Seibuen Yuenchi Amusement Park have confirmed that their pools will open in 2022. They will open daily, weather permitting, from Friday July 15th to Sunday September 4th in 2022. In both 2020 and 2021 Seibu Yuenchi was one of only a handful of pools that opened. This year more, butRead More →
Laketown Boat park, formerly known as Dinghy Park Koshigaya, opened for the 2022 season on Sunday April 3rd. It also opened last year (2021) but due to the pandemic, you could only take out a dinghy on the lake. That is, the canoeing and kayaking experience were cancelled. However, thisRead More →
The Sweet Potato Expo is annual food event in February at Saitama Shintoshin in Saitama City. It is the largest sweet potato fair in all of Japan. Furthermore, it is one of few food events that was not cancelled due to the pandemic. Moreover, in 2022, they have a summerRead More →
Begonia are called “Shukaido” in Japanese, ‘a flower that blooms in Autumn’. As such they are a harbinger of Autumn. I went to visit my favorite spot for begonia on September 1st, 2021, to welcome Autumn. I was on my break from blogging at the time (haha) so I didn’tRead More →
For the last two summers, due to the pandemic, there were very few firework displays in Japan. This year, 2022, more are planned, such as Kawagoe Fireworks. But they could be cancelled last minute. All of the fireworks that were scheduled in 2020 and 2021 were eventually cancelled. However, HotelRead More →
Kumagaya is hot, hot, hot! But this is the coolest idea ever! A sunflower maze to put a smile on any face. Endo farm opened mid July 2022 and has been all over social media, TV and even tour operators PR campaigns! HOWEVER, due to the abrupt early end toRead More →
‘Tanbo’ Art – art made from rice in a ‘tanbo’, the Japanese for rice paddy. A must see in summer in Saitama. There was no rice paddy art in 2020, but it has been back since 2021. The rice was planted on June 11th 2022. Yes, the rice is notRead More →
Sunflowers at the Honda no Mori sunflower field in Niiza City, Saitama Prefecture. In the Niiza Athletic Park there is a community field called Honda no Mori. Each summer in August, thousands of sunflowers bloom. However, in 2021 they reduced the number of sunflowers. Moreover, they state “from 2021 theRead More →
Higashimatsuyama is famous for pear picking. There are about 20 tourist pear farms in Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture. However, in 2021 due to the Coronavirus only eight of them will offer pear picking. Of those 8 one of the farms has two different orchards, hence the map below has 9Read More →
Summer flowers around the central gate of Shinrin Park, aka Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park, Namegawa in the Hiki District of Saitama Prefecture. Written in 2020, but the flowers are often the same year on year. I update this post if there is a change in what they are growingRead More →