10 Sights in Chichibu, Japan (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Chichibu, Japan! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Chichibu. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

1. Hitsujiyama Park

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Hitsujiyama Park 京浜にけ / CC BY-SA 3.0

Yoyama Park is a park located in Omiya, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture. It is known for its "Shibazakura Hill" where cherry blossoms are planted all over, and it is crowded with many tourists during the flowering season from early April to early May every year.

Wikipedia: 羊山公園 (JA)

2. SL転車台公園

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SL転車台公園

SL Turntable Park (SLてんしゃだいこうえん, formerly Chichibu Railway Vehicle Park) is a railway park located within the premises of Chichibu Railway Mitsumineguchi Station in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture. It was constructed as part of the 90th anniversary project of the Chichibu Railway and opened on March 17, 1989. It is referred to as "Railway Vehicle Park" in the signage and information from the Chichibu Railway side.

Wikipedia: 秩父鉄道車両公園 (JA)

3. Mt. Wanagura

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Mt. Wakarayama is a mountain with an altitude of 2,036 m in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, and is one of the mountains of Oku Chichibu. It is also known as Mt. Shiraishi. The topographic map of the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan says Mt. Shiraishi, but it is the name of the Koshu side, and the name of the Japanese name Kurayama is the name of the Chichibu side for a long time. It has been selected as one of the 200 famous mountains in Japan.

Wikipedia: 和名倉山 (JA)

4. Mt. Kasatori

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Mount Kasatori, with an elevation of 1,953 meters, is located on the border between Chichibu City in Saitama Prefecture and Koshu City in Yamanashi Prefecture, situated in the main ridge of the Okuchichibu mountain range. It is included in the Chichibu Tama Kai National Park and is selected as one of the One Hundred Famous Mountains of Yamanashi.

Wikipedia: 笠取山 (奥秩父) (JA)

5. 秩父今宮神社

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Chichibu Imamiya Shrine is a shrine located in the center of Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is also called Imamiya Shrine and the Eight Great Dragon Palaces. The former company name is Murasha.

Wikipedia: 秩父今宮神社 (JA)

6. Chichibu Ontakesan

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Mt. Mitake is a mountain located on the border between Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture and the town of Ogano, Chichibu District. It is also called Chichibu Mitakeyama. It is sometimes written as Mt. Ontake.

Wikipedia: 秩父御岳山 (JA)

7. Mt. Karamatsuo

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Mt. Karamatsuo is a mountain with an altitude of 2,109.2 m on the border of Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture and Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. One of the main veins of the mountain area of Okuchichibu.

Wikipedia: 唐松尾山 (JA)

8. 熊倉山

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Mt. Kumakura is a mountain with an altitude of 1,426.5 m located in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture. One of the mountain areas of Okuchibu. If you climb from Bushu Hino Station or Shiraku Station on the Chichibu Railway, there is an elevation difference of about 1,100 m (the elevation of Bushu Hino Station and Shiraku Station is about 300 m). It is located on a ridge derived from the Nagasawa ridge on the border of Saitama Prefecture and Tokyo.

Wikipedia: 熊倉山 (埼玉県) (JA)

9. 蕎麦粒山

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蕎麦粒山

Soba Tsubuyama is a mountain located in the central part of the Kanto region of Japan, situated on the border between Okutama Town in the Nishitama District of Tokyo and Chichibu City in Saitama Prefecture. It belongs to the Okutama mountain range and has an elevation of 1,472.9 meters.

Wikipedia: 蕎麦粒山 (東京都・埼玉県) (JA)

10. 橋立鍾乳洞

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Hashidate Limestone Cave is a limestone cave located in Kamikagemori, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture. Adjacent to the Shiryuzan Bridge Hall at No. 28 in 34 Chichibu. It is the only tourist cave in the prefecture. It is a very rare limestone cave with more than two-thirds of the cave being pits, and it was designated as a natural monument of Saitama Prefecture on March 31, 1936 (Showa 11).

Wikipedia: 橋立鍾乳洞 (JA)

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