A history of Gyoda.It is a bank built on a natural levee by ‘Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s ‘army led by’ Ishida Mitsunari’ to attack Oshi Castle with water.

It is estimated that the length of the embankment is about 1km, but most of it has been lost now, and 282m of the embankment area has been designated as a cultural property and is preserved.

 

Detail Info

Ishida-Tsutsumi(bank)

Adress:1262 Tsutsumine,Gyoda City,Saitama


TEL: 048-553-3581

Open Daily

Admissions: Free

Access:
40 minutes by city circulation bus from Gyoda Station on the JR Takasaki Line, get off at “Education and Culture Center Mae”, about 30 minutes on foot
58 minutes by city circulation bus from Gyoda-shi Station on the Chichibu Railway, get off at “Tsutsumine Rural Center Mae” and walk for about 13 minutes