Sights in Yoshimi, Saitama

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• Yoshimi Hundred Caves

  

  Yoshimi, Saitama · 0493-54-4541

  Late to final Kofun-period cave tombs, designated a National Historic Site in 1923, with 219 caves confirmed.

• Hatcho Lake

  

  Yoshimi, Saitama · 0493-63-5018

  An artificial irrigation pond in Yoshimi built for rice farming, covering about 52,000 square meters.

• Ponpon Mountain

  

  Yoshimi, Saitama · 0493-54-5027

  A rocky hill with fine views behind Takaohikone Shrine; stomping midway up makes a ponpon sound.

• Anraku-ji (Yoshimi Kannon)

  

  Yoshimi, Saitama · 0493-54-2898

  Eleventh Bando pilgrimage temple, long called Yoshimi Kannon. About 1200 years ago Gyoki placed a carved Kannon in a cave.

• Matsuyama Castle Ruins

  

  Yoshimi, Saitama · 0493-54-9111

  One of northern Musashi's finest hill-and-plain castles, at the tip of the Hiki Hills; a prefectural historic site since 1925.