For years, the illumination display in Seibuen, an amusement park on the cusp of Tokyo, was Saitama’s largest illumination display. Furthermore, it was one of the largest in all of Kanto, aka the Greater Tokyo area. It came back last year, but for a shorter period than before the pandemicRead More →
Information for the next exhibition at Kadokawa Culture Museum; Dengeki Bunko 30th Anniversary Exhibition. A special Dengeki Bunko exhibition will start on Saturday at the Kadokawa Culture Museum in Tokorozawa Sakura Town. The exhibition will feature a special gallery of illustrations. In addition, they will also have autograph sessions withRead More →
Miyoshi Festival and fireworks – I haven’t been in many years, but for a number of years in a row we attended this local festival in Miyoshi town beside Tokorozawa. One of the reasons I liked this particular festival is because it is at the start of September when theRead More →
Until the World Baseball Classic this year, I really had very little interest in baseball. Despite that, since moving to Saitama I have always had a very good impression of Saitama’s Seibu Lions baseball team. Even more so since my kids started school and every now and then they receiveRead More →
Seibuen Yuenchi Amusement Park have confirmed that their pools will open again in 2023. They will open daily, weather permitting, from mid July to early September. Seibuen is one of only a handful of pools or aqua parks that never closed during the pandemic. They did have restrictions though. Moreover,Read More →
There are a huge number of festivals and events on this July, and indeed this summer, in Saitama Prefecture. Below you will find a round up of those events for the Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Umi no Hi (Marine day) public holiday in July. Marine Day falls on Monday JulyRead More →
The Seibuen Yuenchi (Seibuen Amusement park) fireworks are on again in 2023. They were one of only a few places that had fireworks in 2022. Moreover, until 2018, before the pandemic and the amusement park’s renovations, they were one of the most popular summer fireworks in Saitama annually. They alsoRead More →
Information for the next exhibition, Unveiling Tutankhamen: The Pharaoh’s Timeless Adolescence, at the grand gallery of the Kadokawa Musashino Museum. Kadokawa Musashino Museum is also known as Kadokawa Culture Museum or Kadcul for short. The grand gallery is on the 1st (ground) floor of the Kadokawa Culture Museum in TokorozawaRead More →
June is blueberry season in Japan. Sayama Berryland is one of the largest berry picking farms in the Kanto Region (aka Greater Tokyo area). Sayama Berryland is quite well known in the expat and long term resident community. However, if you are a tourist or on a short term workRead More →
Information for the Mysterious Mystery exhibition at the Edit and Art Gallery in the Kadokawa Musashino Museum¹, in Tokorozawa Sakura Town, in Summer 2023. Like all exhibitions at Kadokawa Museum, they recommend that you purchase a ticket in advance, particularly for a weekend. Mysterious Mystery Exhibition A three dimensional textbookRead More →