Hokuso Area

Hokuso Area

There are many shrines and temples including Naritasan Shinshoji Temple having 10 million or more visitors in a year, and this area has resources blessed with historical climate and culture including festivals and traditional industries.

National Museum of Japanese History

The history and culture of Japan are studied and displayed in a comprehensive manner in this museum.

Samurai house

Samurai house street has the traces of old Sakura, a castle town. The earthwork and planting fences built along the road remind us of bygone days.

The Hotta house

Hotta Masatomo, the last feudal lord of Sakura Domain, lived in this house when he moved from Tokyo to Sakura

Sakura Juntendo Memorial Museum

Sakura Juntendo is a tutoring school of Western medical science opened in 1943 by Satoh Taizen.

Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art

Of the collection of more than 1,000 works, 50-80 works are displayed at all times.

Sawara Machinami Koryu Kan

It is located at the center of the historical street (selected as the first “Important Traditional Architecture Conservation Area” in the Kanto district), leaving the look of the town in the Tokugawa, Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods.

Suigo Sawara Dashi Kaikan

You can experience the tradition and culture of “Sawara-no Dashi Gyoji (Sawara’s Festival Car Event),” Government-designated Important Intangible Ethnic Cultural Asset.

Ino Tadataka Memorial Hall

Ino Tadataka (1745-1821), a great man born in Sawara, walked around Japan for surveying after age 50, making “Dainihon Enkai Yochi Zenzu,” the first surveyed map of Japan.

Inubosaki Lighthouse

Inubohsaki Lighthouse is a white tower rising at the tip of the vigorous Inuboh Promontory.

Chikyu no Maruku Mieru Oka Ocean View Observatory

The observatory is located at the top of Atagoyama Hill (73.6 meters high), one of the heights of the Shimousa Terrace.

Choshi Port Tower

Choshi Port Tower is a 57.7-meter high twin tower.

Narita Tourist Pavilion (Narita Kankokan)

Employing new media, this tourist information pavilion introduces NaritaÕs sightseeing spots along the front approach to the Naritasan Shinjoji Temple.

Tomisato city

The hygrophyte garden is arranged with ponds in addition to such flowers as Japanese irises and sweet flags around June, and you can enjoy seeing them and strolling.

Naritasan Shinshoji Temple

Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is the main temple of the Shingon Sect of Chizan-ha Buddhism, which was established in 940.

Naritasan Park

Naritasan Park is a large garden with a gross area of 165,000 mú, located behind the main building of the Naritasan Shinshoji Temple.

Sogo Reido Sanctuary

This temple was built in the memory of those killed in battle, when Sakanoueno Tamuramaro suppressed a civil war in the Tohoku area during the era of Emperor Kammu (781-806).