This is the third part of a four part series about the rather unusual and entertaining Santome Village (Santome Community) in Miyoshi Town, Saitama. It is also referred to as Konjaku Mura. In this segment, I introduce the Kunugi no Mori Environmental School and what Ishizaka has called an “AmusementRead More →
Santome Group Environmental and Educational Factory Tour (Plant tour) After 8.5 years of touring the many attractions of Saitama prefecture, it is always refreshing to find something different that engages all the family. I previously wrote how the Santome village was our favourite find of 2017 for just that reason.Read More →
Chichibu Poppy Festival – In both 2020 and 2021 there were no “poppies in the sky”! In 2020, the Chichibu Poppy Festival “Poppies in the Sky” was not only cancelled, the flowers weren’t even grown. But in 2021 they grew the flowers and scheduled the event and then the dayRead More →