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Toda | Warabi | Kawaguchi

Posts pertaining to the cities of Toda, Warabi and Kawaguchi

Toda Furusato Festival

Back in 2022 after 3 years, the Toda Furusato Festival

2022-08-02
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2022-08-02
In: Current OR Upcoming Events, Summer in Saitama
With: 0 Comments

The Toda Furusato Festival has not been on for the last three years, due to the pandemic. However, they did have an online event last year instead (it was completely cancelled in 2020). But this year, 2022, it is scheduled to take place at-venue again, on Saturday August 20th andRead More →

Omiya East Festival

Tatara Festival scheduled in 2022

2022-07-31
By: L M N
On: 2022-07-31
In: Current OR Upcoming Events, Summer in Saitama
With: 0 Comments

The Tatara festival is the largest annual festival in Kawaguchi with over 160 stalls and approximately 150,000 people attending. In 2019 three major changes were made to the festival. They are outlined below. At the time of announcing the 2019 changes, the organizers stated there will be no Tatara FestivalRead More →

Kawaguchi illumination 2021 2022

Kawaguchi Illumination Fantasy Lights 2021 / 2022

2021-11-19
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2021-11-19
In: Night Illumination, Winter in Saitama
With: 0 Comments

Kawaguchi Illumination かわぐち光のファンタジー 2021 / 2022. Kawaguchi city confirmed that the 2021 / 22 Kawaguchi Illumination will go ahead. Last year, they didn’t have the usual switch on event on account of the coronavirus. However, they are currently planning to have a switch on event on the first night ofRead More →

Warabi Hata Festival schedule 2022

The 70th annual Warabi Hata Festival in celebration of Tanabata

2021-07-31
By: L M N
On: 2021-07-31
In: Summer in Saitama
With: 1 Comment

The Warabi Hata festival is an annual festival in celebration of the star festival, or “tanabata” as it is called in Japanese. The main date of the festival is usually on a Sunday closest to the Tanabata aka Star Festival. This year the festival falls on a weekend, so theyRead More →

under the water in pool Ogose

Toda Summer Pool at Kodomo No Kuni Cancelled in 2021

2020-06-12
By: L M N
On: 2020-06-12
In: Things to do in Saitama
With: 0 Comments

Unfortunately due to the Coronavirus outbreak the pools did not open in 2020. And they have confirmed that they will not open in 2021 either. Toda Summer Pool for kids at Kodomo No Kuni. Kodomo no Kuni is the name of the Children’s Center in Toda city, Saitama. Among theirRead More →

New Year Races 2020

New Year Races

2020-01-02
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2020-01-02
In: Things to do in Saitama, Winter in Saitama
With: 0 Comments

New Year Races – It is very common in my homeland of Ireland, for people to attend horse races during the winter holidays. Around where I lived it is the Leopardstown Races on St Stephen’s Day. Here in Japan, Christmas is not a main event, but New Years is like ourRead More →

Kawaguchi Skip City Visual Museum

Skip City Visual Museum | KAWAGUCHI

2017-09-24
By: L M N
On: 2017-09-24
In: In Season Now, Learn in Saitama
With: 6 Comments

Kawaguchi, Saitama.  A national holiday that falls on a Saturday usually equates full car parking lots, queues for entry, crowds and general pandemonium. So when we arrived at Skip City without encountering a traffic jam, secured a parking spot in a half empty parking lot, with no entry queues norRead More →

Generic fireworks photo for Kumagaya fireworks event information

Todabashi Fireworks (Itabashi Fireworks) cancelled in 2022

2017-08-02
By: L M N
On: 2017-08-02
In: Summer in Saitama
With: 0 Comments

Todabashi fireworks are one of the biggest in Saitama. What makes them particularly special is that they are run in conjunction with Itabashi fireworks. The Itabashi fireworks launch the same night on the far side of the Arakawa River in Tokyo. Todabashi fireworks during the pandemic In 2020 they wereRead More →

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