Santa Claus will visit Kuki City in 2021 – Many years ago, before we happened upon Finland no Mori, we visited Santa Claus in a mall in Kuki City in the eastern area of Saitama Prefecture. “The real Santa from Finland, formerly Lapland” as they advertised him back then. PeopleRead More →
Aeon Lake town Christmas 2021 – Christmas Market and Santa Visit information. In a “normal” year, this post would also contain information for the winter illumination and outdoor ice rink. However, on account of the coronavirus things are quite a bit different this year, as they were in 2020 too.Read More →
Starlight Illumination Shinrin park aka Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park. The Starlight illumination is the last of the three annual night illumination displays held in the central gate area of the vast park. This year, 2021, it will run from Saturday December 4th. It used to run until January, butRead More →
Meat meets music fes – a six day meat and music festival in the heart of Saitama Prefecture. Saitama loves their meat ‘festivals’. Before I removed the events calendar from the blog, several annual meat festivals were featured. However, in 2020 on account of the Coronvirus none of them wentRead More →
Information for the latest exhibition, Ukiyo-e Theater from Paris, at the grand gallery of the Kadokawa Musashino Museum also called Kadokawa Culture Museum. The grand gallery is located on the 1st floor (ground floor) of the Kadokawa Culture Museum (or Kadcul for short). To celebrate the one year anniversary ofRead More →
Saitama Wabi Sabi Festival – Wabi Sabi is a two day cultural festival held in Omiya park annually since 2017. However, in 2020, on account of the Coronavirus outbreak it was held online and just for one day. Thankfully in 2021 its somewhat back to “normal”. The event will beRead More →
Kodai Hasu no Sato Illumination – Gyoda City, Kodai Hasu no Sato “ancient lotus pond”, is best known for its paddy art which you can view from an observational tower. It really is a sight to behold. The rice paddy art attracts visitors in the Autumn, but in the winter itRead More →
The O park Bio Resort and Hotel will have their annual sky lantern event again this December, 2021. The full name of the event is “Satoyama Sky Lantern Night”. However, it is only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Also, please note that there is a charge of 2000 yenRead More →
Seien Park illumination in Fukaya is a relatively new addition to “In Saitama”. I’m not sure when the very first display was, but the event has been around for at least three years. But it has only been on the radar since 2019. It starts on public holiday November 3rdRead More →
Cocoon City Illumination 2021 ~ 2022 – The annual illumination at Cocoon City will be switched on at 5 pm on Saturday the 13th of November 2021. After two years of “Wish upon Cocoon Star”, they’re moving to a new theme “Star Light, Star Bright, Cocoon star I see tonight”.Read More →