Twenty five places for night illumination in Saitama Prefecture in the winter of 2023 – 2024. Page 1 of 2 The winter lights are on. There are more than 50 places you can see winter lights / illumination in Saitama Prefecture. This post contains a selection of 25. Most ofRead More →
Kamikawa Town will have a Kirakira (Sparkling) Festival with fireworks in December. On the same night of the festival they will turn on the town’s Christmas lights for the 2023 season. Kamikawa Town is located in Northern Saitama. It is famous for a few different things, including a rare shrine,Read More →
Each year in winter, Fukaya City have beautiful illumination displays around the city. Since last year, 2022, there are an additional two with the completion of two new, long awaited, facilities, for a total of five. Two of the five have an event post of their own, so I haveRead More →
Information for the illumination and ‘White Christmas’ Market, with Santa Claus, at Misato Chuo Niodori Park. Niodori Park is known for hosting some great events throughout the year. It is a popular spot for families. The illumination is an annual event at the park, one of at least two illuminationRead More →
Information for the fourth annual winter illumination display at Tokorozawa Sakura Town. This year they are just calling it “Sakura town winter light up”. It is later to start than any other year and will be on for a shorter period this winter, 2023 – 2024. Tokorozawa Sakura Town TokorozawaRead More →
Misato Illumination will be turned on this weekend, on Saturday. They will have a switch on event on that first night, December 2nd 2023. This illumination runs right until the middle of March, to White Day, which is later than most. On average, even the larger illumination events end onRead More →
Honjo City, in the North of Saitama Prefecture, has new illumination in 2023, in addition and near to the annual Marigold Hill illumination. Furthermore, they will also have a Christmas market on two days during the illumination period. They will have workshops too. All for free.Read More →
Chichibu Illuminate, Gran Chichibu Illumination at Seibu Chichibu Station and Matsuri no Yu hot spring, in the winter of 2023 – 2024. There is a saying in Saitama that Chichibu has a festival every day of the year. But despite having hundreds of festivals, Chichibu was actually lacking in nightRead More →
Cocoon City Christmas – Cocoon City is just one part of Saitama Shintoshin. The whole area of Shintoshin is the most Christmassy location I have found in Saitama prefecture to date. In Cocoon city, between the illumination, the markets, the concerts, candle night, crafts and Santa visits, it really isRead More →
The Toda City Illumination event “Toda Illumi” is relatively new, it only started in 2019. (There are also other illumination events in Toda City which have been around for longer). The city aim to make illumination synonymous with winter in Toda, that become a winter tradition. According to Toda City,Read More →