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Iruma District

Not to be confused with Iruma City, the Iruma district is entirely separate and includes the towns of Miyoshi, Moroyama and Ogose

Izumo Iwai Shrine, the Yabusame shrine in Moroyama

2022-01-07
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2022-01-07
In: Autumn in Saitama, Events, SHRINES & TEMPLES, Things to see in Saitama
With: 1 Comment

Izumo Iwai Shrine, the Yabusame shrine, in Moroyama town in the Iruma-gun of Saitama Prefecture. Following on from yesterday’s post about the horse blessing temple, today a shrine known for its horse back archery! Moroyama Town is known as the yabusame town thanks to the yabusame that is performed atRead More →

Lake Kamakita

Lake Kamakita, a fallen from grace autumn leaves spot in Saitama

2021-11-12
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2021-11-12
In: Autumn in Saitama, Things to see in Saitama
With: 2 Comments

Once upon a time, Lake Kamakita drew hundreds of visitors each year for its autumn colors. It was one of Saitama’s most famous autumn leaves spot. However, over the years the area became very dilapidated. It still is. Most of the buildings around the lake have fallen to ruin, includingRead More →

O park Ogose Satoyama Sky Lantern Night

O Park Ogose Satoyama Sky Lantern Night 2021

2021-11-10
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2021-11-10
In: Events, Outdoors in Saitama, Winter in Saitama
With: 1 Comment

The O park Bio Resort and Hotel will have their annual sky lantern event again this December, 2021. The full name of the event is “Satoyama Sky Lantern Night”. However, it is only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Also, please note that there is a charge of 2000 yenRead More →

Takinoiri Rose Garden Moroyama Town Iruma County

Beautiful Takinoiri Rose Garden and the Yuzu Walkway

2021-05-24
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2021-05-24
In: Autumn in Saitama, In Season Now, Spring in Saitama, Things to see in Saitama
With: 1 Comment

Takinoiri is a countryside area in Moroyama Town in the Iruma-gun of Saitama Prefecture. This remote rural scenic town is only about an hour from North West Tokyo by car. Unfortunately, by public transport it is a little trickier to get to and takes considerably longer. However, if you wantRead More →

Ajisai Kaido Hydrangea Road or Way in Ogose Town Saitama Prefecture

Ogose Hydrangea Road and Mt Ajisai

2021-05-14
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2021-05-14
In: Summer in Saitama, Things to do in Saitama
With: 1 Comment

Did you know that Ogose has both an Hydrangea Road and hydrangea mountain!? Before you get too excited, unfortunately there is a bit of a tale of woe to divulge first…. Ogose Hydrangea The Ajisai-kaido (hydrangea road or hydrangea way) and Ajisaiyama (Mt Ajisai, ajisai is the Japanese for hydrangea)Read More →

Yamabuki no Sato Ogose

Yamabuki no Sato Historical Park

2021-01-06
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2021-01-06
In: Outdoors in Saitama, Spring in Saitama, Things to see in Saitama
With: 3 Comments

The Yamabuki no Sato Historical Park: One of the few Yamabuki (yellow rose) flower spots, and the most famous for Kerria Japonica, in the Kanto plain. Yamabuki Yamabuki are a beautiful vivid yellow flower. The flower is often referred to as a yellow rose as the genus is in theRead More →

strawberry garden

Strawberry Garden Moroyama

2020-10-09
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2020-10-09
In: Eat in Saitama, Things to do in Saitama
With: 2 Comments

Strawberry Garden is the all-year-round strawberry and baum kuchen cafe of Moroyama’s famous strawberry farms Ichigo no Sato. It is in the Nishiokubo area of Moroyama where they also have a strawberry picking greenhouses. It is right on the border of Sakado. They also have a greenhouse for picking inRead More →

river play Ogose

Off the beaten path river play and BBQ spot in Ogose

2020-08-16
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2020-08-16
In: Cherry blossoms, Spring in Saitama, Summer in Saitama
With: 2 Comments

A Little known river play spot, where you can also barbecue, along the Oppe River at Daima Nozon Hiroba in Ogose. River play / BBQ Ogose Given the year that’s in it, we’ve been spending a lot of our time “off the beaten path”. On our spring adventures this yearRead More →

Sakuranoyama Park

Sakuranoyama Park in Ogose Town

2020-06-01
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2020-06-01
In: Cherry blossoms, Spring in Saitama, Things to see in Saitama
With: 1 Comment

Sakuranoyama Park is located in Ogose Town, Saitama, Japan. It is a small park, but very picturesque in spring. As you can probably guess, it is thanks to the eponymous cherry blossoms (sakura) of the park. And as the name also suggests it is a mountainside (yama) park. The parkRead More →

Stairs to the tomb of the unknown soldiers of the world

Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers on Taikanzan

2020-05-31
By: Lynda (Elle)
On: 2020-05-31
In: Things to see in Saitama, Winter in Saitama
With: 0 Comments

Ogose town is full of surprises. This year we have visited the town several times and unearthed lots of hidden treasures. Such as the purple mountain, the crying dam, Cafe St Gallen (Kuroyama Kosenkan) to name but a few. Last year, when visiting Godaison, one of Ogose’s better known attractions,Read More →

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