Information for the Kotatsu Boat Nagatoro in 2022, one of several winter only activities in Nagatoro in the Chichibu district of Saitama Prefecture. Its all happening in Nagatoro and Chichibu in January! Icicles, strawberry picking, wintersweet festival and a truly only in Japan activity of Kotatsu boat riding! From JanuaryRead More →
Santa Claus will visit Kawaguchi city twice in the next week. Each time it is a different location. The first visit is tomorrow, Saturday December 18th and the second on Friday December 24th, Christmas eve. Information below for the Kawaguchi city Santa in 2021. Santa Kawaguchi December 18th For hisRead More →
Information for the Christmas events at Tokorozawa Sakura Town in 2021. “Christmas hikari no market” on Christmas weekend. It is called “market”, but its not a typical Christmas market. More a series of events, with some food. Christmas at Tokorozawa Sakura Town Tokorozawa Sakura town, Saitama’s coolest entertainment village, releasedRead More →
Places you can meet Santa Claus in 2021 Santa Claus is coming to the Greater Tokyo area in December 2021. However, due to the pandemic, he can only make a few public appearances this year. This article contains a selection of ten places you can meet and greet Santa inRead More →
Moominvalley park winter festival 2021 – 2022 ~ Information for the annual winter event at Moominvalley Park in Metsa, Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture. Winter festival Moominvalley park reopened for business today, Friday December 10th, after a short temporary closure for renovations. The winter festival started today with the reopening. TheRead More →
Santa Claus will visit Kuki City in 2021 – Many years ago, before we happened upon Finland no Mori, we visited Santa Claus in a mall in Kuki City in the eastern area of Saitama Prefecture. “The real Santa from Finland, formerly Lapland” as they advertised him back then. PeopleRead More →
Aeon Lake town Christmas 2021 – Christmas Market and Santa Claus Visit information. In a “normal” year, this post would also contain information for the winter illumination and outdoor ice rink. However, on account of the coronavirus things are quite a bit different this year, as they were in 2020Read More →
Starlight Illumination Shinrin park aka Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park. The Starlight illumination is the last of the three annual night illumination displays held in the central gate area of the vast park. This year, 2021, it will run from Saturday December 4th. It used to run until January, butRead More →
Numakage Ice Rink – Each year, the summer pool in Numakage park, Minami Ward, is transformed into an 1800 square meter outdoor ice rink during the winter months. The rink opens late on weekends. If you just want to observe people skating you can enter the rink area for free.Read More →
Information for the 2021 Fresa Yoshimi Illumination. In 2020 the event didn’t go ahead due to the Coronavirus. But in 2021 it is going ahead exactly because of the Coronavirus. As their website says, “we thought that it was necessary to have the light up event, in order to brightenRead More →