Gyoda, Historical city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Gyoda sits in Saitama Prefecture and spreads across plains shaped by the Tone and Arakawa rivers. The city combines farmland with residential neighborhoods and heritage sites in a flat landscape.
A 15th-century castle shaped the development of the town and resisted a 16th-century siege by flooding the surroundings. The current reconstruction from the 1980s recalls this past as a fortress town.
The city maintains the Tabi and Lifestyle Museum, where visitors observe the manufacturing process of traditional Japanese split-toe workwear footwear.
Direct trains from Ueno or Ikebukuro bring travelers here in about an hour and offer an easy connection from Tokyo. The town can be explored on foot or by bicycle, as most sights lie close to each other.
A park on the edge of town displays lotus flowers grown from seeds that lay in the ground for 2,000 years. Visitors see dozens of varieties here, blooming in shallow ponds and recalling the long farming history of the region.
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