According to Yoshimi Town, not only will there be no Cosmos Festival in 2022, there will be no Cosmos Festival ever again. And they are not planning to even grow the cosmos this year or ever again. It is so sad, but who knows – maybe they will reconsider inRead More →
Information for a completely off the beaten path camping grounds, with cabins, in Ohtawara City, Tochigi. The campsite is known as both Yukemuri Fureai no Oka Camping Ground and / or Yuuyuu Cabins and Campsite and the hot spring is Yasuragi no Yu. It is a really quiet campsite idealRead More →
EJ Anime Hotel opened within the “cool Japan” Sakura Town Shin Tokorozawa in Autumn of 2020, and unexpectedly closed less than three years later on May 31st 2023. Citing, essentially, a business failure. Original post from 2020 The Sakura Town is a project by the Kadokawa Corporation- one of theRead More →
I’m very sorry to say that this festival has been discontinued according to the official website. It was not on between 2020 and 2022 due to the pandemic and they decided not to continue it thereafter. Official announcement. Inohana Amazake Festival or Inohana Sweet Sake Festival is one of thoseRead More →
Bokuranote “our hands”: Dog cafe, Dog run, Dog Shelter, Kawajima Town Unfortunately, Bokuranote closed permanently on May 31st 2023. I think it is fair to say that, by and large, Japan is an animal and pet loving country. Despite that though, there is a surprisingly high number of pets abandonedRead More →
A campsite has opened on the grounds of the former ‘Forest of Horses and Art’ (Togetsuen) as it was called! Unfortunately the horses are gone as has the cafe this post was originally about. Komugisou is just one cafe at Togetsuen – Peach Moon Garden – a cafe theme parkRead More →
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 →
A new digital and creative play space for children, Little Planet, is opening in the Lalaport in Shinmisato on July 11th 2018. Update February 2023: it closed permanently on January 23rd 2023. And the ever popular, and one of the oldest children’s play areas in Saitama Prefecture, Kids Castle (alsoRead More →
Nasunogahara Park Campsite with Crafting, Swimming pools, Hot springs, Grass Sledging, Athletic Playground, Multipurpose playground, Climbing playground, Tennis, Windmill, Observation Tower, Bike rental My family of six are unanimously agreed that Nasunogahara campsite is our favourite camping ground to date. It is the perfect location for a family trip aloneRead More →
Just over the Saitama border, Mahoba No Mori campsite and Forest Adventure Ueno are perched unobtrusively on the side of a lush mountain. They are located in the stunning and tranquil Ueno Mura which is part of the unspoiled Tano District. A formidable skybridge, an attraction in itself, links oneRead More →