A small but beautiful display of Kawazu zakura cherry blossoms in Ageo City Kawazu Zakura Ageo There are dozens of places to see kawazu zakura around the Kanto plain. But in Saitama as far as I know we don’t have that many large displays. The largest is possibly the 2.5Read More →
On the Kitamoto stretch of the former Kamakura Kaido, there are several shrines and temples. Each of them has something very interesting about them. And most of them are quite photogenic. Perhaps the best known of them is the Takao Hikawa Shrine. It is famous for having Japan’s largest “omikuji”.Read More →
Once again it paid to get lost! On my way home from Adomani Cafe March 4th 2021 I took the wrong turn. Thankfully I had a rough idea of where I was and when I took another turn to get back on the right track I came across some ofRead More →
Al fresco dining, outdoor seating, in Saitama Prefecture, at Adomani Cafe in Konosu With the Coronavirus still in our midst, I’ve never been so interested in “al fresco dining”. Amazingly, it is not as popular in Japan as you would expect. Therefore, it is quite hard to find a goodRead More →
Kakyu no Sato is a rose garden in the doll town of Konosu. Each year they have an Hina Dolls display, made extra special during the pandemic as even the dolls got with the mask wearing directive in Japan! I went out of my way to visit to add toRead More →
English information for カフェN36° Café N36° Café N36° (カフェN36°) is a cafe with a dog run in Okegawa City, Saitama Prefecture. But rather than being ‘a cafe with a dog run’, it feels more like a dog run with a cafe! The cafe was doing a roaring trade today, despiteRead More →
Initially I had information for Tokushoji tucked away as bonus content in the Enomoto Farm post. However, I have since visited the temple a couple of times and accumulated dozens of photos! Moreover, the floral fonts the temple added in 2021 have attracted more interest in the temple. Hence, itRead More →
The Okegawa Flight School Peace Memorial Hall is reopening on Tuesday August 4th 2020 from 1 pm. Five of the buildings at the site were designated cultural assets of Okegawa City in 2016. At that time they decided to carry out some restoration work to improve the appeal of theRead More →
Information for the seasonal blooms and new Roadside Station at Rakusato no Kai, an off the beaten path spot in Okegawa. Sometimes it pays to get lost. I was attempting to go to one of the three safflower fields in Okegawa today. The safflower were nowhere in sight and IRead More →
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 →