In 2024, Higashimatsuyama very quietly had a fabulous umbrella sky. In a sports park that was mainly used by sporty people before the umbrella sky eventually went viral in 2025. In 2024, by the time I saw the umbrella sky, thanks to my son’s soccer, it was in its lastRead More →
Information for the annual Takino Castle Samurai Festival in Tokorozawa City. Officially it is called the Sengoku Takino Festival. This will be the 15th anniversary of the festival. I had planned to go in 2020. But then you know what happened. And I have yet to get the chance toRead More →
Koaze Waterfowl Hometown Park is a small park, on the outskirts of Kawagoe, mostly popular with bird watchers. But in spring each year, the park is stunning when the yaezakura and somei yoshino bloom together. Moreover, it is located beside a riverside walk, where there are more beautiful, mature cherryRead More →
The Konosu Cherry Blossom Festival is made up of three locations. Without a doubt, the Fukiage venue is the best known. Followed by Konosu Park. The Kawasato venue is at Akagi Park, which is quite frankly a nothing-park when the 80 mature cherry blossoms aren’t in bloom. It is mostlyRead More →
On March 19th 2026 Omiya Park announced that the cherry blossoms are blooming now. Later that same day they officially declared the session “open”. In addition, they have set the dates for the 2026 festival, to start from Friday March 27th 2026. Omiya Park is a popular spot for locals,Read More →
Minoyama Park straddles both Minano and Chichibu cities with 41 hectares of sprawling nature. Furthermore, it is just one part of the larger Prefectural Nature Park. Moreover, the park is located on a 581 meter high ridge which affords magnificent panorama views. The park has become increasingly well known forRead More →
In recent years, there is a cherry blossom festival at Irumagawa NicoNico Terrace in Sayama City. They usually light up the cherry blossoms at night too. They lend out picnic blankets for free on the four days of the festival, subject to availability, so you can enjoy hanami with littleRead More →
The former Shimozato (Shimosato) Elementary School in Ogawa Town, also known as the Ashigaoka School from the anime Non Non Biyori. A popular spot for cherry blossoms and one of the few places you can see sunflowers in the month of June (most places its July to September). Moreover, eachRead More →
Spectacular views at Kodama Senbonzakura Park where approximately 1100 cherry blossoms line the Koyama River for an (approximate) five kilometer stretch. Information for the 2026 cherry blossom festival (sakura matsuri) as well as the ‘yozakura’, cherry blossom light up, is contained in this post too. Kodama Senbonzakura Park Senbonzakura meansRead More →
Cherry blossom trees line a section of approximately two kilometers on the Motoarakawa river embankment in Kita Koshigaya. From Kita Koshigaya 5th Park to the Tobu Skytree Line viaduct. There are approximately 300 ~ 320 Somei Yoshino cherry trees, which offer a spectacular view when in bloom. Before the pandemicRead More →