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Sakuranobaba Johsaien

This tourist complex at the foot of the castle grounds offers a one-stop opportunity to sample (and purchase) local foods, from fish cakes to tea to innovative sweets, at 23 stalls. It gets lots of tour buses. The Wakuwaku-za theatre is inside the park.

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