Culture My Trip to Omiya Bonsai Village Elena Lisina The visit to Omiya Park and Bonsai Village are known as one of the most outstanding bonsai cultivating areas in Japan.
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 d..
9 Museums 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 Meisen..
6 Temples & Shrines 400 Year Old Sakura Sherilyn Siy At the Koma Shrine in Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture, a weeping variety of cherry blossom about 25 meters tall and believed t..
Culture Yoshitoshi Exhibition 2020-2021 Nov 18th 2020 - Jan 24th 2021 Past Event A special exhibition taking place at the Urawa Art Museum looks at the work of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, revered as a genius ukiyo-e..
Festivals Traditional Korean Mounted Archery Evangeline Neo Traditional Korean Mounted Archery held annually in Koma to celebrate 1,300 years of history with ancient Korea.
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.