Tokorozawa City Tourism Information & Local Products – YOT-TOKO
sightseeing
Basic Information
Business hours / Fee
How to get there
[Bus] 20 minutes from "Tokorozawa Station East Exit" to "Higashitokorozawa Station" Bus stop
* Free for the first 30 minutes
* Free for another 30 minutes with purchase of 1,000 yen or more
Map
Nearby spots
This is the hub for Tokorozawa City and KADOKAWA's project, COOL JAPAN FOREST vision, to create cutting-edge culture and industry from beautiful nature and share it with the world. A cultural facility made up of a museum, art gallery, library, and an anime museum. Furthermore, there is a hall for Japanese pop culture, the EJ anime hotel where you can stay a night in your favorite story, book manufacturing, distribution factory, offices, restaurants, shopping, interactive book stores, shrines, you name it! This place has it all!
The aviation museum was built on the ruins of the Tokorozawa Airport, Japan’s first airport. There are displays such as replicas of early domestic aircraft, and you can learn about Japan’s aviation history.
The large park has an area of about 50 hectares. Within the park, there are sports facilities, an athletic field with artificial grass, tennis court, baseball field, along with other facilities such as the outdoor stage, tearoom, and a Japanese garden, making it a base for exchange between sports and culture for the western part of the prefecture. (For more information regarding the facility, please refer to the URL below.)
Houses of farmers who are responsible for the production of Miyoshi-machi’s specialty product “Fuji-no-kawagoe-Imo” are lined up on the highroad. During the season, banner-flags are risen and a range of products can be bought directly from each farmer which is something that can only be done at the district of production (from September to January). There are also farmers who sell ice cream and yōkan made by Fuji-no-kawagoe-Imo and shōchū. In addition, there are large Japanese zelkovas on both sides of the highroad which is another highlight.
The water used for stopping wildfire was diverted from the Tamagawa Aqueduct (Tokyo, Kodaira City) in 1655 as drinking water for the pioneers of the plateau at the order of Kawagoe’s daimyō, Matsudaira Nobutsuna. Today, there is a promenade set up around the city water and is made into a valued street where one can enjoy nature and relax. With the total length being about 24 km, it also nourishes the rice paddies of Shiki City, Muneoka.