Heisei no Mori – or Heiseinomori – is a park in West Saitama in a town that has recently become better known, due to its exit on the Ken-o Expressway. Kawajima town, also referred to as Kawashima town, is beside the cities of Sakado, Kawagoe, Higashimatsuyama and Okegawa. The park hasRead More →
Besshonuma Park, Minami Ward, Saitama City – a great park for families all year round, but particularly in Autumn when the trees around the lake are shades of yellow, orange, red and green. I read an article on the WordPress DailyPost with suggestions for surviving NaBloPoMo. One of them wasRead More →
Akiha no mori Park – We stumbled across this park by accident while taking a respite from visiting a relative in nearby Saitama Iriyo Center. Unless you find it by accident as we did, you would need a car and a satnav (GPS) to get to this rural park inRead More →
Miyoshino Shrine, Kawagoe 三芳野神社、川越- 日本語 Miyoshino Shrine The Miyoshino shrine features in a famed traditional song (Warabe uta) that is known by Japanese people all over Japan. The song name is “Tooryanse”. As such, the shrine is much beloved by many, particularly the proud locals. A monument was erected toRead More →
Wakaba Walk, Fujimi Chuo Kinrin and Fujimi Ryokuchi Street are a local mall, small park and picturesque street close to Wakaba station in the city of Tsurugashima. Its funny, for all these years I thought Wakaba Walk is in Sakado, but it actually turns out its in Tsurugashima! My hairdresserRead More →
Kawagoe Sports Park or Kawagoe Undo Koen in Japanese. Written in 2013, updated in 2017. The first time I visited Kawagoe Sports park (川越運動公園）I wasn’t all that enamored with it. From the point of view of a parent, there is little to entertain older children and it is most suited to aRead More →
Mizohata Park, Sakado – for those living or moving to Sakado City with children. I tried a new park today. It’s a bit of a hobby of mine to find new places to bring the kids, can you tell!? The park is Mizohata Park in Sakado, only a 2 minute walk fromRead More →
Autumn leaves Shinrin Park, also known as Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park, Namegawa Town, Saitama Prefecture. This post is about the autumn colors in Shinrin Park. Information for the autumn leaves light up at night is here. Autumn Leaves Shinrin Park THIS POST WAS WRITTEN IN 2013. I won’t pretendRead More →
I went to Hikawa Jinja in Kawagoe today, in the hope of enjoying some vibrant Autumn Leaves. I didn’t time it very well; I was too early with the autumn blooms still nowhere in sight. Also, the higanbana that also in Autumn on the Shingashi river where gone by then.Read More →
Barbecue / BBQ Season in Japan. I don’t know any Japanese people (in Japan) who don’t have at least one BBQ a year. That’s not to say everyone in Japan has them, just everyone I know! What I deduce from this; barbecues are popular in Japan. Autumn seems to be the mostRead More →