BokenJapanSights in Oiso, Kanagawa
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Terugasaki Coast
Kanagawa natural monument where green pigeons arrive at dawn from May to November to drink seawater.
Oiso Shiroyama Park
Prefectural park on former Mitsui villa and Shigeru Yoshida residence sites, with tea rooms, a museum, and bay views.
Former Residence of Shigeru Yoshida
Stately Oiso sukiya-style mansion with vast gardens, a rose garden, and Mt. Fuji views on clear days.
National Route 134
National highway from Yokosuka to Oiso with views of the Shonan coast and Mount Fuji.
Oiso Guest House (Former Kinoshita Villa)
1912 nationally registered wooden Western-style villa on an Oiso hill, overlooking Sagami Bay, with Italian dining.
Meiji Memorial Oiso Villa Garden
Open former Okuma and Furukawa villas and Mutsu villa site in historic Oiso, with gardens and Taisho glass.
Shigitatsu-an
Haiku hermitage over 360 years old, with a thatched hut and wabi-sabi garden.
Jifuku-ji
Shingon To-ji school temple in Oiso. Shimazaki Toson couple's grave among about 20 old plum trees blooming from early February.
Shigitatsu-an
Thatched-gate garden where Saigyo is said to have composed verse, and a cultural source of the word Shonan.
Old Tokaido Pine Avenue (Oiso)
Edo-period pine rows on the Tokaido that rested travelers and still retain that era's atmosphere.
Yokoku-ji Cave Tombs
Prefectural historic site: Oiso's most famous cave tombs, over 20, facing the Shonan-daira nature trail.
Former Shimazaki Toson Residence
Five-minute walk from Oiso Station. Toson's single-story former home has cedar-bark walls, Taisho glass and an August 22 memorial.
Kesho Well
Said to be the makeup well of Tora-gozen, heroine of the Soga Monogatari, who lived in Oiso.
Former Mitsui Villa District
Site of a Meiji Mitsui zaibatsu head's villa, once with gardens and a national treasure tea room, now a park.
Sawada Miki Memorial Hall (Hidden Christian Museum)
Renewed March 2014. Memorial museum for Sawada Miki, Elizabeth Saunders Home founder, showing Hidden Christian materials.
Rokusho Shrine
Ancient Oiso shrine jointly enshrining six major Sagami shrines; May 5 Konomachi festival.
Takaku Shrine
Stone monument by Tokugawa Yorimichi; main-hall plaque by Kabayama Sukenori. Edo daimyo reportedly dismounted to visit.
Kewaizaka Pine Avenue
Said to be Hiroshige's Oiso view, depicting rain of tragic love and a pine avenue.
Kojima Honjin Ruins and Onoe Honjin Ruins
Oiso post town, busy in the Edo period, had 66 inns and three honjin along about 1.3 km.
Oiso Town Local History Museum
Permanent archaeology, history, folklore, and nature exhibits on Oiso and nearby areas, with three to five special shows yearly.