The Ashigakubo Icicles in 2022. The icicles are open to the public from Saturday January 8th to bank holiday Wednesday February 23rd Sunday 27th 2022. There are years when the weather interferes! For example, in 2020, due to warmer than normal weather, the event ended up starting late and endingRead More →
Saitama Cherry Blossoms – Hanami and cherry blossom season 2022. At the time of updating this on January 13th 2022, the very first cherry blossom forecast has just been released at 11.08 this morning. Once again, the cherry blossoms were expected to be earlier blooming than an average year. InitiallyRead 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. In 2020,Read More →
Annual information for the Metsa Village Umbrella Sky “Forest and Lake and Umbrella“ aka Umbrella Sky Project / Umbrella Street, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The umbrella sky in Metsa* is one of the most famous and most popular summer events in Saitama Prefecture annually. To date, the event has gone aheadRead 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 2022 barbecue season at Kurakake will start on Tuesday March 1st. The season itself starts 11 days later on Saturday March 12th and will remainRead 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 →
‘Tanbo’ Art – art made from rice in a ‘tanbo’, the Japanese for rice paddy. A must see in summer in Saitama. There was no rice paddy art in 2020, but it has been back since 2021. The rice planting event – the preparation for the art – has beenRead More →
Please note that the life size Totoro and the House of Kurosuke have been closed to the public since the start of the pandemic. Furthermore, there is currently no plan to reopen it to the public in 2022. There are occasionally special events at the house, but you can’t takeRead 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 →