Culture Yono Summer Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Estimated to have origins dating back to the Hoei Era (1704 – 1711), the Yono Summer Festival is held in Saitama Prefecture o...
Culture Kumagaya Uchiwa Matsuri 2025 Sleiman Azizi The Uchiwa Matsuri is the largest annual festival in the Kanto region with over 750,000 people attending over its three days ...
Culture Kawagoe Million Lights Summer Festival 2025 Lynda Hogan Kawagoe Million Lights Summer Festival, a two day summer celebration, is the second largest annual festival in Kawagoe. Exper...
Culture Keyaki Hiroba Water Splash Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Looking for a fun way to beat the summer heat? Head to Saitama’s Keyaki Hiroba this July for the Keyaki Hiroba Water Splash F...
Culture Water and World Festa 2025 Kim Bergström Inspired in part by songkran festivals in South-East Asia, the Water and World Festa at Keyaki Hiroba offers a perfect way to...
Culture Ogose Summer Festival 2025 Todd Wojnowski The Ogose Summer Festival is an annual event with fireworks, floats, and fun for everyone. Held in late July in Saitama, the ...
Culture Sugito Town Lantern Festival 2025 Elizabeth S In early August, Sugito Town in Saitama Prefecture celebrates summer for two evenings with a lantern festival. “The Milky Way...
Activities Light of Hope 2025 Lynda Hogan Each month for two weeks Gyoda City has a floral water font (hanachozu) event. For one night during those two weeks they also...
Culture Kumagaya Fireworks Festival 2025 Sleiman Azizi Kumagaya City will be staging its annual Kumagaya Fireworks Festival on Saturday, 10th August 2019 along the banks of the Ara...
Shopping Flea Market at Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park 2025 Lynda Hogan Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park has a long running popular flea market once a month, weather permitting. Approximately 200 ...
