Location: Saitama Prefecture
Top Things to do in Saitama Prefecture
Top Hotels in Saitama Prefecture
- 1. King Ambassador Hotel Kumagaya
- 2. Hotel Grantia Hanyu
- 3. Toyoko Inn Saitama Shintoshin
- 4. COCO STAY Nishikawaguchi Ekimae
- 5. Hotel Route Inn Fukaya Ekimae
- 6. Toyoko Inn Wakoshi Ekimae
- 7. HOTEL WILL Urawa
- 8. Toyoko Inn Kumagaya-eki Kita-guchi
- 9. Hotel Metropolitan Saitama-Shintoshin
- 10. Palace Hotel Omiya
10 Things to do Good for Big Groups in Saitama Prefecture That You Shouldn't Miss
Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県, Saitama-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region. The capital is the city of Saitama.
Restaurants in Saitama Prefecture
1. The Railway Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 733 reviews
The Railway Museum will re-open on 10:00 Wednesday June 10. Advance reservation is required. Ticket can not be purchased at the museum. Advance reservation is required to enter the museum. Please purchase your ticket in advance at 7-Eleven, Lawson, or MINISTOP convenience stores. Some exhibits and hands-on programs are closed/ canceled. The Railway Museum will be operating on shortened hours from 10:00-17:00 (Last entry 16:30).
Reviewed By lyndallb2017 - Brisbane, Australia
This museum is easy to reach - we got a limited express train from Shinjuku, and then the New Shuttle for the short distance from Omiya station to the museum, using our Suica cards for both legs of the journey. We could also have used our Suica cards to enter the museum, but we chose to buy separate tickets, which, sadly, we had to hand back when we left. The museum is well laid out and has many innovative displays as well as plenty of ordinary static ones - the locos and carriages are the real thing, though there are also small models on display. There are interactive scientific displays for children, a mini bullet-train ride and other hands-on activities. We each bought a very nice lunchbox, though we could have chosen to eat at a cafe with a choice of dishes. There was some English information available, but it would be better with more. I gather the museum is trying to attract more foreign tourists, so perhaps the availability of English will be considered. Overall, an excellent museum with exhibits of interest to everyone, not just railway fans.
2. Gongendo Sakura Tsutsumi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 172 reviews
Reviewed By FrancisTLim - Penang Island, Malaysia
08Apr2017. This is a long (by walking standards) park along the river bank. Unlike Ueno park which has smaller areas of sakura, in Gongendo Park I walk under the sakura along the full length of the park. For me, this is the best place to view sakura. This park is not as crowded as Ueno park during the sakura season (I guess because it is more remote). However, I was going by train so I took the train to the nearest train station, which was the [Minami-Kurihashi Station] station. Then I walked about half an hour (about 2 and a half KM) from the train station to the Northern end of Gongendo Park. The walk from the station to the park was also quite pleasant, passing by the country side houses & farms. FrancisTLim.
3. Mitsumine Shrine
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 421 reviews
Reviewed By Retron - Leysdown-on-Sea, United Kingdom
I visited Mitsumine at the end of 2016 with a friend and we both thoroughly enjoyed our time there. This year we were back in Tokyo and we both wanted to go back - not least because we missed part of the shrine (the old part of it) and the shops and museum were closed in December. In the intervening months it seems that Mitsumine has been featured on a TV programme in Japan, as a "power spot". As a result, visitor numbers have gone up - which means you have to be quick off the mark if you're taking the rickety old bus to the shrine. As with last year, we went from Ikebukuro to Chichibu on the Seibu-Chichibu line. The tourist office has closed at Ikebukuro (they helped last year with filling in the train ticket forms), but luckily said forms are now in English as well as Japanese. The bus still leaves from the Chichibu train station, but this time there was a long queue awaiting us - unlike last time where we were the only ones heading for the shrine as we got off the train. Luckily, we were able to get seats on the bus (it's a 75-minute ride), but there were several people who had to stand throughout. More people got on as the bus stopped en route to the shrine. This time upon arrival at the shrine we both went straight past everything and headed west - for beyond the hotel, there's a path leading to the original old shrine. Unlike the new shrine (which is very fancy, colourful and dedicated to the founders of Japan), the old shrine is much more modest - and is the shrine which is dedicated to the wolf said to have guided the prince through the forest nearly 2000 years ago. The old shrine has plenty of wolf statues around it (and plenty more inside), along with offerings of sake and such placed there by worshippers. It was well worth the visit! The new shrine itself was just as before - splendid in every way and clearly fondly looked after. The guardian wolf statues had new bibs and there were different votive tablets (ema) for sale at the shrine shop. This time I picked up some of the new year ceremonial arrows, as well as some ema, another ofuda and some little wooden wolf charms (with bells). Unlike last time, the museum and main wolf gift shop was open. The museum is fascinating. It contains several pelts of wolves (including a Honshu wolf from Chichibu), as well as all sorts of things from the shrine in years gone by. There's also a story board explaining how the shrine was founded. It's all in Japanese, with pretty much no English whatsoever, but it's still well worth a visit. The only downside is that photography isn't allowed, so you'll have to make do with the museum's pamphlet. The wolf shop was well worth visiting. It's the only place in Japan that stocks so much wolf merchandise, as far as I'm aware, and aside from some rather overpriced soft toy wolves the rest of it was unique. I've been to wolf centres across the States, Canada, France, Spain and the UK - and most of the items on sale at Mitsumine were unique. They had laser-etched crystal replicas of the shrine (and wolf guardians), little glass wolves and pawprints, lots of types of sake - and glasses - a Japanese-style pen set, enamel badges and lots more besides. I spent a small fortune there, something not lost on the lady who served me - she disappeared for a bit, then came back with a carrier bag full of small square bits of paper. "Origami, tanabata", she said. She gave the bag to me, as a gift, meaning I've now got enough bits of paper to make a whole mass of origami wolves! Having seen how busy the bus was on the way out, we decided to get to the bus queue 25 minutes early for the way back. There was already quite a queue and we were lucky to get seats. It seems that Mitsumine has become more popular than before, so if you plan to visit there are a few things to bear in mind: * The museum and wolf shop are closed for the winter period - December to March. * They're also closed every Tuesday. * The shrine is more popular than ever, so be prepared to get to the bus stop at least 20 minutes before the bus is due to arrive. This is much harder to do on the way out if you're coming from Tokyo! * Weekdays are quieter than weekends, but there are fewer buses running. * Avoid the 1st of the month unless you really like queueing - special talismans/charms are given away and the queues are astronomical these days! 3km or more of queues aren't unheard of, meaning it'll take you hours and hours just to get to the shrine.
4. Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park
5. Nagatoro Iwadatami Rocks
6. Mt. Hodosan
7. Saitama Prefecture Omiya Park
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 218 reviews
Reviewed By Drwan - Machang, Malaysia
Super 2nd Street is located about 800 meters from Miyahara Station. There you can find lots of quality used items. We went there looking for Coca Cola items and we were not disappointed.. Will go again in our next trip to Tokyo.
8. Tobu Zoo
9. Saitama Stadium 2002
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 264 reviews
Reviewed By ManabuYama9uch1
日本でも有数なキャパシティを誇るサッカー専用スタジアムです。 最寄り駅の浦和美園駅からスタジアムまでに行く際、サッカー関連のグラフィックやアートが沢山あり、それだけでもテンションが上がります。 サッカーに興味がない人でも、スタジアムに行くだけで楽しいと思います。 This exclusive stadium has a huge capacity in Japan. The road has a many graphics and arts relation of soccer from nearest station to the stadium probably getting higher exciting. If not interested in soccer but just going to the stadium then will have a fun!
10. MetLife Dome
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 214 reviews
Reviewed By Raiderbankk - Penarth, United Kingdom
A couple of train stops from Nishi Tokorozawa you really must visit this dome in the baseball season. It is the home of the Seibu Lions in the Pacific Baseball League (which incidentally they won this year). The atmosphere in this dome is electric. The Japanese sports enthusiasts really take their baseball very seriously. There are plentiful for and beverage outlets and also mobile waitresses who can serve you beer or whisky highballs at your seat. Highly recommended and close to Seibu amusement park. You can get your tickets from the Seibu store near Tokorozawa station. Expect to pay Yen 2500 to 3000 9 (about $25).
