Sights in Kakegawa, Shizuoka

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• かっぽしテラス（粟ヶ岳世界農業遺産茶草場テラス）

  

  Kapposhi Terrace

  #2 ranked in Kakegawa

  On Mount Awagatake's summit, this terrace overlooks World Agricultural Heritage tea fields, Mount Fuji, and Suruga Bay.

• 三熊野神社

  

  Mikumano Shrine

  #3 ranked in Kakegawa

  Founded in 701 and long worshipped for safe childbirth and matchmaking, it holds an April festival of Edo-style floats.

• 小夜の中山峠

  

  Sayo no Nakayama Pass

  #4 ranked in Kakegawa

  Once praised as one of the Tokaido's three difficult spots, this historic pass is home to the Yonaki-ishi legend and Kuonji Temple.

• 栄醤油醸造

  Sakae Soy Sauce Brewery

  #7 ranked in Kakegawa

  Founded in 1795 in Yokosuka, this brewery naturally ages domestic whole soybeans and wheat for over a year in wooden barrels.

• 龍尾神社

  Ryubi Shrine

  #8 ranked in Kakegawa

  An ancient shrine northeast of Kakegawa Castle, revered by successive lords, with about 300 weeping plums in bloom from mid-February to early March.

• 掛川市竹の丸

  Kakegawa City Take no Maru

  #9 ranked in Kakegawa

  A city-designated residence by Kakegawa Castle's north gate, built in 1903 by the Matsumoto family, with a guest room viewing the keep.

• 掛川花鳥園

  Kakegawa Flower and Bird Garden

  #10 ranked in Kakegawa

  A barrier-free all-weather greenhouse housing about 100 species and 600 birds, with close encounters, feeding, and bird shows.

• 事任八幡宮

  Kotomama Hachiman Shrine

  #11 ranked in Kakegawa

  Totomi's chief shrine, named in The Pillow Book, where travelers prayed for safety, with camphor and cedar trees designated city monuments.

• 掛川市ステンドグラス美術館

  Kakegawa City Stained Glass Art Museum

  #14 ranked in Kakegawa

  In Kakegawa Castle Park, it displays about 70 Victorian British stained-glass works, chiefly by Charles Kemp.

• 掛川城

  Kakegawa Castle

  #15 ranked in Kakegawa

  The keep, Japan's first authentic wooden reconstruction in 1994, overlooks the castle town and Mount Fuji on clear days.