Culture Chichibu Night Festival Japan Travel The annual festival for Chichibu Shrine has a history of over 300 years.
Culture Chichibu's Shin-soba Festival Sherilyn Siy Chichibu's Shin-soba Festival: Enjoy newly harvested and freshly made soba
Culture Setsubun Bean Throwing Train Kim A special event hosted by Chichibu Railway takes the bean-throwing fun of Setsubun onto their train network, starting from Ku...
Culture Mitsumine Shrine, Mt. Mitsumine Rey Waters Saitama Prefecture mountain worshiping shrine with emphasis on the extinct Japanese Wolf.
6 Culture Michelin Star Hodosan Shrine Lynda Hogan Photos of the Michelin Green Guide Japan One Star Hodosan Shrine. Located on Mt Hodo in the Nagatoro area of Chichibu. The sh...
Culture Mt Hodo Plum Blossom Festival Lynda Hogan Information for the annual plum blossom festival held at the top of Mt Hodo, Nagatoro, Saitama Prefecture.
Culture Traditional Puppet Theater Sherilyn Siy The Shirakukushi Puppet Show Preservation Society is a troupe that dates back to the late Edo Period. At the shin-soba festiv...
Culture Village of the Dolls Allan Murphy "Scarecrow Village" in Japanese. A village repopulated by creative imagination.
12 Culture Sakura in Hitsujiyama Park, Saitama Sandra Isaka One thousand cherry trees in Chichibu's Hitsujiyama Park make up one of Kanto's loveliest (and quietest) cherry blossom displ...
Culture Lost Sacred Wolves and Wolf Worship Hiroyuki Akaishi Sacred Wolves were lost to us long ago. Despite becoming extinct, shrines associated with wolf worship are increasing in pop...