Information for the annual Capybara Onsen at the Saitama Children’s Zoo. Where can I see capybara in a hot spring in Saitama? There are actually quite a few places around the Kanto plain that have a capybara hot spring in recent years, but one of the first (and one ofRead More →
The Marvel Studios A Universe of Heroes exhibition is coming to Saitama. This special exhibtion is being hosted at the EJ Anime Museum on the 3rd floor of the Kadokawa Culture Museum* in Tokorozawa Sakura Town. (Kadokawa Culture Museum is also called Kadcul for short or Kadokawa Musashino Museum.) MarvelRead More →
Tobu Zoo Illumination – Every year Tobu Zoo puts on a fantastic night illumination show for the winter months. It is one of the better known night illumination displays. Moreover, in 2021, it is one of only a handful of places that are going ahead with their winter illumination. Unfortunately, evenRead More →
Yuruchara (Yurukyara) Mascot Summit – Kanto’s largest character and mascot summit with a Guinness World Record certificate to prove it! Information for the 2021 yuru-chara summit. This year, like 2020, the event will be held online. The last time it was held in real life, in 2019, 311 mascots participatedRead More →
The Otaki Ice festival, illuminated Misotsuchi Icicles in 2022 – One of the most famous, and beautiful, winter scenes of Saitama is at the Otaki Ice Festival. Located in the former Otaki village (now part of Chichibu city) in the Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park. The Misotsuchi Icicles are the only naturallyRead More →
The Ashigakubo Icicles in 2022. The icicles are generally open to the public from the first week in January to the last week in February. Yokoze town generally release the expected dates around mid December. All things equal, they will probably be open to the public from around January 8thRead More →
Marigolds, night illumination, Moss phlox, sunflowers and other seasonal blooms at the scenic Marigold Hill in Honjo City, Northern Saitama. And new information in October 2021: GO GO HALLOWEEN event! Marigold Hill (no Oka) Marigold no Oka, aka Marigold Hill, is a small park in Honjo City. Like really small.Read More →
Information for the night illumination at Tokorozawa Sakura Town. Initially posted in 2020 for the “fuyu hanami” illumination last winter, going forward I will use this space to up-date about the various illumination and light up events in Saitama’s hippest entertainment town. Tokorozawa Sakura Town Tokorozawa Sakura Town has shops,Read 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 →
Tobu Zoo will revive both the Night Zoo and Halloween parade for the first time in two years. From October 2nd to October 31st, on Saturday and Sunday nights only, the Tobu Zoo will be open an extra two hours, until 7 pm, for the night time events. You canRead More →