Ranzan

Worth seeing in and around Ranzan

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Sugiyama Castle

   Sugiyama Castle, also known as Makino Castle, was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now part of the town of Ranzan, Hiki District, Saitama, in the Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site.

   1 km · castle in Japan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Sugaya Yakata

   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.

   2.3 km · castle ruins in Oga, Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Musashi Kyūryō National Government Park

   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.

   5.5 km · national government park in Namegawa town, Saitama prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Shimozato-Aoyama Stele Production Site

   The Shimozato-Aoyama Stele Production Sites are archaeological sites that contain the remnants of stone quarrying and production facilities for itabi stone stele from the Kamaura through Muromachi period, located in the Shimozato and Aoyama neighborhoods of Ogawa, Saitama, in the Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2020.

   5.3 km · industrial site in Saitama, Japan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Ranzan

Airports

Tokyo Haneda (HND), 70 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 99 km · Narita (NRT), 101 km

Stations

Ogawamachi Station, 5.4 km · Shinrinkōen Station, 5.1 km · Musashi-Ranzan Station, 1.6 km · Tsukinowa Station, 2.7 km

• Tokyo → Ranzan

  53 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · ¥700–960
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• Omitama → Ranzan

  95 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · ¥1,380–1,880
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• Narita → Ranzan

  95 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · ¥1,470–2,010
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ranzan

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ranzan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Ranzan – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.