I share the round up of events each month on a fixed post, but some months have an event round up post of their own. This is because some months of the year have way more events than the rest of the year, like October. July and August are anotherRead More →
The Iwatsuki Night Market is on again this year. The official name is Iwatsuki Midsummer Night Market. Although, the temperatures are almost as hot as summer, the summer season is officially over! The reason they use ‘midsummer’ is sort of like a good luck charm. They had the event inRead More →
Information for the 37rd annual Kuki Citizens Festival. There are quite a few events on in Kuki City in the month of October each year. The Citizen’s festival is popular with the locals. Generally it is on in the middle of October. Some of the highlights of the festival includeRead More →
The Urawa Misono Festival¹ and fireworks were on in 2022 for the first time in three years. They are scheduled for 2023 also. The day time event is a railway festival, held in and around Urawa Misono Station. Who doesn’t love a railway festival!? Moreover, at night fireworks are launchedRead More →
Waranchu Festival, or Warafes for short, is fast becoming one of the three big events in Warabi annually. It is a relatively new festival, with this year being the fifth year, held in Warabi City Park. It would have been the 7th annual occurrence if it wasn’t for the pandemic!Read More →
The Kawagoe Festival is one of the largest and best Autumn Festivals in all of Japan. Moreover, the festival is an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Japan. In addition, the Yama, Hoko, Yatai float festivals are an UNESCO cultural heritage. The festival started at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine in 1648 afterRead More →
The Soka Yosakoi and Samba Festival Soka is back in 2023. However, this year it will be on in Autumn, not summer. A much better time for it in my personal opinion. I don’t know how those dancers normally survive a day of dancing in elaborate costumes in the heatRead More →
Cosmos and fireworks, say no more! 2023 information. Cosmos Fireworks The former Okabe town, which is now part of Fukaya City, is renowned for its cosmos fireworks. Thankfully both the fireworks and the festival came back in 2022, for the first time in three years, and are already scheduled forRead More →
Celebrating 50 years of diplomatic ties between Japan and Vietnam, Saitama Super Arena will host a Vietnam festival “Hello Saitama” in early September 2023. This type of a festival is a first for Saitama Prefecture. It is sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Given that Saitama has oneRead More →
Information for the 62nd annual Yorii Hojo festival; reenacting a famous samurai battle. The hugely famous Yorii Hojo Festival was actually on in 2022. But, it was a very hush hush affair with nothing publicized online in advance of the festival. On the day of the festival there was aRead More →