The advertisement for the 2022 Kawagoe Tojin Soroi festival says ‘for the first time in 3 years’. But the festival was actually on in part in 2021. However, there was no parade and that is typically the main feature of the festival. This year will be more like a usualRead More →
Akimode and Yatagarasu Suzu no Wa at Kawagoe Kumano Shrine, Autumn 2022. The three legged crow lanterns are up! The ring of bells is waiting to be unveiled. And the paper dolls are prepped and waiting to go. This is the scene at Kawagoe Kumano Shrine tonight, in preparation forRead More →
The Kawagoe Festival is held annually on the third Saturday and Sunday of October. However, due to the pandemic, Kawagoe city cancelled the festival in both 2020 and 2021. But great news for 2022 – the city are planning the festival. As it is the 100 year anniversary of theRead More →
Mrs Hamburger is the crème de la crème of the relatively new Enmusubi Yokocho food court in Hatago Coedoya hotel in Kawagoe. Enmusubi Yokocho, or Enyoko for short, is a food court not just for gastronome, but for Instagrammers too, with food that is as picturesque as it is delicious.Read More →
Hatago Coedoya is a relatively new hotel in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, just 30 minutes from Tokyo. But more than a hotel, it offers trendy dining in the Enmusubi Yokocho, or Enyoko for short. There is also a craft cafe in Enyoko, where you can currently make a Christmas GelRead More →
Kawagoe has dozens of equinox flower, aka red spider lily, spots. Several of them quite hidden from the mass public. Equinox flowers is the literal translation of “higanbana”, a flower most commonly called red spider lily in English. I generally use “Red Spider lily” myself, but for this post IRead More →
The Kawagoe Junior Chamber, supported by the Northern Kasumigaseki Neighborhood Association, will host a Global Festival in the Kakuei Shopping District (Kasumigaseki) this coming Saturday. It is one of several community events organized by the chamber in celebration of the centennial anniversary of the city of Kawagoe. In addition, thatRead More →
In advance of the red spider lily (aka lycoris radiata, cluster amarilla, equinox flower, higanbana etc) season, a photo Friday post of red spider lilies along the Shingashi River. The spider lilies don’t bloom until September. All these photos are from between 2006 and 2022. Spider lilies Shingashi River TheRead More →
The Kawagoe Summer Festival, as it is often referred to in English, is called the Kawagoe Million Lights Summer Festival in Japanese. The festival was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. It is one of several events, such as Kawagoe Fireworks, that are actually going aheadRead More →
For the first time in three years, the Kawagoe Fireworks will be lighting up the night sky in 2022! The fireworks are one of the highlights of summer in Kawagoe. They and the summer festival have been sorely missed. However, as of May 31st 2022, BOTH the fireworks and theRead More →