Culture Blue Festival Kuki Lynda Hogan The Blue Festival in Kuki is a celebration of flowers that are shades of blue. In all honesty, 'purple' festival would be mor...
Culture Pinwheels at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Lynda Hogan The wind chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine are known far and wide, but for the month before the illustrious wind chime event, y...
Culture Gosho Ningyo - The Charm of Gleaming Skin Elizabeth S Iwatsuki Doll Museum, situated in Japan's premier doll production town, displays gosho ningyo, celebratory figures given as c...
Culture Tokigawa Iris Garden Festival Lynda Hogan Each year in June iris flowers grow in the Tokigawa Iris Garden. It is not a particularly large iris garden, but it attracts ...
Culture Takinoiri Rose Festival 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 ...
Activities Teru Teru Bozu at Tamagawa Onsen Kim To coincide with the rainy season's arrival, Tamagawa Onsen is hosting a teru teru bozu event throughout June which will see ...
Culture Ina Rose Festival Lynda Hogan Inamachi or Ina town is known as "rose town". It is one of the most famous places for roses in Saitama Prefecture. The annual...
Activities Sky of Poppies Kim Running from late May through until early June, Saitama's Sky of Poppies event at the Sainokuni Fureai Ranch showcases an ast...
Culture Botanen Peony Festival Lynda Hogan Botanen in Higashimatsuyama is Japan's largest peony garden. There are more than a hundred varieties and about 6500 peonies i...
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...
