Togo Park is renowned for being one of the best places for autumn leaf colors, particularly maple, in Saitama Prefecture. There are approximately 1000 maple trees at Togo Park. Each year, during the season, there is a Maple Festival in the park. Togo Park (Tōgō Park) Maple Festival In autumn,Read More →
Torii Kannon is one of the most famous fall foliage spots in Saitama Prefecture. Moreover, it is also one of the official top 100 tourist attractions of Saitama Prefecture. The leaves at the kannon usually start to change around mid October, but lucky for us, they are late this year.Read More →
Hidaka City invites citizens to ‘create a new beginning together’ at the 32nd annual Hidaka festival this year. The statement is in recognition of how much the pandemic influenced all our lives and how we lived without festivals, fireworks or events for three years. In a bid to rekindle theRead More →
Information for the annual Winter Wonderland at Moominvalley Park in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture. The highlight of this winter event is the illumination which recreates the Northern Lights of Finland. They will also have mini fireworks on select dates… In 2018 when Metsa Village was only newly opened it created aRead More →
Iruma Mando Festival – Mando or Mandou 万燈 means 10,000 lights and is a type of Japanese lantern. For this, the biggest annual festival held in Iruma, the festival field is decorated with Mandou (pictured). There are a huge amount of events you can enjoy from traditional floats and music to modernRead More →
Moominvalley Park Harvest 2023 in the Moomin theme park at Metsa, Hanno, Saitama. This year the theme is ‘apples’. Moominvalley Park Harvest 2023 The Harvest event at Moominvalley Park was started during the pandemic, in the autumn of 2020. I donned it a balloon sky, as the Harvest displays areRead More →
Kinchakuda is synonymous with “manjushage” red spider lilies in Saitama. Furthermore, it is the most famous of the three red spider lily festivals of Saitama. Moreover, the carpet of spiny red flowers is one of the most famous autumn scenes in all of Japan. There are also several other notableRead More →
Iruma Air Base Summer Evening Festival (Iruma Nouryou Festival) with fireworks, for the first time in four years. Iruma Air Base Fireworks 2023 Each year, bar during the pandemic, the Iruma Air Base opens the gates to the public for a handful of community events! Such as this Summer EveningRead More →
Hanno City have confirmed the summer festival will be on in 2023. However, apart from the date, they have yet to provision any further details. The Hanno City website just gives the dates and times and says to check the Hanno Tourism website for further details. However, as of JulyRead More →
Japan’s largest Umbrella Sky / Street in Moominvalley Park, Saitama (near Tokyo), Japan. Japan’s largest umbrella sky / street The official name of this popular event at Moominvalley Park in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture, is Moominvalley and Umbrella¹. It started in 2019 in the free area of the Finnish themed village²Read More →