Gongendo : Saitama Prefecture

Gongendo : Saitama Prefecture – ゴンゲンドウコウエン (埼玉県 : 権現堂公園) –

Table Of Contents

• Locations 1 to 4
• Prefectural Gongendo Park: Homepage
• Cherry Blossom Festival
  • Cherry Blossom Festival on a cloudy day
  • Cherry Blossom Festival on a sunny day
• Sunflower Festival
• Caution

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Gongendo Park: Park No. 4（権現堂公園：4号公園）

I didn’t know that the park is made up of four areas, from Park No. 1 (multi-purpose sports field, jogging course, aquatic flower garden, parking lot) to Park No. 4 (cherry blossom embankment, parking lot), and takes advantage of the unique waterside scenery of the Gongendo Dam and Gongendo Adjustment Pond (Gyoko Lake), which are popular cherry blossom viewing spots in Saitama Prefecture.
The one I know is park number 4 on the map above.
I went there with the intention of introducing it as a famous cherry blossom spot.

No. 1 Park (multipurpose sports field)：1号公園〈多目的運動広場〉

50 Koemon, Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture, 349-1105
[By train]
Approximately 1.5 km from Minami-Kurihashi Station on the Tobu Nikko Line
[By car] National Route 4 Koemon (South) Intersection：国道4号小右エ門(南)交差点

No. 2 Park (Happy Park)：2号公園〈ハッピー公園〉

170 Gaikokufukan, Satte City, Saitama Prefecture, 340-0101
[By train]
Approximately 2.0 km from Minami-Kurihashi Station on the Tobu Nikko Line
[By car]
From Tokyo, take National Route 4 and turn right at the second traffic light after the Gongendo Sakura Tsutsumi intersection.

No. 3 Park (Manyo Park)：3号公園〈万葉の公園〉

996 Gongendo, Satte City, Saitama Prefecture, 340-0112
[By train]
Approximately 2.8 km from Satte Station on the Tobu Nikko Line
[By car]
From Tokyo, go past the intersection of National Route 4 and Gongendo Sakura Tsutsumi, cross the Nakagawa Bridge, turn right and go straight for 400 meters.

No. 4 Park (Satte Gongendo Cherry Blossom Embankment)：4号公園〈幸手権現堂桜堤〉

887-3 Kokufukan, Satte City, Saitama Prefecture, 340-0103
[By train]
Take the Asahi Bus bound for Gokacho-cho-yakuba from Satte Station on the Tobu Nikko Line and get off at Gongendo-iriguchi. (April 2025: 180 yen one way) It is about 2.5 km from Satte Station.。
[By car]
For those travelling via the expressway
About 10 minutes from “Satte IC”
About 20 minutes from “Kuki IC”

For details, please check the website of the NPO Satte Gongendo Sakura Tsutsumi Preservation Society, the designated manager of Prefectural Gongendo Park.

Prefectural Gongendo Park: Homepage（県営権現堂公園: ホームページ）

https://gongendo.jp/[Prefectural Gongendo Park: Homepage] 

Satte Cherry Blossom Festival（幸手　桜まつり）

The 2025 Cherry Blossom Festival will be extendedMarch 26, 2025 (Wednesday) – April 9, 2025 (Wednesday) (Extended to April 13, 2025)。 I am posting this in the hope that it will be helpful for those who were unable to go this year or those who are planning to go next year or later.

It’s located in the northeastern part of Saitama Prefecture, so it’s fairly close to where I live, and it’s on the Nikko Kaido, one of the five main roads that starts from Edo Nihonbashi and leads to Nikko Toshogu Shrine, so I’ve been there many times before. However, I’ve always thought it gets incredibly crowded during cherry blossom season, so I’ve avoided it during that time.

This time, I passed by on a cloudy day after the rain and it was empty, so I took a walk, but I wanted to see it on a sunny day, so I went there on a sunny weekday.
On sunny days during the cherry blossom season, the surrounding area is quite crowded with cars and bus stops.

Saitama Prefecture Gongendo Park Satte Cherry Blossom Festival（桜まつり） Cloudy day

Looking at it again, I felt that there was a melancholy quality to it even on a cloudy day, and that the lack of people there added to its charm.(‘ω’)

Saitama Prefecture Gongendo Park Satte Cherry Blossom Festival（桜まつり） Sunny day

The contrast between the blue and yellow rape blossoms and the cherry blossoms on a sunny day was stunning!(=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉ
Even though I don’t like crowds, I’m glad I went.
The reason there are people among the yellow rape blossoms is because there is a set route to enter.
It is lit up at night during festivals, so I would like to go see it lit up next year or later.

this time,Cherry Blossom Festival（桜まつり）We’ve introduced the above, but Gongendo Park in Saitama Prefecture also has a lush, refreshing walking course that’s perfect for taking a break from your drive.

The rapeseed flowers will be removed after the Cherry Blossom Festival, which runs from March 26th to April 9th, 2025.

2025 5th Sunflower Festival

 Caution：注意（ちゅうい＝Chūi）

Touching the plants is prohibited.

This can sometimes be seen at cherry blossom viewing parties, where people pull branches close to take pictures of the flowers with children.
It is also forbidden to take it home.

Do not do this anywhere other than the toilet.

There are toilets within the park, so you should not enter the grass even in places where there are no people around.

others

Smoking is prohibited in Satte Gongendo Park. Please refrain from smoking.

There are bees and insects

If there are flowers, bees will come, and even if there are no flowers, there are wasps and other insects. Japan is rich in water, so there are many mosquitoes even outside of summer. There are also black flies (gnats and blackflies), so it is important to avoid them.

Even though Japan is safe, it is dangerous for women to walk alone in parks at night.

Japan has a low crime rate worldwide, but it is not zero. It is especially dangerous for women to walk alone at night, so please be careful. Self-preservation is important.

I plan to take a stroll there again if I’m in the area again.

Thank you for watching.