Cultural heritage in Saitama
National Treasure buildings and historic districts in Saitama.
Historic districts
Kawagoe, Kawagoe
Kawagoe, Saitama
A merchant town of black-plastered kura-style shophouses with massive ridge tiles, rebuilt after the great Kawagoe fire of 1893. Each house is built a little differently, and modern Western-style buildings mixed among them show the town's long history as a trading center.
Edo · Shrines · National Treasures
Kangi-in Shoden-do
Kumagaya, Saitama
Kangi-in Shoden-do is a Shinto shrine in Kumagaya, Saitama. Its Kangi-in Shoden-do is a designated National Treasure (Mid-Edo period).
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Meiga no Furusato
Paintings linked to Saitama
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Zenkoji Temple and the Ferry at Kawaguchi
- The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido: The Toda River Ferry near Warabi Station
- The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido: Distant View of Mount Asama from Urawa Station
- The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido: Distant View of Mount Fuji from Omiya Station