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SAITAMA CHERRY BLOSSOMS - Kawazu, Kan, Kanhi, Yaezakura, Weeping cherries, Somei Yoshino etc

October 2018

Kawaba Denen Akari Campsite | GUNMA

2018-10-30
By: L M N
On: 2018-10-30
In: Current OR Upcoming Events, Stay in Japan, Travel / Outside Saitama
With: 0 Comments

Our camping adventures continued this month. I haven’t had a chance to put up information on the last three camps we visited, but our camp last weekend made such an impression on me that it outstrips the others. It wasn’t so much the campsite per se, in fact the campsiteRead More →

Award winning Kawaba Denen Plaza| GUNMA

2018-10-29
By: L M N
On: 2018-10-29
In: Travel / Outside Saitama, XYZ
With: 6 Comments

On a recent camping trip we had the great pleasure to stay beside the award winning Kawaba Denen Plaza roadside station. Kawaba is only about an hour from Northern / Western Saitama. The area is known for its apple orchards and picking farms. There are many parks in the areaRead More →

Toyama Memorial Museum

Toyama Memorial Museum | KAWAJIMA

2018-10-22
By: L M N
On: 2018-10-22
In: Learn in Saitama, Things to do in Saitama
With: 2 Comments

Congratulations to Kawajima Town and the Toyama Memorial Museum for the designation of the old Toyama residence as an important cultural property of Japan. This is one that is close to my heart. As it was the very first place I visited after moving in to my new home inRead More →

Sakado Meiji Chocolate Factory

Best of free Saitama: Meiji Chocolate Factory Tour 2022

2018-10-04
By: L M N
On: 2018-10-04
In: Best of Saitama, Learn in Saitama
With: 8 Comments

Meiji Chocolate Factory Tour in Sakado, Saitama Prefecture – commutable from Tokyo. Meiji have seven factories with a free guided tour in the whole of Japan. We are lucky here in Saitama, that not only do we have one, but we have one of the chocolate and snack ones! AndRead More →

winter cherry blossom festival and light up

Winter cherry blossom and Autumn leaf season, Jomine Park

2018-10-01
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2018-10-01
In: Autumn in Saitama, Cherry blossoms, Night Illumination, Outdoors in Saitama
With: 2 Comments

Jomine Park in the unassuming Kamikawa Town in the North of Saitama is one of Japan’s most famous winter cherry blossoms spots. Moreover, it is one of only a handful of places in Japan where you can see red maple leaves and cherry blossoms at the same time. Normally, theRead More →

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