Anime and sakura famed Shimozato ES | OGAWA
Shimozato Elementary School is a historic building and tourist attraction in Ogawa town, Saitama. The school is somewhat off the main tourist trail, but it is well known by two… Read more »
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Kitamoto Children’s Library
The Kitamoto city office is a modern building that houses lots of practical services in the one facility. It makes so much sense, but it is actually quite rare for… Read more »
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Konosu Central Library and Nescafe Cafe
Konosu Central Library (a bright, colourful, comfortable and modern library), is the only library I know of that has a coffee shop in it. Okay so it is not quite… Read more »
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Asaka City Library
Asaka City Library has a really good selection of English books and magazines, better than most of the libraries I am member of. As it is not a public library… Read more »
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ALIT Museum | IRUMA
ALIT stands for Art / Archives, Library, Information and Tea. It is essentially a tea museum. And one of only a handful of tea museums in Japan, or even the… Read more »
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Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore | OMIYA
Located in Omiya Park, the Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore is made up of three main parts: the exhibits, crafting and a free outdoor play area. This article… Read more »
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Kawagoe Styrofoam Art 2019
Kawagoe Styrofoam Art – In 2015 I wrote a popular post about the styrofoam art displays by Yajima Kimio in Kawagoe. Mr Yajima has continued to make incredible art from… Read more »
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Only in Saitama: Chukaman Museum | IRUMA
New Open: Chukaman Museum ~ free nikuman factory tour information share The “Only in Saitama” series continues with Saitama’s latest free factory tour. The Chukaman Museum is a Nikuman (pork… Read more »
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Saitama Norin Park | FUKAYA
Saitama Norin Park is a prefectural agriculture and forestry park in Fukaya City. There is quite a lot to do at Saitama Norin, if you’ve planned in advance and booked… Read more »
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Pottery Workshop at Touho Yamawa | KAWAGOE
Pottery Workshop Kawagoe – As the year comes to a close, I want to share one of our favourite experiences of 2018. At the start of the year, while my… Read more »
