Information for events, flowers and the two water play areas at Kawaguchi Green Center. Kawaguchi Green Center, on the border of Tokyo, is one of Japan’s top 100 urban parks. The main water play area, a wading river in the maple garden, is on from May 2nd in 2026 andRead More →
Water sliders / Water Fes at Sayama Skiing Grounds in 2026. Since the Sayama Indoor Skiing Ground reopened in Autumn 2020 there have been quite a few changes. The best, in my humble opinion, is that they have found a fun way to make use of the indoor ski slopesRead More →
Golden Week fun, right on the border of Tokyo, at Seibuen; with water play and fireworks and a healthy dose of retro! If you still haven’t made plans and would like a day of fun, Seibuen have a great line up. Moreover, it Seibuen is an unique day trip fromRead More →
Kitamoto Mizube (Waterside) Plaza Park is a water play area in a large open area by the Arakawa River. It is not really a park, in the typical sense, but possibly they are planning to develop it into a park. The water play area is quite nice, but my biggestRead More →
Sakura Ward, Saitama City, is home to a truly beautiful cherry blossom spot with both somei yoshino and weeping cherry blossoms. After sharing photos from here on Instagram, a follower commented that at first glance she thought that it was the famous Philosopher’s Path in Kyoto. I love that –Read More →
Arakawa Panorama park is a fun ‘park’ on the top of a hill in Konosu. I put ‘park’ in inverted commas, because its really more of a playground. But it is a nice place to walk, as it is located along an embankment. Moreover, it has particularly stunning cherry blossomsRead More →
Torii x higanbana at a shrine in Kumagaya – Today on my way from Yoshimi’s higanbana to a completely different higanbana shrine I came across this abandoned shrine with stunning higanbana in bloom. I struggled with the lighting so unfortunately the photos aren’t great. But I just love higanbana xRead More →
Information for upcoming events at Cocoon City. Cocoon City Information General information for the Cocoon City. Cocoon City is made up of Cocoon 1, Cocoon 2, Cocoon 3 and the park side building. Each building has a variety of shops, services and restaurants in them. Also, there are walk waysRead More →
Information for the events at Ageo Park and Ageo Aeon Mall, including winter illumination and Christmas events. Ageo Park / Aeon Mall opened during the pandemic. The “park” isn’t particularly big, but it has a nice playground for children. The playground has a large air trampoline. I first published thisRead More →
A water lily spot in Saitama City, at Iwatsuki Castle park. The striking red bridge, “Yatsu” bridge, that the park is famed for, creates a beautiful backdrop to the water lily flowers. This park is also known for its cherry blossoms and cherry blossom festival in late March and earlyRead More →