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.**
Kengo Kuma exhibition at Kadokawa Musashino Museum. Kengo Kuma Exhibition For the opening of the Kadokawa Musashino Museum there will be a Kengo Kuma exhibtion in the grand gallery on the 1st floor. Kengo Kuma is the architect behind the impressive "rock on water" museum design. He is also renowned
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
The Hamtaro Cafe is coming back to Saitama this summer. The last time the cafe "popped up" was in January and February last year, 2019. The limited period pop up cafe will open in Box Cafe and Space in Lake Town Koshigaya on Thursday July 30th 2020. It will remain
Team Lab will open a permanent digitized nature solo exhibition called Resonating Light in the Acorn Forest. It is in the Musashino Woods of Higashi Tokorozawa Park on August 1st 2020. The Higashi Tokorozawa park is located next to the much anticipated Shin Tokorozawa Sakura Town. Sakura Town has several
There is no rice paddy art in 2020. The rice planting event - the preparation for the art - was due to take place in the middle of June. However, they cancelled the planting event too. The rice is planted in such a way that it grows into a beautiful
Higashimatsuyama is famous for pear picking. There are close to 20 pear farms in Higashimatsuyama of which about half offer picking. This event post shares information of the main pear picking farms in Higashimatsuyama. Pear picking in Higashimatsuyama Pear picking season starts in early September in Higashimatsuyama (Saitama, Japan). It
The Chichibu area is known for its Dahlia. The Dahlia Garden at Mt Ryokami Fumoto Hana no Sato is one of the largest and most popular places to see Dahlia in Saitama. Mt Ryokami Dahlia Garden The Dahlia Garden at Mt Ryokami opens annually in Autumn. It generally opens from
The plumed cockscomb, also known as Celosia, (Keito in Japanese) are a relatively recent addition to Shinrin Park. In the inaugural year they had about 50,000, but now there are approximately 500,000. So many events are cancelled this year, 2020, on account of the Coronavirus outbreak. However, this event and
The annual Halloween food event at Shikitei in Omiya is going ahead this year despite the Coronavirus. They are keeping the Alice in Wonderland theme from last year, but rather than the Alice Halloween buffet and Halloween dessert buffet of 2019, this year it is afternoon tea. (They will have
Moominvalley Park Harvest 2020 in Metsa, Hanno, Saitama. The featured image above is from the official Moomin Japan website. Moominvalley Park Harvest 2020 From Umbrella Sky to Balloon Sky! The Umbrella sky at Metsa needs little introduction. Despite being only two years old and held in summer only, it enjoys
The Higanbana festival in Satte's Gongendo Park has been cancelled in 2020 on account of the Coronavirus outbreak. The other large spider lily festivals in Saitama, such as at Kinchakuda, have also been cancelled. Smaller spider lily locations, where the higanbana grow wild, and that don't have flower festivals even
Cluster Amaryllis / Higanbana / Red spider lilies at the Terasaka terraced Rice fields in Yokoze. In 2020 the Terasaka Terraced Rice fields are off limits to the public. Not only is the festival not on, they are cutting all the red spider lilies to deter people from visiting the
"Treeing" is what they call tree climbing with ropes in Japan. It is a very popular event that is carried out periodically in Shinrin Park in Namegawa. Due to the coronavirus, the event was cancelled for a couple of months. However, the next dates for this treeing activity in Shinrin
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.