Information for the Soka Cherry Blossoms / The 35th annual Soka Cherry Blossom Festival. In both 2020 and 2021 the Soka Cherry Blossom Festival was cancelled on account of the pandemic. In 2022, it was on for the first time in three years, but without festival stalls. This year, 2023,Read More →
The Kasukabe Wisteria Festival was cancelled between 2020 and 2022. However, the Wisteria of Ushijima – Tokaen, which is just one location of the Kasukabe Wisteria Festival, was open to the public. And it is opening in 2023 too: from Saturday April 15th to Friday May 5th. Please note, itRead More →
Sakura Saku means ‘cherry blossoms bloom’ and it is the name of the Kasukabe Cherry Blossom Festival in 2023. It is an eight day long festival with many different parts, which I have tried to summarise below. Kasukabe Cherry Blossom Festival The 2023 Sakura Saku Kasukabe Cherry Blossom Festival isRead More →
The Hanyu Cherry Blossom Festival was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021 on account of the pandemic. They had a festival lite in 2022. In 2023, the 35th annual Hanyu Cherry blossom festival is more like a pre-pandemic year, with one main day of events and light up during theRead More →
Each year, in spring, the Dewa Community in Koshigaya host a popular tulip festival for just one day during the bloom of the tulips. The tulips are open to the public for viewing before the festival date. In 2023, the garden will open from Monday March 20th. Historically, the festivalRead More →
Information for a Lego Festival in select Lego stores in Saitama Prefecture in 2023. From public holiday Thursday February 23rd to Sunday February 26th four branches of the Lego Store in Saitama Prefecture are having a “Lego Festival” for children. In addition, a branch in Tsuchiura in Ibaraki and anotherRead More →
Koshigaya planned to have their plum blossom festival in 2023, for the first time in four years. But they have since decided to cancel it (mid February 2023), for the fourth year in a row! It is expected that it will be held the first weekend of March, but theyRead More →
The Steamed Bun Fair, or as the organizers call it in English – the Chinese Steamed Buns Expo – is back at Aeon Lake Town in Koshigaya for the first time in three years. In Japanese it is called 中華まん博覧会 ‘Chukaman Hakurankai’. Chukaman means Chinese Steamed Buns and Hakurankai meansRead More →
The Kasukabe Big Kite Festival is scheduled in 2023, for the first time in four years. The kite was actually flown last year, but only on one day and without spectators or the festival. They are currently inviting people aged between 16 and 60 years old to apply to participateRead More →
The Setsubun festival at Fudougaoka Fudouson Souganji Temple in Kazo is famous throughout Kanto and beyond. It is probably Saitama’s most famous setsubun-kai? So much so, champion sumo wrestlers, even yokozuna have participated in the mamemaki bean throwing in the past. It has the reputation of being one of theRead More →