The Nakasendo matsuri is just one of many festivals that is normally held in Omiya at the end of July and start of August each summer. They are collectively called “Omiya Summer Festival”. Unfortunately, but understandably, they were all cancelled in 2020 due to the Coronavirus outbreak. And just thisRead More →
Fishing with kids – I’ll be perfectly honest; fishing is not my thing. But my kids love it. Normally my husband brings them, but I have been with them a couple of times. Including their last visit a couple of weeks ago. The kids were inched into a love ofRead More →
Higashimatsuyama Agriculture Park, fruit and vegetable picking, food farming, farm product processing experiences and seasonal flowers. Higashimatsuyama Agriculture Park The Higashimatsuyama Agriculture Park, or Higashimatsuyama Norin Park, re-opened on August 1st 2019 after a year of work and renovations. There was a lot of discourse about the changes, mainly negative,Read More →
Glistening river, love lights and glowing wind chimes: Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine by night in 2022. An illuminous “Hikaru Kawa”, glistening river, love lights and wind chimes lit up at night. Legend goes that the Iruma River used to glisten at night. And the source was the Hikawa God. The HikaruRead More →
Kamitome Festival: Experience life like a local at this annual local traditional festival in Miyoshi Town in Saitama Prefecture. Read More →
Inomata Hundred Light festival, or Inomata 108 lights, is one of 312 Important Intangible Folk Properties of Japan. It is held annually on the 15th of August in the Inomata area of Misato in the Kodama District of Saitama. Furthermore, it is the unique bon ceremony of the town withRead More →
Herbal House, Shabby Chic Open House and Garden, Yoshimi, Saitama★500 yen entry fee which includes a herbal tea and small slice of cake Herbal House in Yoshimi has been described on Instagram as “relaxing”, “other worldly” and “like something from a Ghibli movie”. Google Maps reviews consolidates the high praiseRead More →
Kinsenji Temple is located in rural Ranzan. Best known for its hydrangea that bloom in early summer, the temple also has a giant gingko tree that turns golden yellow in Autumn. In 2022, for the first time in three years, the temple are opening their hydrangea garden to the publicRead More →
In 2022, Ranzan’s lavender field “Sennen no Sono” will be open to the public for the first time since 2019. In 2020 and 2021, not only was the festival not on, the fields were completely closed to the public. The area actually sustained a lot of damage in the 2019Read More →
Annual information for the Metsa Village Umbrella Sky “Forest and Lake and Umbrella“ aka Umbrella Sky Project / Umbrella Street, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The umbrella sky in Metsa* is one of the most famous and most popular summer events in Saitama Prefecture annually. To date, the event has gone aheadRead More →