The Fukuda area of Kawagoe is the main home of the Kawagoe Satoyama Initiative. As part of the initiative they have several seasonal events in the area. Most of which are free. I wrote about the Strawberry Candle and Lotus grass before, but I didn’t get around to writing (inRead More →
Santa Claus will visit Kawaguchi city twice in the next week. Each time it is a different location. The first visit is tomorrow, Saturday December 18th and the second on Friday December 24th, Christmas eve. Information below for the Kawaguchi city Santa in 2021. Santa Kawaguchi December 18th For hisRead More →
Information for the Christmas events at Tokorozawa Sakura Town in 2021. “Christmas hikari no market” on Christmas weekend. It is called “market”, but its not a typical Christmas market. More a series of events, with some food. Christmas at Tokorozawa Sakura Town Tokorozawa Sakura town, Saitama’s coolest entertainment village, releasedRead More →
Places you can meet Santa Claus in 2021 Santa Claus is coming to the Greater Tokyo area in December 2021. However, due to the pandemic, he can only make a few public appearances this year. This article contains a selection of ten places you can meet and greet Santa inRead More →
Santa Claus will visit Kuki City in 2021 – Many years ago, before we happened upon Finland no Mori, we visited Santa Claus in a mall in Kuki City in the eastern area of Saitama Prefecture. “The real Santa from Finland, formerly Lapland” as they advertised him back then. PeopleRead More →
Aeon Lake town Christmas 2021 – Christmas Market and Santa Claus Visit information. In a “normal” year, this post would also contain information for the winter illumination and outdoor ice rink. However, on account of the coronavirus things are quite a bit different this year, as they were in 2020Read More →
Ten places for night illumination in Saitama Prefecture in the winter of 2021 / 2022. Despite the fact the vast majority of night illumination events went ahead during the pandemic in 2020 – 2021, this winter (2021 / 22) several places have opted out of winter illumination. Thankfully, although someRead More →
Information for the 2021 Fresa Yoshimi Illumination. In 2020 the event didn’t go ahead due to the Coronavirus. But in 2021 it is going ahead exactly because of the Coronavirus. As their website says, “we thought that it was necessary to have the light up event, in order to brightenRead More →
The O park Bio Resort and Hotel will have their annual sky lantern event again this December, 2021. The full name of the event is “Satoyama Sky Lantern Night”. However, it is only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Also, please note that there is a charge of 2000 yenRead More →
Cocoon City Christmas in 2021 – Cocoon City is just one part of Saitama Shintoshin. The whole area of Shintoshin is the most Christmassy location I have found in Saitama prefecture . Between the illumination, the markets, the concerts, candle night, crafts and Santa visits, it really is one ofRead More →