Culture Pinwheels at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Jun 1st - Jun 30th The wind chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine are known far and wide, but for the month before the illustrious wind chime event, you..
Culture Tokigawa Iris Garden Festival Jun 1st - Jun 30th Each year in June iris flowers grow in the Tokigawa Iris Garden. It is not a particularly large iris garden, but it attracts hundreds..
Kawagoe with Kids Sherilyn Siy Kawagoe may not be the first place you think of when you are planning a day out with the kids, but this quaint town that was c..
Culture Trick Art Museum Kawagoe Sherilyn Siy This is one museum guaranteed not to give you the dreaded 'museum legs'. Visitors are invited to interact with and ent..
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 s..
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..
Activities Gyoda Kodaihasu-no-sato Lotus Festival Jun 15th - Aug 8th Each year from around mid-June to early August, Saitama's Gyoda Kodaihasu-no-sato comes alive with colorful lotus flowers in..
Food Mahatoma Sherilyn Siy This yakitori shop is open only once a week on Saturday. If you do get to this out of the way shop when it's open, you will..