Information for the third annual winter illumination display, “Green Circus”, at Tokorozawa Sakura Town. Tokorozawa Sakura Town Tokorozawa Sakura Town has shops, restaurants, museums, a factory, offices, a public open space, event space, a shrine and even a hotel. An anime hotel at that. A summary of what’s available: IlluminationRead More →
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 has been gravely missed since its cessation in 2020 due to renovations inRead More →
Information for the 43rd annual Tokorozawa Citizens Festival, a large and popular festival, at Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial park, near Tokyo. First up, an apology to my Facebook followers for posting that the Tokorozawa Citizens Festival was on last weekend! Thankfully, I had posted the poster for the festival so itRead More →
Tokorozawa are planning to hold the much loved Tokorozawa Festival in 2022, for the first time in four years. In 2019 they cancelled the festival last minute on account of typhoon Hagibis. In 2020 they cancelled the event early on in anticipation of a second or third wave of theRead More →
Grape picking at Tokorozawa Vineyard annually from early August to mid September. The start date of the 2022 season is Saturday August 6th. They hope to remain open until mid September. They ask customers to maintain social distancing and wear a mask. Please do check with the official site forRead More →
The Seibuen Yuenchi (Seibuen Amusement park) fireworks are back in 2022! Until 2018, before the pandemic and the amusement park’s renovations, they were one of the most popular summer fireworks in Saitama annually. They also used to have fireworks during their ‘Lantasia’ winter night illumination, which were equally popular. Here’sRead More →
Looking for sunflowers in Sayama City? We’ve got you covered! In the Horikane area of Sayama city there is a sunflower field along the side of a busy road. It is not the largest and certainly not the prettiest, but it is a free sunflower field popular with locals. Moreover,Read More →
Information for the Tokorozawa Sunflowers / Sunflower Field and Festival also known as the Mikajima Sunflower fields or Himawari Batake 三ケ島ひまわり畑 in Japanese. In 2020, they didn’t really make an official announcement, but the festival was not on. However, last year, they opened the fields to the public. They areRead More →
The Sayama City Irumagawa Tanabata Festival and Fireworks are officially one of the three great Star Festivals of the Kanto region. Sayama City have decided to have the festival in 2022. However, it is very much a festival “lite” with many of the usual elements of the festival missing, includingRead More →
Seibuen Yuenchi Amusement Park have confirmed that their pools will open in 2022. They will open daily, weather permitting, from Friday July 15th to Sunday September 4th in 2022. In both 2020 and 2021 Seibu Yuenchi was one of only a handful of pools that opened. This year more, butRead More →