Culture Mitsumine Shrine, Mt. Mitsumine Rey Waters Saitama Prefecture mountain worshiping shrine with emphasis on the extinct Japanese Wolf.
Accommodation Nishiyatsu Onsen, Miyamoto-no-yu Rey Waters 200 plus year old Onsen in Saitama Prefecture. Twelfth generation owner is a former professional Sumo wrestler, and one of t...
Activities Things to Do at Kawagoe Park Lynda Hogan In this episode of the "Another Kawagoe" series I introduce a few of the charms of Kawagoe Park on the outskirts of the touri...
Culture Su Lab Kendama Cafe Lynda Hogan Kendama is a traditional Japanese toy whose popularity has prevailed throughout the years. Moreover, in modern times, kendama...
Culture Pinwheels at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine 2026 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 Saitama City's Iwatsuki Ningyo Museum Elizabeth S Iwatsuki Ward in Saitama City is famed for generations of doll artisans and showrooms full of dolls of all kinds and their ac...
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...
Activities Yakyu Inari Shrine Spring Flower Festival Kim Bergström Each year from around mid April through until early May, Saitama's Yakyū Inari Shrine holds a spring flower festival that cel...
Culture Satte Hydrangea Festival Lynda Hogan Approximately 16,000 hydrangeas bloom in Gongendo Park in June. During the period of the bloom, the park hosts a Hydrangea Fe...
Culture Daffodil Festival at Gongendo Park 2027 Lynda Hogan Gongendo Park is renowned for its cherry blossom and rapeseed scenery. However, there are several different flowers grown sea...
