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In the News (Sat 18 Feb 12)

  
  JNTO Website | Find a Location | Saitama | Chichibu and Nagatoro
At the Chichibu Yomatsuri night Festival held every winter here, light from numerous lanterns hung from the floats and thousands of firework displays cast beautiful colors to the night sky.
Chichibu 34 Kan'non Sanctuary is one of the 100 sacred kannon temples in Japan, and the pilgrimage path is 100 km long from the 1st Simabu-ji Temple to the 34th Suisen-ji Temple.
The entire town of Nagatoro at the north of Chichibu is designated as a prefectural nature park, and the Ara-kawa River runs through the center of the town.
www.jnto.go.jp /eng/location/regional/saitama/chichibu_nagatoro.html   (321 words)

  
 CHICHIBU
The Chichibu area, centered on Chichibu City, encompasses one city, five towns and three villages.
Nagatoro is famous for its Iwadatami ('The Tatami Rocks') and the riverboat ride down Arakawa River, while the Nihongitouge Pass, spanning the towns of Minano and Higashi-Chichibu, is officially recognized by the Environment Agency as one of the few places in Japan where individual stars can be clearly distinguished.
Chichibu is also famed as an ancient soba (buckwheat noodles) producing region.
chichibu.com /index.html   (242 words)

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