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 →
During the cherry blossom season, Japan Mint open their cherry blossom avenue to people visiting the Mint museum, for cherry blossom viewing. Their main premises in Osaka is renowned for its cherry blossom lane, but did you know that since 2016 the Saitama branch also has some beautiful cherry blossoms?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 →
Nagatoro Cherry Blossoms – Nagatoro is easily one of Saitama’s most beautiful locations. Thus it enjoys tourists all year round due to the abundance of stunning natural scenery. Spring is no exception when thousands flock to see the famous cherry blossoms in full bloom. Until 2019 the Nagatoro Cherry Blossom overlappedRead More →
There is a small, but beautiful display of yaezakura and canola flowers growing in a rural area of Kuki City. I was on my way from Kitamoto’s nemophila field to Shobu Shrine, to check on the wisteria there, when I passed by the trees. They were very clear as aRead More →
Its yaezakura season this week. It was last week too. And hopefully they’ll keep their bloom until this weekend. I’ve been to some really beautiful yaezakura displays this past week. So far my favorite of the 2025 yaezakura season is Kawagoe Sports Park. Because the somei yoshino were still inRead More →
Thanks to my son’s soccer club I have visited sports parks around the prefecture that I otherwise probably would have never stepped foot in. However, I had been to the park in this post several times, because up until the pandemic it had a really great outdoor pool in theRead 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 →
If you’ve ever been in Kawagoe warehouse district before, no doubt you’ll have noticed the large European looking building among all the old Edo buildings. If you were there in 2023 to early 2024, you may have been curious as to why it was behind hoarding. Well, it is becauseRead More →
Takao Sakura Park, as the name implies, is a cherry blossom park in Kitamoto City, Saitama Prefecture. It is also a popular spot for watching the sunset. Perched on the hill overlooking the Arakawa river, you can see as far as Mt Fuji on a clear day. Between February andRead More →