The Ashigakubo Icicles in 2022. The icicles are generally open to the public from the first week in January to the last week in February. Yokoze town generally release the expected dates around mid December. All things equal, they will probably be open to the public from around January 8thRead More →
Saitama Cherry Blossoms – Hanami and cherry blossom season 2021. At the time of writing this in October 2020, Japan were aiming to reopen the country to international tourists from April 2021*. It is now March and unfortunately this will not happen. It would have been nice to have beenRead More →
A floor by floor guide of the Kadokawa Musashino Museum, also known as the Kadokawa Culture Museum or Kadcul for short. Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture. The Kadokawa Musashino Museum is a fusion of museum, art gallery, culture and library. It opened on August 1st 2020. The museum is from oneRead More →
This is one post I am particularly happy to be bringing you! We have been trying to stay at Kinomura Camp in Tokigawa for the last five years. However, as it is extremely popular we have never been able to secure a booking for a date we wanted. This year,Read More →
Metsa Village Umbrella Sky “Forest and Lake and Umbrella“ We visited the Forest and Lake and Umbrella Metsa Umbrella Sky Project in the summer of 2019. And we weren’t disappointed. Its coming back this year, 2020, even bigger and for longer than last year. (There are some really big changesRead More →
Kurakake Clear Stream Village: River BBQ and water play at Kurakake barbecue site in Higashimatsuyama, commutable from Tokyo on a day trip. Booking for the 2021 barbecue season at Kurakake is now open temporarily closed. They opened the booking on March 1st and then closed it due to prefectural directives.Read More →
Meiji Chocolate Factory Tour in Sakado, Saitama Prefecture – commutable from Tokyo. Meiji have seven factories with a free guided tour in the whole of Japan. We are lucky here in Saitama, that not only do we have one, but we have one of the chocolate and snack ones! AndRead More →
There was no rice paddy art in 2020, but it is back in 2021. The rice planting event – the preparation for the art – has been scheduled to take place in the middle of June. Moreover the 2021 image has been decided – a beautiful depiction of some ofRead More →
Information for the Kurosuke House, with lifesize Totoro, located in the Totoro Forest of the Totoro Foundation. In Sayama Hills, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.Read More →
Nestled in the lush woods near the top of the 291 meter high Sengenyama, is the entrance to Saitama’s longest roller slide. The roller slide in Miharashi no Oka Park in the washi paper making town of Ogawa is 203 meters long. Moreover, if you can manage to slow yourselfRead More →