Kawagoe Styrofoam Art 2019
Kawagoe Styrofoam Art – In 2015 I wrote a popular post about the styrofoam art displays by Yajima Kimio in Kawagoe. Mr Yajima has continued to make incredible art from… Read more »
Tag: something different
Saitama Norin Park | FUKAYA
Saitama Norin Park is a prefectural agriculture and forestry park in Fukaya City. There is quite a lot to do at Saitama Norin, if you’ve planned in advance and booked… Read more »
Ryusei (Rocket) Festival | CHICHIBU
Chichibu Rocket Festival / Ryusei Matsuri The Chichibu Rocket Festival is most commonly referred to by its Japanese name “Ryusei Matsuri” even in English, possibly due to the uniqueness of… Read more »
Chic Cafe with garden and kids glamping play area | HIGASHIMATSUYAMA
Kids Glamping Play Area and garden with swing and trampoline opens in chic “The Garden Cafe” in The Garden Hotel Shiunkaku Higashimatsuyama. An advertisement in this month’s Moteco piqued my… Read more »
Meiji Chocolate Factory Tour | SAKADO
Meiji Chocolate Factory Tour in Sakado. This post contains Amazon Affiliate Links indicated by **. Meiji have seven factories with a free guided tour in the whole of Japan. We… Read more »
Visiting Totoro at the house of Kurosuke | TOKOROZAWA
Seen as today is the 10 year anniversary of Saitama With Kids, I wanted to get at least one post out of the dozens of unpublished drafts! Visiting Kurosuke’s House… Read more »
Perfect for the rainy season; baths and play area in You Park | OGOSE
Like so many places in Japan, You Park Ogose goes by many names, “Little Indian Village”, “Ogose Fureai Center” and “Yu Park” (or Yuu Park) have been the most commonly… Read more »
New quirky and trendy cafe “Puisto” in Moomin Valley | HANNO
Cafe Puisto in Tove Jansson’s Akebono Children’s Forest Park, aka Moomin Valley, which will continue to be the free part of the Metsa Moomin Theme Park opening sometime in the… Read more »
Fukaya Flower Festival and Open Garden | FUKAYA
The Fukaya flower has been running for fifteen years. The flower and open garden festival is held in many different locations throughout Fukaya and each location has different events planned…. Read more »
Environmental School and Storyteller Museum, Santome Part 3 | MIYOSHI
This is the third part of a four part series about the rather unusual and entertaining Santome Village (Santome Community) in Miyoshi Town, Saitama. In this segment, I introduce the… Read more »