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Sights in Yokoze, Saitama
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Terasaka Rice Terraces
Saitama's largest-class rice terraces with seasonal rural views. About 250 plots restored. Summer event lights about 600 bonfires.
Ashigakubo Icicles
One of Chichibu's three great icicles, a winter-only sight about 30 meters high and 200 meters wide.
Akechi-ji
Temple for safe childbirth, child-rearing, and evil-warding. Nyoirin Kannon is called a Kannon of fortune and wisdom.
Daiji-ji Temple
Obinzuru-sama is said to be good to stroke on ailing spots. Rare Buko bean cherries bloom in spring.
Yokoze Town History and Folklore Museum
Exhibits Yokoze heritage, puppet-theater stage model, Mount Buko Ontake Shrine palace model, specimens, and historical materials.
Hocho-ji
Seventh site, called Ushibuse-do, has an Eleven-faced Kannon attributed to Gyoki. Moved here after the 1782 disaster.
Bokuun-ji
Also called Ogino-do. Principal Kannon was once on Mt. Buko; rare offerings include a Buddha image and a mountain-witch tooth.
Gokado Hall
Ogawayama hall with purple hanging wisteria in season, named after its builder mastered poetry secrets overnight with a monk.
Kisshozan Daichu-in
Said to be founded by Zenan Ryochi. Town-designated bronze Shogun Jizo; spring cherries surround the Nio statues.
Saizen-ji Temple
The Komine maple, said to be about 600 years old, is an elegant Saitama natural monument changing with the seasons.
Hanasakiyama Park
Low mountain of about 3.9 hectares in Yokoze, being developed with volunteers into a flower-filled gathering place.
Torin-ji Une Ebisu
One of the Chichibu Seven Lucky Gods. Ebisu is enshrined for harvests, big catches, and business prosperity.