Saito is the city of burial mounds. The Saitobaru Burial Mounds are designated as a Special Historic Site of Japan, a location with over 300 burial graves and majestic scenery. The total area covered is 2.6km east-west and 4.2km north-south, an area of land that is 230 times the size of the Tokyo Dome.
The "central point" of the burial mounds are the Osahotsu Mound and Mesaho Mound. Every year, bicycle races are held utilizing the roads that run around the burial mounds. The course is mostly flat, there are some technical curves which make it a course that both beginners and advanced riders can enjoy.