Indoor Play Center Saitama – A list of 65 of the Play / Fun / Amusement Centers (excluding Jidokan community play centers) in the prefecture of Saitama. Find a play center in your area. Saitama City Seibu (Western) Saitama Tobu Tojo Line Ageo City Kawaguchi City Koshigaya City Misato CityRead More →
The 2021 Kuki Lantern Festival will be very different than any year to date. For one, the first day of the festival – July 12th – is only a religious event. That is, no floats or festival stalls. Furthermore, both dates are strictly for residents of the precincts (locals) only.Read More →
Please note that in 2021 the July 12th date is only for worshippers of the precinct. That is, they will only have a religious ceremony for locals. There will be NO festival floats or festival stalls of any kind. The July 18th date is going ahead, but it is strictlyRead More →
Wind chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine 2021. The starting date for the 2021 wind chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine has been set. According to staff at the shrine, the wind chimes event will start on July 3rd 2021. On May 25th 2021 they already had the wooden frames up, asRead More →
Preschooler fun at Bornelund Kid-o-Kid in Cocoon 2, Omiya, Saitama City Bornelund Kid-O-Kid Concealed in the back corner of the third floor of Cocoon 2 is a veritable preschooler’s paradise. Bornelund’s Kid-o-kid recently celebrated its one year anniversary. It still looks like it just opened. The equipment is very well kept, pristine, brightRead More →
Nestled in the lush woods near the top of the 291 meter high Sengenyama, is the entrance to Saitama’s longest roller slide. The roller slide in Miharashi no Oka Park in the washi paper making town of Ogawa is 203 meters long. Moreover, if you can manage to slow yourselfRead More →
Rose Festival Yono – For the second year in a row, the Yono Rose Festival has been cancelled. Hopefully this year they won’t cut the roses like they did in 2020. In 2020 they had already cut the roses on April 24th. It is April 26th 2021 and there hasRead More →
Hiking in the Totoro Forest in Sayama Hills in Tokorozawa. Information on an easy hiking trail for families in the Totoro Foundation area of the Sayama Hills. Read More →
Yorii Hojo Festival The 59th annual Hojo Festival in Yorii was scheduled to take place on May 10th 2020 between 9 am and 3 pm. However, in 2021, they didn’t even schedule the festival. It was just announced as cancelled. Due to the novel Coronavirus Covid-19 the Yorii Hojo FestivalRead More →
The Ina Autumn Rose Festival is normally held in late October. There is no news yet for the Autumn rose festival in 2021, but the spring rose festival surprisingly went ahead. It was a much smaller festival than “usual”, but they did have events such as dance, including Yosakoi, andRead More →