Lynda Hogan is a long term resident of Saitama Prefecture and has been promoting Saitama Prefecture voluntarily for the last 12 years. Lynda is an official Hikijin ambassador representing the seven towns of the Hiki District as well as Higashimatsuyama City and Higashichichibu Village. She has appeared on NHK Cool Japan's Saitama specials. She is also an administrator on the 79,000 member strong Japan Travel Friendly Discussion Group Facebook Group. Formerly she was the Saitama representative of the Association of Foreign Wives of Japan. She is currently a level 9 Google Local Guide, in the top 1% of local guides in all of Japan according to Google. Lynda is a long term contributor to Kyodo News Corporation’s City-cost.com website and more recently writes for Japan Travel, among other travel websites, too. If you would like to work with Lynda, please drop her a line here:
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Did you know that Kawagoe has a red spider lily shrine? Neither did I when I stumbled upon it a few years ago, while visiting another lesser known spot for red spider lilies in Kawagoe. I have since visited it several times each September, but have yet to see theRead More →
Just a very quick post to let you know of one location that is expecting their red spider lilies to be in full bloom this weekend. As I have had a LOT of direct messages on social media asking where will be in full bloom this weekend! Higashichichibu Village haveRead More →
I share the round up of events each month on a fixed post, but some months have an event round up post of their own. This is because some months of the year have way more events than the rest of the year, like October. July and August are anotherRead More →
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 →
A selection of ten Halloween events on in Tokyo this year. Including Halloween events aimed at children, ones aimed at adults and Halloween events that can be enjoyed by all! You can find Halloween events in Kanagawa and Chiba here. Moreover, you will find dozens of Halloween events in SaitamaRead More →
On September 3rd, I updated the post about the early blooming spider lilies in Yoshimi to say that the red section were a write off this year, but that there was ‘hope for the colored section’. Thankfully, the early blooming section did indeed end up blooming beautifully, just this week.Read More →
Information for the next exhibition at Kadokawa Culture Museum; Dengeki Bunko 30th Anniversary Exhibition. A special Dengeki Bunko exhibition will start on Saturday at the Kadokawa Culture Museum in Tokorozawa Sakura Town. The exhibition will feature a special gallery of illustrations. In addition, they will also have autograph sessions withRead More →
The Iwatsuki Night Market is on again this year. The official name is Iwatsuki Midsummer Night Market. Although, the temperatures are almost as hot as summer, the summer season is officially over! The reason they use ‘midsummer’ is sort of like a good luck charm. They had the event inRead More →
Information for the 37rd annual Kuki Citizens Festival. There are quite a few events on in Kuki City in the month of October each year. The Citizen’s festival is popular with the locals. Generally it is on in the middle of October. Some of the highlights of the festival includeRead More →
Kamitoda Dream Festival is scheduled for the first time in four years. The venue is the same as two other popular events – the Toda Furusato Festival and the Toda market – but Kamitoda Dream Festival offers something different to both of them. Including a popular mini steam locomotive ride.Read More →