The Purple Mountain of Mitsuba Azalea Garden
Mitsuba Azalea Garden, the “Purple Mountain” of Saitama Prefecture – We’ve been uncovering several of Saitama secret gems these past few weeks. Today’s adventure brought us on to the Purple… Read more »
Category: Seasonal
Azalea Monomiyama Park
Azalea Monomiyama Park – In the last week of March (2020) I brought the kids to Monomiyama Park in Higashimatsuyama for an off the beaten path hanami. The cherry blossoms… Read more »
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Cherry Blossoms at Sakitama Kofun Park
Cherry blossoms Sakitama – One of Saitama’s famous cherry blossom viewing spots is the Sakitama Tomb Park in Gyoda City. Sakitama Kofun Park Sakitama Kofun Park is a medium sized… Read more »
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The Senbonzakura of Mt Torayama
Senbonzakura, the name of a famous song, is the Japanese for a thousand cherry blossoms. There are many spots or parks in Japan called Senbonzakura. In Saitama, one of the… Read more »
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Jougaya Embankment Cherry Blossom Bank
Jougaya Embankment Cherry Blossom Bank (Jougaya Tsutsumi Sakura Dote in Japanese), Kitamoto City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Jougaya Embankment Kitamoto City, on the eastern tip of the central area of Saitama… Read more »
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Cherry blossoms and Rapeseed Yoshimi
Cherry blossoms and Rapeseed in Yoshimi Town, Hiki District, Saitama. There are several places you can see cherry blossoms and rapeseed in Saitama Prefecture, just north of Tokyo. Kumagaya and… Read more »
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Cherry blossom viewing in Saitama in 2020
Cherry blossom viewing in Saitama in 2020. At the time of writing this post on March 18th 2020 cherry blossoms around the prefecture have started to open. Some are more… Read more »
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Why Japan has so “few” Covid-19 cases
An opinion piece on why Japan has so few Covid cases from a long term resident of Japan. I have been living in Japan for 20 years, permanently since 2006…. Read more »
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Arakawa Tarouemon and Honda Airport
Arakawa Tarouemon and Honda Airport ~ In the midst of Covid-19 there are few places that feel safe. Indoors is definitely off the table. And this past week we’ve learned… Read more »
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Photo Friday: Kita Asaba Cherry Blossoms Today
Kita Asaba Cherry Blossoms today, March 6th 2020, for Photo Friday. Kita Asaba Cherry Blossoms Today Thank goodness for kanzakura, early blooming cherry blossoms, in this surreal time of Covid-19… Read more »
