Find out what’s on in Saitama this weekend with the best Saitama event list on the web. If its on in Saitama, its on insaitama.com!
Please see the grey “details box” at the bottom of each individual event for dates, hours, prices, location and external links.
**During the 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak events are subject to change and cancellation at a moment’s notice. Please do always check with the official website for any last minute changes or cancellations.**
CANCELLED Yono Summer Festival
July 11 @ 08:00 - July 12 @ 17:00
Free
Yono is an area within Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture. Each area within Saitama City has their own summer festival. And often there own fireworks too. The Yono Summer Festival (Yono Natsu Matsuri) is normally on the second weekend of July. This year, 2020, the festival – along with dozens of other festivals in Saitama city – has been cancelled in attempt to curb the spread of the Coronavirus.
Yono Summer Festival 2019
The 2019 summer festival was on Saturday July 13th and Sunday July 14th. It started at 4 pm and goes to 9.30 pm each day.
Portable shrines are carried around and festival stalls are available. It attracts mainly locals, but as it is close to a station it is easy to access and commutable from Tokyo:
Access
The festival is held close to Saikyo LIne JR Yono Hon Machi Station. It is only a five minute walk from the festival.
For more summer events – the majority of which have been cancelled – please see the main events calendar.
Yono is famous for its rose garden and annual rose festival. More information here.
Events by their very nature are tentative. Please do check with the official sources for any last minute changes due to weather or other mitigating factors, particularly with the current Coronavirus outbreak.