Sights in Ogawamachi, Saitama

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• Former Shimozato Branch School

  

  Ogawamachi, Saitama · 0493-81-3015

  Surviving 1964 schoolhouse feels nostalgic amid matching scenery. Partly renovated Cafe MOZART centers on local organic farmers' vegetables.

• Tochimoto Waterside Park

  

  Ogawamachi, Saitama

  Tsuki River flows through central Ogawa. Tochimoto Weir, built over 300 years ago, long linked town life and industry.

• Yoshida Family Residence

  

  Ogawamachi, Saitama · 0493-73-0040

  Built in 1721, the prefecture's oldest dated thatched hip-and-gable private house, a national Important Cultural Property, 21.8 by 10.5 meters.

• Katakuri Colony

  

  Ogawamachi, Saitama

  Large katakuri colony south of Roadside Station Ogawamachi, protected by residents and seen at three sites including Saiko-ji.

• Tanaka Family Row House, National Registered Tangible Cultural Property

  

  Ogawamachi, Saitama

  Presumed early Meiji row house south of the old Chichibu highway, bending with Minamiura-dori, once a waterway.

• Hemerocallis Garden

  

  Ogawamachi, Saitama

  Lily-family perennial Hemerocallis means one-day beauty in Greek. Morning flowers wilt by evening, yet bloom in turn nearly two weeks.