Food Saitama Cafe Offers Drowning Drinks Kristen F At Café OB, the drinks are infamously huge-—coming in pitches and jugs with large sizes and low prices offering competition t...
Activities New Year's Peony Exhibition 2022 Kim Bergström To welcome in the New Year, Saitama's Botanen (Peony Garden) is hosting a free peony exhibition. The venue opened in 1990 and...
Food Chez Noir Sherilyn Siy Entering Chez Noir is like stepping into 1920s Europe. This quirky cafe is crammed from top to bottom with period pieces that...
Culture Salvador Dali - Endless Enigma 2023-2024 Kim Bergström Salvador Dali's influence on the art world is profound thanks to his role as a pioneer of Surrealism. Fans of his work can he...
Culture Manjushage Festival in Koma Allan Murphy We went to Koma again on Saturday, September 21st 2013. It is one of those places that is easy to get to, relaxing and quiet ...
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...
Activities Hajimari no Hikari Winter Illuminations 2021-2022 Kim Bergström The Hajimari no Hikari Winter Illuminations at Tokorozawa Sakura Town will include a 12-meter high koyamaki (Japanese umbrell...
Culture Masterpieces From the Museum Collection 2020 Kim Bergström A special event taking place at Saitama's Bonsai Art Museum looks at some of the masterpieces from the museum's collection, i...
Culture Chichibu Meisenkan Masato Kitamura It was my second visit to Chichibu Meisenkan in Chichibu city, a museum where you can experience the making of Chichibu Meise...
Culture Ogose Summer Festival 2027 Todd Wojnowski The Ogose Summer Festival is an annual event with fireworks, floats, and fun for everyone. Held in late July in Saitama, the ...
Food Brewery and Restaurant Carvaan Sherilyn Siy Carvaan is best known for their beer, crafted from hops that they grew themselves and brewed in house. But it is the food tha...
Activities Musashi Ranzan’s Ohirayama Park Steve Morton For anyone wanting to experience the best of Japan’s autumn foliage Musashi Ranzan in rural Saitama is one place well worth m...
Food Fine Dining For a Good Cause Sherilyn Siy Wakuwaku Mura Restaurant in Kawasemi is one of Japan's bestknown restaurants. The restaurant hires a French chef to train the...
Shopping Mini Recycle Shop Sherilyn Siy Named after the icon of 1960s British popular culture, the Mini Recycle Shop sells preloved clothes, books, electronics and m...
Food Yakiniku Kintare, Soka City [Closed] Sleiman Azizi Yakiniku Kintare is a grilled beef restaurant in Soka City, Saitama. Offering a variety of top-quality beef cuts from Sendai ...
