Culture New Year at Kanasana Shrine 2025 Early Jan Kanasana Shrine in Kamikawa Town, Saitama Prefecture, is one of the most locally famous places for 'hatsumode'. The otherwise..
Culture Sugito Town Lantern Festival 2024 Late Aug In early August, Sugito Town in Saitama Prefecture celebrates summer for two evenings with a lantern festival. “The Milky Way ..
Culture Yono Summer Festival 2024 Mid Jul Estimated to have origins dating back to the Hoei Era (1704 – 1711), the Yono Summer Festival is held in Saitama Prefecture ov..
Culture Poppy and Flower Festival in Konosu Chikako Takahashi Poppy and Flower Festival from May 11 to 19, its three sites gives you seasonal joys with varieties of poppies, roses and local..
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 Mitsumine Shrine 5 (1Review) Mitsumine shrine (三峯神社, Mitsumine-jinja) is a large shrine dedicated to wolf spirits.
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 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