Midori No Mura Festival – On the last day of Golden Week 2019, on Monday May 6th, Midori No Mura are having their annual spring festival. They will have their koinobori flying for the festival and the preceding weeks. It is a particularly child friendly event. Midori No Mura isRead More →
Kawamoto Sun Green Park in Fukaya is a quirky little park with some fun attractions. It is beside the Saitama Prefecture Agricultural “Norin” park. They are separated by a road, but within walking distance of each other. The area is particularly pretty in spring while the sakura are in bloom.Read More →
Kawagoe Housing Gallery have a pop up Tomica Plarail play area during Golden Week 2019. It is on between 11 am and 5 pm on public holiday Monday the 29th of April. You need to fill out a small registration form on the day at a dedicated reception tent toRead More →
During Golden Week the Sakura Environmental center is having a family friendly eco fortnight! The event will be on from Saturday April 27th until Bank Holiday Monday May 6th, except for Tuesday April 30th when the center is closed. The event is on when the center is open, which isRead More →
This year Easter falls on April 21st. Below is a collection of seasonal events and campaigns available in Saitama in 2019. They are separated into genre: Kids Events Egg Hunt Hodosan Zoo Crafts Saitama Children’s Zoo Benibana Walk Sogou Omiya Seibu Tokorozawa Parade Atre Maruhiro Kawagoe Library Fujimino Library HannoRead More →
See the national butterfly of Japan, inspiration for the town’s mascot “Musashi Ranmaru”, in its natural habitat at this free butterfly park in Ranzan Town. It’s amazing what you learn when you spend your days out and about exploring your adopted second home. Who knew that the Great Purple EmperorRead More →
Ogano Deer Park is a small animal park on the site of Ogano shrine, more commonly known as the biker’s shrine. Unfortunately, it has lots of other names due to the readings of the kanji, which confuses the issue, such as Ojika Shrine and Oshika shrine. Officially, I believe itRead More →
Shimozato Elementary School is a historic building and tourist attraction in Ogawa town, Saitama. The school is somewhat off the main tourist trail. However, two groups of people know it well. Fans of Non Non Biyori know it as the anime school Ashigaoka. And thank you very much to thoseRead More →
Stunning peach blossoms in the Yoshida area of Chichibu beside Kakkaku Dam This time of year the hype is all about the cherry blossoms. However, there are some other blooming trees that are equally stunning and colourful. I personally love peach blossoms and their bright pink petals. We planned aRead More →