Each year in summer Okamoto daylily garden in Ogawa opens to the public for about two weeks. However, between 2020 and 2022 they didn’t open due to the pandemic. But this year, they are open again for the first time in four years. Daylily Garden Ogawa Daylilies grow in SaitamaRead More →
Ose Shishimai, or The Lion Dance of Ose, is on in 2023 in Yashio City for the first time in four years. The festival is also sometimes called “Doronko Shishimai”, or muddy lion, because it frequently rains on the days of this small, local religious festival! The Lion Dance ofRead More →
2023 Information for the annual wind chimes and glistening river at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. Updated, on July 1st 2023, after visiting the 2023 display. The Enmusubi Wind Chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine are generally displayed from the first weekend of July to the first week in September. They follow theRead More →
Information for the Hanyu Tennosama summer festival which will be on for the first time since the pandemic began in July 2023. Hanyu Tennosama Summer Festival The Hanyu Tennosama summer festival has a history of almost 400 years. It is a designated cultural property of Hanyu City. It is celebratedRead More →
The Soka Matsubara Promenade Dream Festa is a relatively new summer festival. Soka City started it in 2015 to commemorate the designation of the Soka Matsubara promenade as a national scenic spot. The festival was on in 2022, but it was cancelled in 2020 and 2021. Soka Matsubara The promenadeRead More →
‘Tanbo’ Art – art made from rice in a ‘tanbo’, the Japanese for rice paddy. A must see in summer / early Autumn in Saitama. The rice for the 2023 Guinness World Record Rice Paddy Art was planted today. Yes, the rice is not painted – it is planted toRead More →
The Seibuen Yuenchi (Seibuen Amusement park) fireworks are on again in 2023. They were one of only a few places that had fireworks in 2022. Moreover, until 2018, before the pandemic and the amusement park’s renovations, they were one of the most popular summer fireworks in Saitama annually. They alsoRead More →
Ryusenji / Ryusen Temple is the undisputed home of papercut ‘Goshuin’. A ‘Goshuin’ is a stamp or seal that you can receive for a fee at temples and shrines in Japan. What makes Ryusen-ji’s so special is that they are intricately cut from paper, like a stencil. Ryusenji was theRead More →
Information for the next exhibition, Unveiling Tutankhamen: The Pharaoh’s Timeless Adolescence, at the grand gallery of the Kadokawa Musashino Museum. Kadokawa Musashino Museum is also known as Kadokawa Culture Museum or Kadcul for short. The grand gallery is on the 1st (ground) floor of the Kadokawa Culture Museum in TokorozawaRead More →
In the Western area of Nishi Ward, aka the hydrangea town, Saitama City there are dozens of hydrangea spots. According to this article I found tonight the residents of Nishi Ward elected the hydrangea as the ward flower in 2011. Reportedly since then they have promoting hydrangea in the ward.Read More →