Food Imotaro Sherilyn Siy A small shop selling sweet potato onigiri made with 100% pure sweet potato, no added sugar. Imotaro's sweet potatoes are sour...
Food Darenimoagenai Sherilyn Siy Darenimoagenai's shokupan is made with French fermented butter blended with domestic butter and rosehip honey. These premium ...
Activities Hydrangea Season at Nogoji Temple Kim Each year during the month of June, Saitama's Nogoji Temple is home to an impressive rainy season sight - around 8000 hydrang...
Culture Styrofoam Art in Kawagoe Lynda Hogan Kawagoe is always a great place to visit. But if you want to add a bit of fun to your visit, especially if you are visiting w...
Culture Blue Festival Kuki Lynda Hogan The Blue Festival in Kuki is a celebration of flowers that are shades of blue. In all honesty, 'purple' festival would be mor...
Culture Tokigawa Iris Garden Festival Lynda Hogan Each year in June iris flowers grow in the Tokigawa Iris Garden. It is not a particularly large iris garden, but it attracts ...
Culture Ina Rose Season Lynda Hogan Inamachi or Ina town is known as "rose town". It is one of the most famous places for roses in Saitama Prefecture. The annual...
Culture Koma Shrine Cherry Blossom Festival Lynda Hogan Information for the second of two annual cherry blossom celebrations at Koma Shrine in Hidaka City. At the April cherry bloss...
Culture Mitake Shrine Sherilyn Siy The Mitake Shrine marks the remains of the castle that used to belong to the Hojo family. Earthenware discovered in the area ...
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...
