Information for the 10th annual Kasukabe Yusuzumi Festa at Koenbashi in Kasukabe City, the home of Crayon Shinchan! Yusuzumi is generally translated as “cool evening”. But for the record, it probably won’t be very cool at this summer festival at all! However, as the venue is by the river itRead More →
Approximately 24,000 sunflowers grow at Ushijima Furukawa Park, specifically the area of the park called “phase II” close to the children’s center “Angel Dome”. Ushijima Sunflowers The sunflowers typically bloom the first two weeks in August. In 2021, the sunflowers were declared open on July 28th. Update August 3rd –Read More →
Normally, pre-pandemic, Satte Summer Festival is a four day annual affair every July. However, it has been cancelled for the last two years due to you know what! But it is scheduled for 2022. However, it will be very different than an “usual” year. For one, this year it isRead More →
Tobu Super Pool is one of the many offerings of what is officially called the Tobu Hybrid Park, but most commonly referred to as Tobu Zoo park. The pools are officially located in Shiraoka City, but as the vast majority of the Tobu Zoo park is in Miyashiro City theyRead More →
Furutone Gawa (Furotone River) Floating Lantern Festival – was scheduled to take place in 2020 at the earlier dates of July 4th and 5th due to the Olympics. (Its normally held in early August). However, due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the festival was ultimately cancelled, just days before it wasRead More →
Third times a charm! Finally, the Hasuda Sunflowers are coming back in 2022. In both 2021 and 2020 they planted the sunflowers in the hope of opening to the public, but both times they had to cancel the festival due to the pandemic. However, the fields did actually open, lastRead More →
2022 information for the Hydrangea Festival at Satte Gongendo Park. Since the dawn of Instagram Satte Gongendo Park has become one of the most famous and popular places to see hydrangea flowers not just in Saitama Prefecture, but in the Greater Tokyo Area. Before the pandemic their hydrangea festival wasRead More →
The Kazo Citizen’s Peace (Heiwa) Festival is held on May 3rd annually. May 3rd is a national public holiday that falls during Golden Week. The festival is a type of spring festival, but the highlight is the jumbo carp streamer. It is the world’s longest carp shaped windsock. The carpRead More →
The Kasukabe Wisteria Festival was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021. However, the Wisteria of Ushijima – Tokaen, which is just one location of the Kasukabe Wisteria Festival, was open to the public. It is opening in 2022 too: from April 11th to May 5th. Update May 2nd 2022: TokaenRead More →
Hanyu, Mascot Setsubun – a setsubun celebration where mascots throw the beans instead of demons or honored guests. Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. Mascot Setsubun I love finding events like this setsubun with a twist in Hanyu. In most setsubun bean throwing ceremonies around Japan, either honored guests andRead More →