Culture Koma Shrine Cherry Blossom Festival Lynda Hogan Information for the second of two annual cherry blossom celebrations at Koma Shrine in Hidaka City. At the April cherry bloss...
Culture Mitake Shrine Sherilyn Siy The Mitake Shrine marks the remains of the castle that used to belong to the Hojo family. Earthenware discovered in the area ...
Culture Wind Chimes at Hisaizu Shrine Lynda Hogan Information for the 2021 wind chimes and "goshuincho" at Hisaizu Shrine in the Iwatsuki district of Saitama City.
Culture Washinomiya Shrine Lynda Hogan Well-regarded in Japan as one of the oldest shrines in all of Kanto, Washinomiya Shrine is also known internationally, thanks...
Culture Johnson Town Sherilyn Siy JohnsonTown is one of the few remaining areas densely populated with distinctly American Army Houses originally built in 1954...
Culture Inariyama Park Cherry Blossoms Lynda Hogan Sayama Inariyama Park has a "sakura matsuri" annually during the bloom period of the Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms.
6 Culture Lotus Flowers at Kodai Hasu no Sato Lynda Hogan Kodai Hasu no Sato is located in the historic city of Saitama Prefecture, home to several national, prefectural and municipal...
Culture Takinoiri Rose Season Lynda Hogan Takinoiri Rose Garden in Moroyama is a seasonal open garden that only opens when roses are in bloom. That is twice a year in ...
Culture Trick Art Museum Kawagoe Sherilyn Siy This is one museum guaranteed not to give you the dreaded 'museum legs'. Visitors are invited to interact with and enter each...