Saiboku Ham and Hot spring, with play area, in Hidaka City on the border of Kawagoe in Saitama, near Tokyo. Saiboku hot spring near Tokyo is often described as a food theme park, but for me that conjures up images of an amusement park… with sausages! Which it is not. IRead More →
Peony Walk is a large mall in the city of Higashimatsuyama. It’s nearest station is Takasaka, which is probably best known as the station for Saitama Children’s Zoo. Until the mall was built a few years ago, there wasn’t much in the area at all. Now there are a number ofRead More →
Kitamoto Children’s Park aka Kitamotoshi Kodomo Koen 2012 to 2026! Kitamoto Children’s Park is the English name for Kitamotoshi Kodomo Koen, but the latter is on Google Maps as the English name. I use both throughout this post so they are searchable. When I first wrote this blog post inRead More →