Sights in Honjo, Saitama

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• Marigold Hill Park

  

  Honjo, Saitama

  Park east of Honjo-Waseda Station; a sundial hill views Mount Akagi, Mount Haruna, seasonal flowers, and illumination.

• Joshin-in Hyakutai Kannon Hall

  

  Honjo, Saitama · 0495-72-6742

  Built to mourn 1783 Shinshu Mount Asama eruption victims, called Sazaedo. Unusual two-tier exterior, three-tier spiral corridor inside.

• Maze Lake

  

  Honjo, Saitama · 0495-72-1334

  Eastern Japan's oldest gravity concrete agricultural dam; embankment and management bridge are registered cultural properties, known for fishing.

• Honjo Waseda no Mori Museum

  

  Honjo, Saitama · 0495-71-6878

  Jointly opened by Honjo City and Waseda University to trace Honjo history from the Paleolithic via archaeological materials.

• Former Honjo Commercial Bank Brick Warehouse

  

  Honjo, Saitama · 0495-71-6685

  1896 brick warehouse stored cocoons and raw silk, supporting Honjo's silk industry; a registered tangible cultural property.

• Kotsuhata Wisteria (Chosen-ji)

  

  Honjo, Saitama · 0495-72-1331

  About 650-year-old Kotsuhata Wisteria at Chosen-ji, a prefectural natural monument among 100 eastern flower temples.

• Hanawa Hokiichi Memorial Museum

  

  Honjo, Saitama · 0495-72-6032

  Hanawa Hokiichi memorial museum for the blind mid-Edo scholar. About 200 items include Gunsho Ruiju and his mother's hand-sewn pouch.