埼玉県 · Kanto Region

Saitama Hidden Gems

도쿄 근교의 '작은 에도', 가와고에는 에도 시대 상인 마을의 모습을 온전히 간직하고 있다 — 구라즈쿠리 옛거리와 토키노카네(시간의 종)가 대표적인 랜드마크다. 지치부의 히쓰지야마공원은 봄이면 40만 그루의 시바자쿠라가 꽃바다를 이루고, 나가토로 계곡의 뱃놀이와 가와고에 장어 요리까지 더해져 도쿄에서 하루 만에 다녀올 수 있는 최고의 여행지다.

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Chichibu Shrine — Dragon-Carved Sanctuary Since 2000 Years
Saitama· Chichibu

Chichibu Shrine — Dragon-Carved Sanctuary Since 2000 Years

Chichibu Shrine (秩父神社) claims a founding date of 2,100 years ago, though the current structures date to the 1592 reconst…

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Updated Jul 2026
Hitsujiyama Park Shibazakura — Pink Moss Carpet Fields
Saitama· Chichibu

Hitsujiyama Park Shibazakura — Pink Moss Carpet Fields

Each spring, Hitsujiyama Park's hillside explodes into 400,000 pink, white, and purple shibazakura (芝桜, moss phlox) flow…

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Updated Jul 2026
Chichibu Night Festival — Fire, Floats, and Fireworks
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Saitama· Chichibu

Chichibu Night Festival — Fire, Floats, and Fireworks

The Chichibu Yomatsuri (秩父夜祭, Night Festival, December 2–3) is one of Japan's three greatest hikiyama festivals — six ma…

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Updated Jul 2026
Mitsumine Shrine — Mountaintop Wolf Guardian
Saitama· Chichibu

Mitsumine Shrine — Mountaintop Wolf Guardian

Mitsumine Shrine (三峯神社) sits at 1,100 meters on a remote mountain peak in the Chichibu range, enshrining wolf deities (o…

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Updated Jul 2026
Nagatoro Autumn Foliage — River Gorge Maple Tunnel
Saitama· Chichibu

Nagatoro Autumn Foliage — River Gorge Maple Tunnel

Nagatoro's limestone gorge transforms each November into one of Kanto's premier autumn foliage destinations — the layere…

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Updated Jul 2026
Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage — Sacred Temple Circuit
Saitama· Chichibu

Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage — Sacred Temple Circuit

The Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage (秩父三十四箇所観音霊場) is one of Japan's three major Kannon temple pilgrimages — a circuit of 3…

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Updated Jul 2026