2019 Wind chimes at Hikawa Shrine | KAWAGOE
2019 Wind Chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. Summer is here… …or at least it felt like it, for a glorious hour while visiting the 2019 wind chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa… Read more »
Category: Seasonal
Hydrangea Temple Kinsenji | RANZAN
Hydrangea Temple Kinsenji, Ranzan The hydrangea of Kinsenji Temple have created quite a name for themselves. Thanks to online videos, photos and posts, the otherwise unknown temple in bucolic Ranzan,… Read more »
Share this:
Visiting Ranzan Lavender Festival
Visiting Ranzan Lavender festival at Sennen no Sono Lavender field. Visiting Ranzan Lavender Festival Third time’s a charm – or so I had hoped when I visited Sennen no Sono… Read more »
Share this:
Forest and Lake and Umbrella | HANNO
Forest and Lake and Umbrella When I shared the information about the Forest and Lake and Umbrella Metsa Umbrella Sky Project on the Saitama event pages, I didn’t think I… Read more »
Share this:
Saitama Summer Seasonal Outdoor Pools 2019
Saitama Pools ~ In about a month’s time more than a dozen summer outdoor pools will open for the 2019 season. Below is a round up of 19 of Saitama’s… Read more »
Share this:
15 Things to do this June in Saitama
June Saitama ~ it maybe rainy month, but there’s no need for that to rain on your parade! Things start to warm up, not just the weather, but seasonal events… Read more »
Share this:
Ranzan Valley BBQ area on Tsuki River
Review of the Ranzan Valley Barbecue Area on the Tsuki River Ranzan Valley barbecue area is a popular riverside day camp destination in the scenic area of the rural Hiki… Read more »
Share this:
Instaflower Instacafe | TSURUGASHIMA
There has been a steady rise of Instacafe spots all over Japan, but this cafe in Tsurugashima might well win a prize for the most instagrammable cafe in all of… Read more »
Share this:
Garden Cafe Gu Choki PAN | HATOYAMA
Gu Choki Pan ~ a small but quaint bakery, and picturesque garden in golf country Hatoyama. Gu Choki Pa is the Japanese for Rock, Paper, Scissors. Instead of Pa, the… Read more »
Share this:
Kounosu Poppy Festival – largest in Japan
Kounosu Poppy Festival is an annual event held in May in the city of Kōnosu in Saitama. It is part of a larger Kounosu Flower festival. The poppy festival usually… Read more »
