Ageo Santa – The real Santa Claus from Lapland (Finland) is visiting the 4th floor of Maruhiro in Ageo on December 16th from 3 o’clock.

Image from the Kawagoe Maruhiro Santa visit morning of December 9th

In previous years it cost 300 yen to meet and greet Santa Claus and get a present of sweets from him, but since last year the event is free. However, Santa will not give out sweets this year. It is limited to the first 100 customers and they will start giving out tickets 30 minutes before the event.

The information has not yet been released on their website, but it was published in their most recent e-flyer (December 11th 2018), which is linked in the grey details box at the very bottom of the post.

Ageo Santa Access

1 minute walk from Ageo Station on the Takasaki Line. Map, address and official website in the details section, grey box, below.

Other points of interest nearby:

A few minutes walk from Maruhiro Ageo is Value Plaza Ageo which has a really reasonably priced indoor play area:

Niko Niko Garden Renewal Open in Festa | AGEO

One station up at Kita Ageo station you can enjoy a nice play area “Namco Asobi Park” in the Papa Ageo Shopping Avenue.

If you come by car there are a number of places within minutes drive such as the very excellent family entertainment location of SPOCHA:

Family and kid play area【Spo-cha】in Round1 Stadium｜Ageo

This event was first published in December 2016 and republished December 7th 2017