Culture Ogose Plum Blossom Festival 2025 Mid Feb - Mid Mar The plum blossom festival in Ogose Bairin in Saitama Prefecture is considered one of the three big plum blossom festivals of the..
Culture New Year at Kanasana Shrine 2025 Jan 1st - Jan 3rd Kanasana Shrine in Kamikawa Town, Saitama Prefecture, is one of the most locally famous places for 'hatsumode'. The otherwise..
Culture Kitain Temple 5 (1Review) Kitain (喜多院), located in Kawagoe, is a 9th-century temple renowned for its collection of 540 playful Rakan (statues of Buddha) and for being home..
Culture Brilliant Earth Garden Illumination 2024-2025 Mid Nov - Mid Feb Brilliant Earth Garden is the name of the 2022 / 2023 winter illumination at the Keyaki Hiroba in Tamaari Town, formerly known as..
Culture Sweet Potato Expo 2025 Late Feb Sweet potato fans, rejoice! A five day event at the Saitama Super Arena focuses on these much-loved root vegetables, with sweet..
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 Water and World Festa 2024 Mid Aug Inspired in part by songkran festivals in South-East Asia, the Water and World Festa at Keyaki Hiroba offers a perfect way to cool..
Culture Mitsumine Shrine 5 (1Review) Mitsumine shrine (三峯神社, Mitsumine-jinja) is a large shrine dedicated to wolf spirits.