Normally, one of the earliest parks to open their outdoor pools for the summer season is Numakage Park in Urawa, Saitama. However, in both 2020 and 2021 they announced early on that they would not open the pools due to the pandemic. Also, in 2021 they did some work onRead More →
Summer in Saitama 2022 – In 2020 and 2021 summer was quite different to life before the pandemic. And although we are still in the shadow of the pandemic in 2022, life does feel somewhat more ‘normal’ than the past two years. For example, several water play areas and poolsRead More →
Tobu Super Pool is one of the many offerings of what is officially called the Tobu Hybrid Park, but most commonly referred to as Tobu Zoo park. The pools are officially located in Shiraoka City, but as the vast majority of the Tobu Zoo park is in Miyashiro City theyRead More →
The summer pools / aqua park at New Sunpia Hotel and Resort in Ogose is one of the most popular in all of the prefecture. In fact, Walkerplus, has given them a coveted “Walker Award” in 2022, naming them as thee most popular summer pools in all of Japan. DespiteRead More →
Kawagoe Aquatic / Aqua Park aka Kawagoe Suijo Kouen, or Kawagoe Water Park, is one of the bigger and most popular summer pools in Saitama. In 2022, Walker have listed it as the 5th most popular aqua park in all of Japan. In addition, now that several pools have closedRead More →
Seibuen Yuenchi Amusement Park have confirmed that their pools will open in 2022. They will open daily, weather permitting, from Friday July 15th to Sunday September 4th in 2022. In both 2020 and 2021 Seibu Yuenchi was one of only a handful of pools that opened. This year more, butRead More →
Saitama Summer Pools 2022 – where is open and where is not. Plus a map of Saitama’s outdoor seasonal pools. The information is accurate, to the best of my knowledge, as of the last update on July 2nd 2022. However, all seasonal events and facilities can and have been influencedRead More →
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 →
For the first time in three years, the Shirakobato summer pools will open in 2022. So long as there is not a State of Emergency! They planned to open in 2021 too, but just before the opening date, the prefecture announced a State of Emergency and the pools never didRead More →
The Hanasaki Summer Pools, aka water or aqua park, are as family and child friendly as the park they are in: Kazo Hanasaki Park. Hanasaki Aqua park is one of the three remaining prefectural pools. Unfortunately, the main Saitama Prefectural Pool in Ageo closed permanently in 2021. The pools inRead More →