Small local park, with beautiful cherry blossoms, suited to hanami with kids on the Tobu Tojo Line Katsusehara Memorial Park Katsusehara Memorial park in Fujimi is a great park for hanami (cherry blossom picnic) and play dates with toddlers. It was one of my favourite parks for meeting my ownRead More →

McDonald’s McCafe and Playland for a cheap play date with friends and kids! Last week the Kawagoe Kinome branch of McDonald’s re-opened as a much better, classier, family friendly branch of McDonald’s. The new branch has a McCafé by Barista and a Playland, McDonald’s hallmark free children’s play area. McDonaldsRead More →

Sayama Inariyama Prefectural park, or Inariyama Park for short, is a park known for its lush green lawns. This article contains general information about the park as well as cherry blossom, barbecue and annual event information. The museum and cafe in the park have their own post here. Inariyama ParkRead More →

Glass blowing at Matsumoto Shoyu Factory

Information for Kingyotei cafe and the free soy sauce factory tour at Matsumoto Shoyu, Kawagoe. Soy Sauce Factory tour Kawagoe Free Soy Factory Tour Kawagoe – Where in Kawagoe to bring a visiting famous Japanese food chef and author?  This is the question that faced me when I was bringingRead More →

In this article: the low down on Maruhiro – free play, roof top Ferris wheel (until 31.8.2019) and rides, video arcade, family facilities, kid friendly restaurant, cute animal shaped desserts, tax free shopping, special information for attending the Kawagoe Festivals with kids, and Lapland Santa! The post contains external (affiliate)Read More →