The Okegawa Gion Festival has been celebrated for the last 280 years. Okegawa city is not a particularly famous or popular city in contemporary society, but once upon a time it was a key commercial hub along the Nakasendo Path. The Nakasendo Road was like a highway that connected KyotoRead More →
Information for the Spring flowers and tulip festival at the flower oasis “Hana no Oasis” in Konosu. Hana no Oasis, Konosu Hana no Oasis is a community garden. Moreover, according to the prefecture it is the birthplace of flower production in Konosu City. It is located in a rural areaRead More →
Jougaya Embankment Cherry Blossom Bank (Jougaya Tsutsumi Sakura Dote in Japanese), Kitamoto City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Update March 2021: the cherry blossoms started to open on the Vernal Equinox, Saturday March 20th. Moreover, this year they have put up the festival lanterns and there are some food vans on site.Read More →
Arakawa Tarouemon and Honda Airport ~ In the midst of Covid-19 there are few places that feel safe. Indoors is definitely off the table. And this past week we’ve learned that the numbers of people in parks and cherry blossom locations also pose a risk. Even if those type ofRead More →
Mustard Seed is an old train carriage converted into a railway restaurant in Gyoda City, Saitama Prefecture. I didn’t have an opinion on trains one way or another until I came to Japan. But, as happens to so many after spending sometime in Japan, I jumped on the train-loving-train andRead More →
If you are looking for something unique to Japan to enjoy this November, check out the Kitamoto Neputa Festival in Kitamoto City, Saitama Prefecture, close to Tokyo… Kitamoto Neputa Festival Festival Report 2019 History In 1991 a team of Kitamoto city officials visited Hirosaki in Aomori, the home of Neputa,Read More →
A selection of five Instagrammable Cosmos fields in Saitama near Tokyo. You will also find bonus information for another five cosmos fields, for a total of ten cosmos viewing locations in Saitama, just North of Tokyo. Cosmos Saitama Cosmos are known as autumn cherry blossoms in Japan. Even though thereRead More →
Gallery Cafe Stork / Stork Cafe ~ a gallery cafe, artisan cafe, garden cafe, jazz cafe and cafe extraordinaire all rolled in to one in Konosu City, Saitama! Art, Artisans, Banter, Cafe, Flowers, Fresh food, Gallery, Garden, Home and handmade, Jazz, Live Mic, Live Music, Pop up shop / space,Read More →
Details for the Konosu Poppy Festival in 2022. Poppies and – new in 2021 – Baby Blue Eyes at Japan’s largest poppy field. Kounosu Poppy Festival is an annual event held in May in the Poppy Happy Square – Kōnosu City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is part of a largerRead More →
The Kitamoto city office is a modern building that houses lots of practical services in the one facility. It makes so much sense, but it is actually quite rare for a municipality to offer a cluster of public services in the same area. I get why they disperse them, thereRead More →