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.**
Water Play Shinrin Park - One of the better (non-swimming-pool) water play areas in Saitama is in Shinrin Park. There are two separate places you can play with water in Shinrin Park, both near the West Gate where most of the children's facilities are. The "Mori no Oasis" is a
Umbrella Sky Project Saitama Japan - "Forest and Lake and Umbrella" and "Moomin Valley and Umbrella". In 2019 Metsa brought Japan's largest Umbrella Sky Design Project to date ever and this year, 2020, they are making it even larger again. Recommended related attraction in Metsa: Panza Funmock - an
Wading pool Saitama Children's Zoo - It is hard to believe it is already the time of year for wading pools and rivers. However, this year is quite different with the coronavirus. Normally, the wading / splash pool in the Children's Zoo opens for the season during Golden Week. But
Dinghy Park Koshigaya - The dinghy park started on April 4th, but due to the State of Emergency there have been some changes. Basically from June 1st it will be a similar system to last year. Subject to change though depending on how the coronavirus outbreak develops. Between April and
Ancient Lotus, Kodai Hasu No Sato, Gyoda June 19th to August to early August Kodai Hasu No Sato ~ Ancient Lotus Flower Park Kodai Hasu no Sato is a public park in Gyoda city. It was developed to showcase the ancient lotus that were found in the area a few
The Saitama Children's zoo is reopening on Monday 22nd of June, but with new hours and conditions as per the "new way of life"! Since its closure there's been a couple of changes and a new and very special addition to the zoo. The zoo is now home to four
Toda Summer Pool for kids at Kodomo No Kuni. Kodomo no Kuni is the name of the Children's Center in Toda city, Saitama. Among their many facilities they have outdoor pools for children in the summer. They have a 30 cm pool and a 45 cm pool making them ideal
Seibu opened their water park on Saturday the 4th of July. As most other outdoor pools have been cancelled this year, there was a chance that the Seibuen pools would not open, but they only announced last minute that they would go ahead with the popular attraction this summer. A
Wind chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine 2020. On June 21st the shrine announced that they had finally made a decision about their popular summer events. At that time, they decided to completely cancel the pinwheel event and to postpone the wind chimes event. However, on July 2nd they posted to
Things to see in Kawagoe in Summer, pinwheels display at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine annually in June. Event information for the annual pinwheel display event at the Hikawa Shrine in Kawagoe.
One of the earliest parks to open their outdoor pools for the summer season is Numakage Park in Urawa, Saitama. Numakage park also has an all year round indoor pool. For the first two weekends of July and the last week of August please note the pools are only open
The Sakado outdoor pool is a small local seasonal outdoor water park in the Sakado Sports Park. For the 2020 season the pools were set to open from Saturday July 4th to Sunday September 6th from 9.30 am to 6 pm. However, due to the Coronavirus outbreak the pools will
The Olympics torch relay event post was initially written before the Coronavirus outbreak. As of this time, April 8th 2020, things are still pretty much up in the air. The torch relay has been postponed, I would speculate until the same time next year - 2021. Every prefecture will participate
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.