Popondetta was a Steam Locomotive Cafe in Lalaport Fujimi. However, in 2020 they replaced the cafe with a train operating activity. I don’t know if this is a temporary move during the pandemic, either way, the café is not available in 2020 or early 2021. In the hope that theRead More →
The very first TeamLab Islands opened in Lalaport Fujimi, Saitama in 2015. And unfortunately it closed permanently on January 17th 2021. TeamLab Islands Team Lab has made quite a name for itself in the last couple of years (2019). However, when they opened their first permanent shop in Lalaport FujimiRead More →
Lego School Lalaport Fujimi Japan’s 1st lego school, an after school education programme, opened in Lalaport, Fujimi, last month (April 2015). The “school” runs a number of different programmes, by age group. A lesson costs 3,000 yen. Next door is the lego store. The lego store sells lego sets as wellRead More →
The Bell of Love with a Mt Fuji view at Toki No Sumika, aka Gotemba Kogen, in Gotenba City, Shizuoka, Japan. We went to Tokinosumika in Gotemba, Shizuoka, this past Golden Week. To be honest, I love discovering new places, but with 4 young children it is easier just toRead More →
Asu Sports Park in Hanno City is just across the road from the very unique Akebono Children’s Forest. It has a nice playground for younger kids as well as a spider web climbing frame for all ages. The area around the spider web climbing equipment and the toddler play equipmentRead More →
Higashimatsuyama Swimming Pool and School in Saitama Prefecture with beautiful cherry trees and the ‘cleanest pool water’ in the prefecture! Good Swimming School in Saitama Higashimatsuyama Swimming School Saitama – When we were starting our oldest in swimming classes we looked at a number of pools in the Ageo –Read More →
Kitain Temple Cherry Blossoms in Kawagoe City, Saitama, Japan. Kitain is a stunning Buddhist temple with pagoda in the tourist city of Kawagoe – a popular day trip destination from Tokyo. It is an ideal location for combining Japanese culture, history and cherry blossom viewing. Kitain Cherry Blossoms Kitian hasRead More →
Saitama Municipal Youth Astronomical Museum aka the Saitama Space Museum (Urawa, Saitama City).さいたま市青少年宇宙科学館 It’s spring break in Japan. It is also end of school year. Traffic tends to increase and queues lengthen, but there are still some hidden gems that evade the chaos. Saitama’s space museum, or officially the SaitamaRead More →
Manhole Cover Art, Saitama prefecture, Japan Manhole Cover Art I used to think I was an observant person, until my cousin sent me an article about manhole covers in Japan. I was in Japan more than 10 years when she sent me the link about the ornate manhole covers here. MyRead More →
We’ve been hanging out in Shiroyama park quite a lot recently. Thanks to the Family Walker magazine featuring the new piece of playground equipment (the red and white pirate ship pictured below) and suggesting it as a hanami location. We had visited a few times in the past, but it didn’t make that much ofRead More →