Activities The Serene Temple of Kenpukuji Febry Fawzi Well, after had healthy pleasure for your body in Grantia Hanyu Resort & Spa, you can find the peaceful of your soul in Kenpu...
Saitama's Taki Fudoson Temple Sandra Isaka Visit Saitama's Taki Fudoson Temple, in Hidaka City, to see a wonderful collection of Buddhist statues that sit in a small ra...
Culture Houkou Temple in Saitama Todd Wojnowski Houkou Temple in Hanno City, Saitama is a small, local Buddhist temple with beautiful statues and buildings. Visitors can pra...
Food Panda Candy Store Sleiman Azizi A hint of the retro can be found at Panda, a local confectionery store in suburban Soka City. Filled with cheap sweets and to...
Food Hougetsu Sherilyn Siy Hidden away from the main tourist draws in Koma is a small kaiseki restaurant run by a husband and wife. Despite (or perhaps ...
Activities Le Petit Prince PA at Yorii Rufus Starbuck A PA off the Kanetsu Expressway themed after Le Petit Prince and done up as a quaint little French service station.
Culture Sheng Tian Gong Temple (Seitenkyū) Todd Wojnowski Sakado City is home to the ornate Sheng Tian Gong, a Taiwanese/Chinese Taoist temple unlike any other in Japan
Culture Demon Slayer at Saimyouji Temple Lynda Hogan LGBTQ+ friendly Saimyouji Temple on the outskirts of Kawagoe attracts new visitors with its Kimetsu no Yaiba "Demon Slayer" f...
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 Ushiroya Higashi Jido Park Sleiman Azizi Cheap, quiet and convenient, local parks like Yashio City's Ushiroya Higashi Jido Park can be a great place to entertain the ...
Culture Inariyama Park Cherry Blossoms Lynda Hogan Sayama Inariyama Park has a "sakura matsuri" annually during the bloom period of the Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms.
Culture Mucha: Graphic Variety 2021 Kim Bergström A special exhibition taking place at the Urawa Art Museum looks at the works of Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), a painter and des...
Activities Kinchakuda Spring Festival Sherilyn Siy This festival was formerly known as the Nanohana Festival (菜の花まつり) as it is timed when the nanohana (rapeseed flowers) ...
