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Eat in Saitama (Page 2)

Places to eat in Saitama including garden cafes and family friendly / oyako 親子 cafes and restaurants or eateries with a play area.

Turkish Mosaic Lamps in Kawagoe

Colorful lamps and hookah at Turkey Bazaar Cafe Kawagoe

2023-08-12
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2023-08-12
In: Eat in Saitama, Koedo Kawagoe, Things to do in Saitama
With: 3 Comments

The Turkey Bazaar is a Turkish (mosaic) lamp shop in Kawagoe. It is located up a quaint alleyway off Ichibangai, the main tourist thoroughfare of “Little Edo” as Kawagoe is called. The shop has been there quite a few years, but in 2021 they opened a cafe across the pathRead More →

Shaved Ice Festival

The excellent annual Shaved Ice Festival at Lake town

2023-08-08
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2023-08-08
In: Eat in Saitama, Summer in Saitama
With: 0 Comments

Each year during summer there is a Shaved Ice (Snow Cone) Festival at Aeon Lake Town in Koshigaya. This year’s theme is literally something like ‘all ages from east and west’, but the general idea is ‘all ages and countries’ or all-encompassing. In recent years these type of food fairsRead More →

A new wind chime cafe Koedo Kawagoe Motomachi Terrace

A new wind chime cafe in Kawagoe, Motomachi Terrace

2023-07-08
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2023-07-08
In: Eat in Saitama, Koedo Kawagoe, Summer in Saitama
With: 1 Comment

A new wind chime cafe opened in Kawagoe on June 1st and don’t you know, I went to check it out! This is the first chance I’ve had to introduce it on the blog. As I am going on holidays soon, I needed to get event posts out first. ButRead More →

Bonsai Cafe

Limited Bonsai Bloomy’s Pop Up Cafe in Omiya

2023-06-26
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2023-06-26
In: Eat in Saitama, Summer in Saitama
With: 1 Comment

A pop up bonsai cafe in Omiya, Saitama City, near Tokyo. Omiya Kadomachi celebrated their one year anniversary last week. In the past year, they have held some memorable events, not least of all their “Tonttu Christmas“. Now they are taking it up a notch, with a bonsai x foodRead More →

Magnolia Cafe Kawagoe

New Instagrammable “Inorganic” cafe in Kawagoe

2023-06-26
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2023-06-26
In: Eat in Saitama, Koedo Kawagoe
With: 0 Comments

Dog friendly, Instagrammable, inorganic cafe in Kawagoe City. One month ago today, Cafe Magnolia opened in Kawagoe City. In just one month it has garnered quite a following on Instagram and is all over Tiktok! No doubt, the Instagrammable cheese cake, the piece de resistance of the cafe, has playedRead More →

Sai no Kuni cake show

The 9th Annual Sai no Kuni Cake Show

2023-06-11
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2023-06-11
In: Eat in Saitama, Summer in Saitama, Things to do in Saitama
With: 1 Comment

The Sai no Kuni Cake Show is scheduled for the first time in four years. There are a few changes in 2023. Such as a new date and a new location. They used to hold the event in June, before the pandemic. This year (2023) they will host it inRead More →

Shaved Ice Yamadaya

A visit to Tokigawa’s famous Yamadaya Shaved Ice

2023-06-04
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2023-06-04
In: Eat in Saitama, Life in Saitama, Outdoors in Saitama, Summer in Saitama
With: 1 Comment

When you think of Saitama’s famous shaved ice cafes, where comes to mind? For me, Azami Reizo, Kore ga kakigori, Craft Cafe and Yamadaya are the first that come to mind. We’ve been to three out of four and so far, and for us personally, Yamadaya is our top pick.Read More →

Safflowers outside Benibana Furusato Kan

Beautiful flowers and events like fireworks, Benibana Furusato Kan

2023-05-25
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2023-05-25
In: Eat in Saitama, Things to do in Saitama
With: 0 Comments

Benibana means safflower: it is the flower of Okegawa where this Furusato Kan is located. A Furusato Kan is a type of folk museum and you can find a furusato kan in hundreds of towns around Japan. Benibana Furusato Kan The Furusato kan in Okegawa was once a private homeRead More →

Pantastic bread fair at Cocoon City

The annual Pantastic Bread Fair in Saitama City

2023-05-21
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2023-05-21
In: Eat in Saitama
With: 1 Comment

Each year Cocoon City have a “Pantastic” bread festival for ten days, at the end of spring into early summer. In Japan, bread is called ‘Pan’ hence the name of the festival. This year (2023) the Pantastic fair is travelling Japan on a “Japapapapapapan Tour”! It will be back inRead More →

Kaigara Kissa Johnson Town

Seaside Vibes and Mini Umbrella Sky in Little America

2023-05-13
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2023-05-13
In: Eat in Saitama, Summer in Saitama
With: 2 Comments

Kaigara Cafe in Johnson Town, aka Little America, is an instagrammable cafe all year round, but particularly when they put up their mini umbrella sky for rainy season. According to the official Instagram account the cafe was modeled on a sea theme. Thus the cafe is decorated in shades ofRead More →

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