Information for the seasonal afternoon tea at Shikitei Cafe in Saitama City. All afternoon teas are a 90-minute time slot. The Summer Peach & Melon Afternoon Tea is from July 1st 2026 to mid-September. It is followed by a bright and tantalizing “Muscat and Teddy Afternoon Tea” from mid-September toRead More →
Taisho Roman Yume (or Dream) Street is a shopping district in the tourist area of Kawagoe, home to the famous Kasumi Flower Honey. Unlike the main thoroughfare “Ichibangai”, which is renowned as an Edo period time slip, Taisho Roman gives a peek of life and architecture in early 20th centuryRead More →
A special event for the children of Fujimi City this Christmas – the first ever Santa Claus Fireworks in Fujimi City. The Fujimi City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Youth Division do host a Santa event every year, for local children, but this is the first year they will haveRead More →
Twenty years later, I am still adding illumination spots to the blog! Hasuda Illumination is not new, but it is new to the blog. It is one I didn’t know about until earlier in the year. The illumination is at the Hasuda train station, which is on the main TohokuRead More →
This Christmas Santa Claus will be visiting Beans Musashi Urawa, a mall in Musashi-urawa station in Minami ward, Saitama City. This is one of at least three places you can meet Santa Claus in Saitama City the weekend before Christmas in 2024. However, despite many things going back to normalRead More →
The real Santa Claus will be visiting Maruhiro in Kawagoe again this year. Just like last year, you need to have the Maruhiro App to book a place in advance. It costs 500 yen per one booking, that is, one family / group. Booking just opened, but is filling upRead More →
Information for the fifth ever Christmas Craft market at Crea mall near Kawagoe Station. And although the event is relatively new, it is already really popular. Apart from being able to buy handmade goods and participate in craft workshops, there is also food and drink available at the market. ThisRead More →
Santa Claus is visiting Misato City, near Tokyo, this festive season. He will be at the Christmas market area of Ikea in Shinmisato on four different dates. He welcomes anyone to come get a memorable photo taken with him, not just families. There are also other Xmas events on too.Read More →
Starlight Illumination 2025 at 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 Shinrin park. Before the pandemic it used to run until January, but for the last fewRead More →
The Tamaari Town Christmas market, formerly known as the Keyaki Hiroba Christmas market, is one of Saitama Shintoshin’s annual Christmas events. I know it gets very confusing with all the different names – Tamaari Town is another name for Saitama Shintoshin and it is used in the name of mostRead More →