Activities Autumn Sunflowers in Kawagoe Lynda Hogan There is more to Kawagoe than just the Edo period time slip thoroughfare. For example, on the outskirts of the tourist town y...
6 Activities Metsa Village, Hanno, Saitama Lynda Hogan Metsa Village is the free part of the Moomin Valley Park in Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture. The location on Miyazawa lake was...
10 Activities Rapeseed Along the Arakawa Kawajima Lynda Hogan Thousands of beautiful rapeseed line the embankments of the Arakawa in the rural town of Kawajima in the Hiki District of Sai...
Activities The Hanno Handicraft Fair 2024 Sherilyn Siy At the Hanno Handicraft Fair, professional craft artists from Hanno City and neighboring areas along the Seibu Line (specific...
6 Activities Moominvalley Park Lynda Hogan Moominvalley park is a theme park from Tove Jansson's Moomin stories. Hanno was chosen as the first location outside of Finla...
Activities Visiting the Glico Pia East Factory Lynda Hogan The Glico Pia East FREE factory tour, also known as the Pocky tour, gives you a glimpse into the production of some Japan's m...
Activities Discover Nature in Chichibu Tristan Scholze Two hours from the largest metropolis in the world, and all hints of the city are gone. You’re in Chichibu, a little town in ...
Activities Tenran-Tonosu Mountain Trail Todd Wojnowski The Tenran-Tonosu Mountain Trail covers a pair of easy mountains to hike in Hanno City, Saitama. This is a nice day hike from...
Activities Kinchakuda Spring Festival Sherilyn Siy This festival was formerly known as the Nanohana Festival (菜の花まつり) as it is timed when the nanohana (rapeseed flowers) ...
Activities The Magic of Fireflies Sherilyn Siy Older generations of Japanese would likely have fond memories of watching fireflies, called hotaru, in the early summer. Nowa...