Poppies May 2026 at Omiya Hana no Oka Park which straddles both Ageo and Saitama Cities. The park posted on April 27th 2026 to say that the poppies are blooming earlier than normal this year… Poppies in Ageo / Saitama City The always beautiful Omiya Hana no Oka in NishiRead More →
Information for the 17th annual Yashio Edamame (Green Soybean) Festival in Yashio City, in Eastern Saitama, very close to Adachi City in Tokyo. Yashio Edamame Festival Yashio City is one of the leading edamame producers in Saitama Prefecture. The city invite you to try their locally grown edamame with someRead More →
Takinoiri is a countryside area in Moroyama Town in the Iruma-gun of Saitama Prefecture. This remote rural scenic town is only about an hour from North West Tokyo by car. Unfortunately, by public transport it is a little trickier to get to and takes considerably longer. However, if you wantRead More →
Information for the roses and rose festival at Chikozan Park in Sayama City in 2026. When my children were small we visited Chikozan park a lot for the playgrounds and the zoo. At the time, I also did get to see the flowers, but I would rarely take photos. InRead More →
The dates for the 2026 Kawajima Spring Festival have been confirmed. However, in 2026 the festival is only two days rather than the usual week. Another big change is that they are not lighting up the roses this year. The “Kawajima Spring Festival” is relatively new, but it is modeledRead More →
A seasonal exhibition, for boys day known as Tango no Sekku at the Yashio City Museum and connected old house in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture. Impressive “koinobori” (carp streamers) as well as May dolls and hanging decorations are displayed inside the building, and in an old farmhouse, introducing the originsRead More →
A Pledge for Peace 2026; a very special and poignant annual event in Ogose. Each year in May, Ogose hold a memorial service and fireworks at the World Unknown Soldiers Tomb [sic] on Mt. Taikan. The festival is always held on the second Saturday of May. However, it wasn’t onRead More →
Kounosu Flower Festival – The poppy festival that is held annually in Konosu is quite well known, but it is actually just one part of a larger “flower festival”. There are also other flowers in bloom and flower events on in mid-May in Konosu. Hence overall the festival is referredRead More →
As part of the larger Konosu flower festival there is a rose festival at a beautiful rose garden in Konosu City each year in May. It is known as the “Kawasato venue” of the flower festival. The spring rose festival is on from May 9th to May 24th, 2026. TheyRead More →
The birthday flowers of April 13th, as well as the solar term and the micro season. The post also lists the anniversaries and annual observances in Japan on April 13th. Today, April 13th – Flowers On April 13th, the “birthday flowers” in Japan include; Coreopsis Coreopsis tinctoria is known inRead More →