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...
Activities Gyoda Kodaihasu-no-sato Lotus Festival Kim Bergström Each year from around mid-June to early August, Saitama's Gyoda Kodaihasu-no-sato comes alive with colorful lotus flowers in ...
Culture Ogose Plum Blossom Festival 2026 Lynda Hogan The plum blossom festival in Ogose Bairin in Saitama Prefecture is considered one of the three big plum blossom festivals of ...
Activities Enomoto Dairy Farm Lynda Hogan 2021 is the Year of the Ox (cow). What better time to visit a tourist dairy farm! Enomoto Farm offers a glimpse of agricultur...
Accommodation Hiking along the Koburi Pass Sebastian Schuster The Koburi Pass in Saitama is often still considered a little insider tip for hikers.
Food Nico Nico Terrace Starbucks Lynda Hogan A Starbucks of note opened in Sayama City earlier in the year (2021). What makes this Starbucks special is that it is the onl...
Activities Sweet Potato Digging in Kawagoe Lynda Hogan Many people indulge in a sweet potato treat while visiting Kawagoe. But how about digging your own sweet potatoes to take hom...
