Yoshimi Hundred Caves, Yoshimi

Name: Yoshimi Hundred Caves
Address: Yoshimi, Japan
Telephone: +81 493-54-4541

#1 among attractions in Yoshimi

Top attraction, Historical place, Archaeological site

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The Yoshimi Hundred Caves is a cluster of corridor-type kofun tombs dug in artificial caves in a tuff cliff of located in the town of Yoshimi, Saitama, in the Kantō region of Japan. It was designated as a National Historic Site on March 7, 1923. The Schistostega luminous moss growing at the site was also designated as a Natural Monument of Japan on November 30, 1928. The site is part of Hiki Hills Prefectural Natural Park. ()

Local name: 吉見百穴 Built: VII centuryCoordinates: 36°2'23"N, 139°25'16"E

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Yoshimi Hundred Caves – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Seitenkyū, Musashi Kyūryō National Government Park, The Hiroshima Panels, Kawajima.

5.3 miS
Huge, art-filled Taoist temple
Seitenkyū, Sakado
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4.3 miNW
Park
Musashi Kyūryō National Government Park, Higashimatsuyama
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3.9 miW
Art museum, Museum
The Hiroshima Panels, Higashimatsuyama
101 min walk • The Hiroshima Panels are a series of fifteen painted folding panels by the collaborative husband and wife artists Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi completed over a span of thirty-two years. The Panels depict the consequences of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as other nuclear disasters of the 20th century.
5.2 miSE
Town, Area
Kawajima, Kawagoe
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1.3 miW
36°2'4"N • 139°23'53"E
Yakyu Inari Shrine, Higashimatsuyama
34 min walk • Sacred and religious sites, Temple
3.8 miSW
36°0'0"N • 139°22'30"E
Saitama Children's Zoo, Higashimatsuyama
96 min walk • Zoo
~1020 ftS
Forts and castles
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4.2 miSW
Temple
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5.5 miW
Forts and castles
Jian gu guan
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1.4 miNE
Temple
Ji jian guan yin
36 min walk • Anrakuji Temple is a temple of the Chizan School of Shingon Buddhism located in Gosho, Yoshimi-cho, Hiki-gun, Saitama Prefecture. The name of the temple is Iwadono-san. The temple name is Koumyouin.
5.9 miE
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Konosu Stadium, Kōnosu
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