Omiya Travel Guide

  Railway museum, Omiya
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  • Railway museum, Omiya
      Railway museum, Omiya
    by salisbury3933
  • Trains, trains and more trains
      Trains, trains and more trains
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  • An early Shinkansen
      An early Shinkansen
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  •   Things to Do
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  •   Things to Do
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The Railway Museum

The Railway Museum, Omiya

 salisbury3933 Says:  Trains are very much part of the fabric of life in Japan, and Japan has a very extensive railway network.It's no surprise then that such a museum exists. In fact it has only recently been opened at the current site.You'll see a variety of trains from different eras, and... 

Flee Market @ Keyaki Hiroba

Flee Market @ Keyaki Hiroba, Omiya

 shintarojon Says:  (last date visited - July 16, 2007)Flee Market @ Keyaki Hiroba1. Utsuwa - from 500 Yen to 300 Yen2. Osake cups - from 1,000 Yen to 500 Yen3. Origami - (7 sets) - from 350 Yen to 300 yen4. Key holders - (10 pcs) - from 300 Yen to 250 Yen 

Omiya Hikawa Jinja

Omiya Hikawa Jinja, Omiya

 fishoutawater Says:  For long term Saitama residents there is nothing better than a visit to the grounds of the Omiya Jinja (temple). A local temple with a long stand of trees, parkland and ponds. The trees are the last remnant of a grove that stretched all the way to Tokyo, part of a road... 

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Palace Hotel Omiya

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Restaurants  

Skylark: A reasonable option

Skylark: A reasonable option, Omiya

 salisbury3933 Says:  In the railway museum there are some cafes and so on, but these were incredibly busy when we visited.Assuming that was the case, we went looking in the general vicinity before we actually entered the museum, and found Skylark around 5 minutes walk away. It's a family... 

Transportation  

Getting to the railway museum

Getting to the railway museum, Omiya

 salisbury3933 Says:  The New Shuttle runs to the museum, one stop from Omiya station, with the one way fare being 180 yen.It does resemble a monorail a bit, although is not quite one. 

Omiya Station

Omiya Station, Omiya

 salisbury3933 Says:  Omiya Station is a very busy station, and has a lot of different services to different places.All the bullet train services headed North and West from Tokyo stop at Omiya, specifically the Tohoku, Niigata and Nagano Shinkansen services, although it's close enough to Tokyo to... 

Saitama Shintoshin - Kita Urawa

Saitama Shintoshin - Kita Urawa, Omiya

 shintarojon Says:  (last date took the train - July 16, 2007)Saitama Shintoshin - Kita Urawa via Keihei Tohoku Line - 130 Yen(4 minutes) 

Shopping  

Mc Donald: McDo @ Omiya Katakurapa-ku ten

Mc Donald: McDo @ Omiya Katakurapa-ku ten, Omiya

 shintarojon Says:   (last date visited - July 16, 2007)1) cheese burger - 100 yen2) pork burger - 100 yen 

100 yen Shop - Daizo: 100 shop

100 yen Shop - Daizo: 100 shop, Omiya

 shintarojon Says:   (last date visited - July 16, 2007)29 items @ 105 yen = 3,045 yen (tax included) 

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  (last date visited - July 16, 2007)29 items @ 105 yen = 3,045 yen (tax included) 

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 Omiya would not really be on my list of places that I wanted to visit, except for the fact that it has a wonderful railway museum there. Omiya is the major railway station in Saitama prefecture,... 

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 Omiya Park is one of the most popular parks in metropolitan Saitama. The huge part of the park used to be the precinct of Hikawa Shrine where the name OMIYA originated. Omiya park is one of the... 

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