Satte Higanbana Festival Lynda Hogan The Satte Higanbana Festival is a red spider lily festival held in Gongendo Park annually. It is the second largest red spide...
Activities Manjushage Festival Sherilyn Siy This carpet of over 5,000,000 bright red spider lilies beside the Koma River made it to the list of the top 30 reasons to vis...
Culture Rice Field Art Lynda Hogan Guinness World Record holding rice field art closest to both Tokyo and a rugby world cup stadium.
Culture Sakado Yosakoi Festival Todd Wojnowski Sakado Yosakoi is a huge traditional dance festival held in Sakado City, Saitama every summer. Over 250,000 visitors watch mo...
Culture Inariyama Festa Kim Running for over a decade now, the Inariyama Festa at Sayama Inariyama Prefectural Park is an event that remembers the Great ...
Culture Kawagoe Matsuri Miyoko Kokubo Every year on the 3rd Saturday and Sunday of October it's time for the exciting Kawagoe Matsuri. It maintains a history of mo...
Culture Tsuruse Yosakoi Festival Todd Wojnowski Tsuruse Yosakoi Matsuri is a fantastic traditional dance festival with a small-town vibe. It is held annually on the 3rd Sund...
Culture Halloween Night in the Forest Lynda Hogan Information on the annual Halloween night illumination weekend event in Saitama's family-friendly Shinrin Park. Shinrin Park,...
Activities Dahlia Garden at Mount Ryokami Lynda Hogan The Ryokami area is renowned for its dahlia, and at Fumoto Hana no Sato you can see 5000 dahlia comprising 350 varieties. The...
Culture Fall Illumination Shinrin Park Lynda Hogan Fall foliage night illumination event at Shinrin Park. The massive park opens its central gate on weekends for an evening wal...