Sights in Kamisato, Saitama

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• Kamisato Cantare

  

  Kamisato, Saitama · 0120-643-388

  Bright southern Italy-inspired grounds offer many factory-direct sweets, plus a homemade pasta and pizza cafe and fresh-bread bakery.

• Kamisato Sunflower Field

  

  Kamisato, Saitama · 0495-35-1235

  Every early August, sunflowers bloom across about 3,000 square meters east of Konohana Park Kamisato.

• Karasu River Spider Lilies

  

  Kamisato, Saitama · 0495-35-1232

  Volunteer-planted spider lilies form an autumn red carpet along the river, with views of the Jomo mountains.

• Kannagawa Historic Battlefield

  

  Kamisato, Saitama · 0495-35-1232

  In 1582, Takigawa and Later Hojo armies fought Kanto's largest field battle, also called the Battle of Kanakubohara.

• Kamisato Sugawara Shrine

  

  Kamisato, Saitama · 0495-33-6697

  Shrine to Sugawara no Michizane. After his 903 death, Ki no Tomonari visited and villagers built a small guardian shrine.

• Youn-ji

  

  Kamisato, Saitama · 0495-33-8255

  Soto Zen temple founded in 1205 by Takeda Shingen's wife, with a bronze bell and portraits.

• Kamisato Town Local History Museum

  

  Kamisato, Saitama · 0495-34-0455

  Shows Japan's only castanet-playing haniwa, a dancing female haniwa, pottery, stone tools, and Japan's first female seaplane pilot.

• Ambassador Lotus at Fukusho-ji

  

  Kamisato, Saitama · 0495-33-3465

  June-August, lotuses bloom in two Fukusho-ji ponds. Ancient Chinese and Ohga hybrid gifted by China's ambassador for normalization's 25th anniversary.

• Kanakubo Castle Ruins

  

  Kamisato, Saitama · 0495-35-1232

  Built in 1177-80, fell in the 1582 Kanna River battle, abandoned in 1698; some earthworks and moat remains survive.