Each year in summer Okamoto daylily garden in Ogawa opens to the public for about two weeks. However, between 2020 and 2022 they didn’t open due to the pandemic. But this year, they are open again for the first time in four years. Daylily Garden Ogawa Daylilies grow in SaitamaRead More →
When you think of Saitama’s famous shaved ice cafes, where comes to mind? For me, Azami Reizo, Kore ga kakigori, Craft Cafe and Yamadaya are the first that come to mind. We’ve been to three out of four and so far, and for us personally, Yamadaya is our top pick.Read More →
Each year in June, Ranzan town host a lavender festival at Sennen no Sono lavender field. Sennen no Sono was, for one year in 2019, the largest lavender field in all of Japan! They may have downsized it, but with 22,000 lavender over 6.5 hectares it is still a formidableRead More →
Information for the 2023 Tokigawa Iris Festival in Saitama, Japan. Tokigawa Iris Festival The Tokigawa Iris Festival is held at the Tokigawa Iris Garden, a relatively small iris garden with about 5,000 iris. The iris bloom around the first three weeks in June. As of May 28th 2023, some ofRead More →
Information for the newest large scale Bandai Official Gashapon opening in Japan in summer 2023. Gashapon Bandai Offical Kawajima Branch A Gashapon, also known as Gachapon, is a vending machine dispensed capsule toy. The term refers to both the machine and the capsule it dispenses with a miniature toy orRead More →
Last night I happened to see a tweet from Ranzan Town for this beautiful poppy field. It was really lucky I came upon it, as I am least active on my Twitter of all the ‘In Saitama’ social media accounts. Furthermore, it was at a time of the night thatRead More →
“Outdoor Park” is a Bi-annual event at Shinrin Park (officially Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park) in Namegawa town. Every year Shinrin park hold two “Outdoor Park” events: one in Autumn and one in Spring. The autumn event used to be the main one with lots of stage performances and specialRead More →
This post contains information for the early blooming tulips and other flowers that bloom in March in Shinrin Park, Saitama’s largest park in Namegawa Town. Early blooming tulips Shinrin Park, aka Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park, have a beautiful display of early blooming tulips again this year. In 2022, theyRead More →
According to Saitama Prefecture, Yoshimi town is Saitama’s number one strawberry town. There are plenty of strawberry picking farms in Yoshimi and even their roadside station, Ichigo no Sato, is named after the strawberry. Even the town mascot is a strawberry! So to celebrate 50 years of Yoshimi as aRead More →
I’ve shared several off the beaten path cherry blossom spots in Kawajima over the years, but now to one that is somewhat famous! Not Omiya Park famous, not even Yoshimi Sakura Tsutsumi famous, but known enough that this spot always has people at it. Despite not having any sort ofRead More →