From its 189 m, on clear days you can see Fuji, Tsukuba and the Chichibu mountains all at once.
The observation tower, built in 1987 for the 20th anniversary of the municipal administration, stands at 189 metres on Sakurayama hill, among the hiking trails of the Kaji Hills. At the foot of the tower lie the tea plantations that are Iruma's local industry, the same land that supplies ALIT, the municipal tea museum a short distance away. In spring the cherry trees that give the hill its name come into bloom.
Observation tower in Iruma, 189 m above sea level, with views of Fuji, Chichibu and the Skytree on clear days.
ℹ️ Open all year, 9:00–17:30 from April to September and 9:00–16:30 from October to March. Free entry.
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It is the setting of the showdown in the official crossover ‘Korosensei VS Saiki Kusuo – Final Battle in Iruma’, collected in the fourth volume of Saiki K.: Saiki teleports up here to eat the sweet ‘irumanjū’ in peace, and finds Korosensei, who claims the same spot as the best view to enjoy it from.
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One of the two locations of the official crossover ‘Korosensei VS Saiki Kusuo – Final Battle in Iruma’: Korosensei appears as Saiki's antagonist, in a story written by the two authors together. The crossover came about because Shūichi Asō and Yūsei Matsui are both from Iruma.
Sources: ja.wikipedia.org · ansatsukyoshitsu.fandom.com · city.iruma.saitama.jp
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