Information for the Fly me To [the] Saitama (Tonde Saitama) exhibition at the EJ Anime Museum in Kadokawa Culture Museum in the Autumn of 2023. A special Fly me to [the] Saitama exhibition will start on Saitama Citizen’s Day at Kadokawa Culture Museum in Tokorozawa Sakura Town. The curious sub-headingRead More →
Information for the Tatsuo Takayama: The Universe in the Palm of a Hand’ at the Edit and Art Gallery in the Kadokawa Musashino Museum¹, in Tokorozawa Sakura Town, in winter 2024. Like all exhibitions at Kadokawa Museum, they recommend that you purchase a ticket in advance, particularly for a weekend.Read More →
Dozens of new places have opened up in Kawagoe during the pandemic, but few have created as much as a social media frenzy as the Miffy Storehouse Kitchen and Bakery on Ichibangai. Ichibangai is the main thoroughfare of the tourist area of Kawagoe and the bakery / shop has aRead More →
If the AniTamaSai is on in 2023, it is the best kept secret in the world! I can find no information online for an event in 2023. However, I have a feeling, that the Acosta festival at the Tokorozawa Sakura Town Bunkasai, is replacing the AniTamaSai. I am on theRead More →
New in Saitama in 2022: Crayon Shinchan play area in Lalaport, Fujimi. Unfortunately, the very first “permanent” (the irony) indoor TeamLab Islands in Lalaport Fujimi, closed permanently on January 17th 2021. The space were it once held a place in the heart of Lalaport, was empty for a year andRead More →
A giant cedar with seasonal flowers and a Catbus Bus Stop in the Hiki District of Saitama Prefecture. Thanks to volunteer work I do with a team of fellow “Hikijin” and Hiki District lovers, I heard about this completely off the beaten path nature spot in the mountains of TokigawaRead More →
In the most unlikely of places, in an old run down park in Ogano town, there is currently a Doko Demo “Anywhere Door”. An “Anywhere Door”, or doko demo door is one of the gadgets in the highly popular Doraemon cartoon in Japan. It is a bright pink door thatRead More →
Washinomiya Shrine (previously Washimiya Shrine) is known as the oldest shrine in the Kanto region. It is located in Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture, just North of Tokyo. There is a lot a debate over the age of the shrine. Some put it at 1900 years old, which actually wouldn’t makeRead More →
EJ Anime Hotel opened within the “cool Japan” Sakura Town Shin Tokorozawa in Autumn of 2020, and unexpectedly closed less than three years later on May 31st 2023. Citing, essentially, a business failure. Original post from 2020 The Sakura Town is a project by the Kadokawa Corporation- one of theRead More →
The latest information for the floral fonts (water font with floating flowers) at 800 year old Saimyouji, a LGBTQ+ friendly, discrimination temple in Kawagoe. Includes information for pink ribbon month in October annually. Saimyouji, Kawagoe The temple is also known as Yokoyama Saimyouji, or Saimyoji or Saimyo / Saimyou Temple.Read More →