A fun and educational summer drive | Higashimatsuyama Hatoyama
This morning after a sudden change of plans, I decided it was time we check out one place on the summer wishlist: the JAXA earth observation centre. As we departed… Read more »
Category: Things to see in Saitama
Cherry Blossoms Shingashi River | Kawagoe
Cherry Blossoms Shingashi River – Kawagoe is just 31 minutes from Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on the Tobu Tojo line (jump to access from Tokyo). It is a popular tourist town. One of… Read more »
Yakyu Inari Shrine, the Baseball Shrine| Higashimatsuyama
The Baseball Shrine – Yakyu Inari Shrine is located in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, just 1 hour and 10 minutes from Ikebukuro on the Tobu Tojo line. It is one of many… Read more »
Gingko Trees at Ukishima Inari Shrine | Kawagoe
Ukishima Inari Shrine is a little shrine you pass on the walking route from Miyoshino Shrine and Kitain Temple. It is not particularly well known or adorned, but it has some… Read more »
Night Illumination COCOON CITY, Saitama-Shintoshin
Night Illumination Cocoon City – Autumn 2015 (updated in 2018) It used to be that you would have to travel into Tokyo to get some night light action, but nowadays… Read more »
Crunching colourful leaves at a Shinto Shrine
Saitama is abundant with free playgrounds. You can find them in the most random of places. Some are huge play jungles with elaborate equipment and others are small minimalist nooks with basic equipment…. Read more »
Winter Illumination at Tobu Zoo | MIYASHIRO
Winter Illumination Tobu Zoo Every year Tobu Zoo puts on a fantastic night illumination show for the winter months. This year, 2015, it starts on the 31st of October and… Read more »
Seibu Amusement Park Winter Illumination | TOKOROZAWA
Seibu Amusement Park Winter Illumination – This year Seibu Yuuenchi is in the top four largest winter illuminations list for the Greater Tokyo area. Around 3,000,000 lights are used for this… Read more »
Shinrin Park Night illumination | NAMEGAWA
Shinrin Park Night Illumination – Every year, Shinrin park in Namegawa Town, Saitama, offer night illumination in the central gate area of the park. They are one of the first… Read more »
Wind chimes at Hikawa Shrine | KAWAGOE
Each summer, Hikawa Shrine displays hundreds of wind chimes during the months of July and August. Today, a storm was brewing up and I instantly thought of going to see… Read more »