The Ashigakubo Icicles in Yokoze Town, Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture are artificially created by spraying water over the trees which are then illuminated in various colors at night.
Hanno city in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, hosts barbecues on its picturesque river banks and has a number of interesting temples and historic streets.
Kumagaya is a city with close to 200,000 residents located in central northern Saitama Prefecture framed by the Arakawa River in the south and the Tone in the north.
Nagatoro is a scenic town in the mountains of western Saitama Prefecture and is a popular spot for Tokyo day trippers looking for hiking, river boat tours and wild water sports.
The Kasukabe Underground Flood Protection Tank (aka G-Cans) is the central flood protection facility for eastern Saitama Prefecture and parts of north east Tokyo.