Kawagoe 3D Trick Art Museum | KAWAGOE
You know your city gets the tourism seal of approval when they open a Trick Art Museum! All the great tourist cities have one; Odaiba, Takao, Atami, Karuizawa to name… Read more »
Category Archives: MUSEUMS & EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
Ishihara Mokkokan – cafe and retro showroom | KAWAGOE
Ishihara Mokkokan is a small mall of eateries and galleries near the Penny Candy Alley area of Kawagoe. Despite its location it is somewhat off the beaten track and mainly… Read more »
Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park | TOKOROZAWA
Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park is one of Saitama’s better known attractions. It has been around for a long time and given its proximity to Tokyo and other popular tourist areas,… Read more »
Visiting Totoro at the house of Kurosuke | TOKOROZAWA
Seen as today is the 10 year anniversary of Saitama With Kids, I wanted to get at least one post out of the dozens of unpublished drafts! Visiting Kurosuke’s House… Read more »
Get your Ninja on at Edo period amusement park | TOCHIGI
Edo Wonderland, Nikko City, Tochigi There are many reasons why people become interested in Japan. For me, my interest started when I was very little, but it was reading James… Read more »
Environmental School and Storyteller Museum, Santome Part 3 | MIYOSHI
This is the third part of a four part series about the rather unusual and entertaining Santome Village (Santome Community) in Miyoshi Town, Saitama. In this segment, I introduce the… Read more »
Ishizaka Environmental and Educational Plant tour, Santome PART 2 | MIYOSHI
Santome Group Environmental and Educational Factory Tour (Plant tour) After 8.5 years of touring the many attractions of Saitama prefecture, it is always refreshing to find something different that engages… Read more »
Skip City Visual Museum | KAWAGUCHI
Kawaguchi, Saitama. A national holiday that falls on a Saturday usually equates full car parking lots, queues for entry, crowds and general pandemonium. So when we arrived at Skip City… Read more »
Surprisingly interesting School Lunch History Hall | KITAMOTO
School Lunch Japan – The School Lunch History Hall in Kitamoto although small is a surprisingly interesting history hall chronicling the evolution of school lunch in Japan. The building is… Read more »
Sayama Municipal Museum, Inariyama Park and Kome To Cha Cafe | SAYAMA
Sayama Museum, Inariyama Park and Kome To Cha Cafe Sayama Municipal Museum, Saitama, is a city museum in Sayama Inari Yama Park on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line. They tend to… Read more »