol. Popular year-round for views.
Banyu Bridge Area (Shonan Itako)
Hiratsuka waterside district called Shonan Itako, with Banyu Fureai Park, arena and soccer field upstream of Banyu Bridge.
Yoshizawa Eight Views (Village Pond)
Selected village landscape of the Yoshizawa Eight Views, with terraces and wooded traditional farmhouses against Mount Oyama.
Yoshizawa Eight Views (Yoshizawa Elementary School)
Yoshizawa Eight Views site. In spring the main gate road shows cherry trees and the school's red triangular roof.
Yoshizawa Eight Views (Yurugi Hill)
Selected Yoshizawa Eight Views site. A farm road from Kami-Yoshizawa Yatsurugi Shrine reveals fan-shaped terraces backed by Mount Fuji.
Yoshizawa Eight Views (Megumigaoka)
Selected as Yoshizawa Eight Views for local revitalization. Azaleas and dogwoods line Megumigaoka's outer road, best in late April.
Hiratsuka City Museum
Hiratsuka museum themed on Sagami River basin nature and culture, with a popular children's planetarium.
Okiku Mound
Grave site of Okiku, heroine of the Edo ghost story Bancho Sarayashiki, in Beniya-cho Park.
Edo-guchi Mitsuke Site
Restored Edo-side entrance of old Tokaido Hiratsuka-juku, based on a photo an early Meiji Italian minister took home.
Hiratsuka-juku Waki-Honjin Site Monument
Hiratsuka-juku had one honjin and one waki-honjin, auxiliary lodging for officials and daimyo.
Official Notice Board Site
Boards of basic shogunate or lord laws were posted here; Hiratsuka also showed fares to Fujisawa and Oiso.
Former Hiratsuka-juku Honjin Site
Tokaido post-town inn for daimyo, nobles, and officials; 163 tsubo, 20 sitting rooms, gate and raised room.
Kyoto-side Mitsuke Site
Said to be Hiroshige's Hiratsuka Nawate-michi view, with Komayama, the path, and Hanamizu River.
Hiratsuka Mound
Monument off the old Tokaido. Legend says Taira Masako's flat mound became the name Hiratsuka.
Kanagawa Prefectural Environmental Science Center
Conducts environmental survey research, monitoring, and learning support to preserve and create safe living conditions.
Namiki Maki-e Workshop (PILOT)
Taisho brick former naval powder factory exhibits maki-e fountain pen history and lacquer works; advance reservation required.