Musashi Kyūryō National Government Park, Higashimatsuyama

Name: Musashi Kyūryō National Government Park
Address: 1920 Yamada Namegawa-machi Hiki-gun Saitama, Higashimatsuyama, Japan

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Musashi Kyūryō National Government Park is a national government park located on the Hiki Hills of the town of Namegawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as a National forest park. In 1974, it opened as the first National Government Park. The park covers a vast area of forest and offers opportunities for various outdoor activities. The park has four entrances: the Central, North, West, and South Entrances. It takes roughly 80 minutes to walk the 5 kilometres from the South Entrance to the North Entrance and 30 minutes from the West to the Central Entrance, a distance of 1.7 kilometres. ()

Local name: 国営武蔵丘陵森林公園 Established: 1974 (50 years ago)Elevation: 230 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 36°5'9"N, 139°22'12"E

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Nearby attractions include: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium, Oshi Castle, Yoshimi Hundred Caves, Oshi Tōshō-gū.

5.9 miN
Football, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
Kumagaya Athletic Stadium, Kumagaya
150 min walk • Kumagaya Athletic Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan. The stadium is part of a larger sports complex which includes a smaller athletics stadium, a rugby stadium and a large Arena. The complex is located in the Kumagaya Park.
5.9 miNE
Forts and castles, Museum, Sacred and religious sites
Oshi Castle, Gyōda
151 min walk • Oshi Castle is a Japanese castle located in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. During the Edo period, Oshi Castle was the center of the 100,000 koku Oshi Domain, but the castle is far better known for its association with the siege of Oshi during the late Sengoku period.
4.3 miSE
Historical place, Archaeological site
Yoshimi Hundred Caves, Yoshimi
109 min walk • 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.
5.8 miNE
Sacred and religious sites
Oshi Tōshō-gū, Gyōda
147 min walk • Oshi Tōshō-gū is a Shinto shrine in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
4.7 miN
Archaeological site
Miyazuka Kofun, Kumagaya
121 min walk • The Miyazuka Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Hirose neighborhood of what is now the city of Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1956.
4.1 miS
Art museum, Museum
The Hiroshima Panels, Higashimatsuyama
105 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.
3.9 miSE
36°2'4"N • 139°23'53"E
Yakyu Inari Shrine, Higashimatsuyama
99 min walk • Sacred and religious sites, Temple
4.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Song shan cheng ji, Higashimatsuyama
113 min walk • Matsuyama Castle, was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now part of the town of Yoshimi, Hiki District, Saitama, in the Kantō region of Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site, since 2008.
4.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Jian gu guan
112 min walk • Sugaya Yakata was a Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Ranzan, Hiki District, Saitama, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site, since 2008.
4.4 miSE
Temple
Ji jian guan yin
112 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.
4.6 miSE
Universities and schools
Musashigaoka College, Higashimatsuyama
116 min walk • Musashigaoka College is a private junior college in Yoshimi, Saitama, Japan, established in 1991.