If you are looking for somewhere to meet Santa Claus in 2022, the list is now ready: 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 appearancesRead More →
This post is temporarily redirected to 20 places for Night illumination in the winter of 2023. In time it will be transformed into “15 places for Christmas illumination in Saitama Prefecture” including such places as; Ten places for night illumination in Saitama Prefecture in the winter of 2021 / 2022.Read More →
Santa House, Santa Hills, Tochigi – December 2019 For the last few years I have tried unsuccessfully to book a coveted spot in the Santa House in Santa Hills, Tochigi Prefecture. I have been determined, since discovering it while researching Santastic Tochigi in 2015, to stay in the Santa HouseRead More →
Water Park Nagatoro is an all year round campsite, ideal for a camping trip near Tokyo at any time of the year, even at Christmas and / or during winter break. Our first camp of the year, back in January, was in Water Park (Waterpark) Nagatoro. Water park Nagatoro isRead More →
Finland No Mori in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture where you can meet the real Santa all year round. You can also hang out in a Hammock cafe, get ice-cream in a Moomin mug and / or pick up some delicious cheese too! Information for the 2022 Santa Claus meet and greetRead More →
Santastic Tochigi – In my search for Santa, one prefecture that stood out for having a good selection of Santa events and attractions was TOCHIGI. So my family of six took to the road to do a bit of reconnaissance. Thanks to the completion of a new stretches of highway, Tochigi is veryRead More →
Shinrin Park Night Illumination – Every year, Shinrin park in Namegawa Town, Saitama, offer night illumination at the central gate area of the park. They are one of the first to start their night illumination annually. They have three different displays: Below is a summary of each. If you’d preferRead More →
The Kitamoto General Park, or Kitamoto Sogo Koen in Japanese, is a neighborhood park with lots of sporting facilities for the local community to use. However, people from outside the city can also book and pay to use facilities. In fact, it is one of the parks on offer forRead More →