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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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 2026
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