Chikuma

Population 58,755 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Japan

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Japan
Daylight 9 h 41 in Dec, dark by 16:33 · 14 h 38 in Jun
  1. January: 9 h 56 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 51 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 54 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 06 of daylight
  5. May: 14 h 06 of daylight
  6. June: 14 h 38 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 26 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 35 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 28 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 19 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 15 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 41 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Togura Kamiyamada Onsen Summer Festival

    July

    Enjoy lion dances, drum performances, fireworks and the spectacle of portable shrines being paraded through the streets

  2. Togura Fireworks Festival

    August

    Listen to the big booms echoing up and down the valley during the massive fireworks display and eat your fill from the numerous food stalls

  3. Jomon Festival

    October

    See reenactments from prehistoric times at the Sarashina no Sato Ancient Experience Park

3 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Chikuma); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 3 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Togura 5.6 km, 茶臼山モノレール 動物園北口駅 6.0 km

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