Konosu Summer Festival. A festival with more than a hundred years of history on one of Japan’s most famous trails – the Nakasendo. Twelve “mikoshi”, which are a palanquin or portable shrine, are carried 3 kilometers down a pedestrianized area near Konosu station. There is a children’s mikoshi event too. FeaturedRead More →
There is a lovely little Hina dolls display at Kakyu no Sato in Konosu. What encouraged me to go visit was seeing photos of the mask wearing hina on Instagram! However, it was a pleasant surprise to find several other cute and unique hina dolls. Kakyu no Sato Saitama PrefectureRead More →
Konosu Dolls’ Festival . Japan’s largest pyramid dolls display at “the surprising dolls festival” will not be on show in 2021. It will go ahead on the dates it was initially scheduled for: February 19th to March 6th in Elumi Mall in Konosu. When the State of Emergency was extended,Read More →
Cosmos Festival in Konosu The Cosmos Festival in Konosu normally takes place toward the end of October. However, this year – 2020 – on account of the Coronavirus outbreak the event has been cancelled. Official notification of cancellation here (click). Each year to mark the blooming of 12,000,000 cosmos in theRead More →
Update September 11th 2020: the 2020 Konosu fireworks have been postponed. The new date has not yet been decided. I will post it here and update this event post when the information becomes available. Update April 2020. Normally at this time of the year the Konosu fireworks committee start toRead More →
Kounosu Flower Festival – The poppy festival that is held annually in Konosu is quite well known, but they also have other flowers and flower events around the same time. Hence overall the festival is referred to as a flower festival, not just a poppy festival. Unfortunately, due to theRead More →
Railway Carriage Restaurant Mustard Seed, 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 and never got off! I have a fascination withRead More →
A selection of nine Cosmos fields in Saitama near both Tokyo and Gunma. Cosmos are known as autumn cherry blossoms in Japan. Even though there are actual autumn cherry blossom trees too! Last update October 8th 2020. On account of the Coronavirus there are no flower festivals this year. However,Read More →
Gallery Cafe Stork ~ a gallery cafe, artisan cafe, garden cafe, jazz cafe and cafe extraordinaire all rolled in to one in Konosu City, Saitama! All in a name! Gallery Cafe Stork is not just some random name. It was carefully thought of by the owner and master of thisRead More →
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 larger Kounosu Flower festival with open gardens. The poppy festival usually occurs from the middle of May until the end of the month. ThisRead More →