Dragon Forest さいたま緑のトラスト保全第１号地 龍の森

Here be Dragons!

Minuma Ward in Saitama City has a lot of dragon lore. One legend says that when the land reclamation of the marshes began, the officer in charge received a visitor who said she was the god of the marsh. She asked the officer not to damage her home, but he didn't believe her. A series of calamities befell the project. A project in modern times, a trust to maintain conservation areas, looks after the Dragon Forest. You can't go past the gate but the shady environs of a tree-lined canal, a bamboo thicket, and country lanes makes it a lovely stop on a walk or bikeride. The Google map indicated Minuma Dragon, and on rounding the bend in the canal just south, there she was....