Zaza Pasta Mangiare Sherilyn Siy Zaza Pasta Mangiare looks like the building and its colorful gardens were plucked out of the idyllic Italian countryside. The...
Transportation Green Slow Mobility (Gurisuro) Sherilyn Siy グリスロ (Gurisuro, from Green Slow) is an initiative of the NPO Genki Net Musashidai. Gurisuro aims to provide more mobility...
Activities Walkabouts in Northern Saitama Justin Dart Northeastern Saitama, not far from the borders of Tochigi and Ibaraki, is an area with a pace of life largely unchanged in th...
Ninja Training Experience 2021 Sherilyn Siy The "Ninja Training Experience" for kids led by Ikuhiko Aoyama, a multi-talented karateka, actor, sword fighter, and dancer....
Food Cafe Nichigetsudo Sherilyn Siy Somewhere along the picturesque road on the way to Chichibu from Hidaka is a cozy nook of a stop called Cafe Nichigetsudo (カ...
Food Makizushi Sophia Warren Located in the suburbs of Saitama, this culture class is a genuine way to familiarize oneself with the technique of making Ma...
Culture Botanen Peony Festival Lynda Hogan Botanen in Higashimatsuyama is Japan's largest peony garden. There are more than a hundred varieties and about 6500 peonies i...
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...
Food Brewery and Restaurant Carvaan Sherilyn Siy Carvaan is best known for their beer, crafted from hops that they grew themselves and brewed in house. But it is the food tha...
Culture Kasukabe Wisteria Festival Elizabeth S Kasukabe City, Sataima Prefecture celebrates its "Fuji dori", a two kilometer long street lined with wisteria arbors in the l...
Culture Light Up at Tove Jansson Park 2020 Lynda Hogan Tove Jansson Akebono Children's Forest park is magical all year round. But for select nights, they add to the magic with an u...
Culture Exploring the Dinosaur Era From Teeth 2021 Lynda Hogan Each year in summer, Sayama City Museum host a child friendly exhibition. This year for the 30th anniversary of the museum th...
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.
Culture Satte Hydrangea Festival Lynda Hogan Approximately 16,000 hydrangeas bloom in Gongendo Park in June. During the period of the bloom, the park hosts a Hydrangea Fe...
Culture Nordic Sauna Fes 2026 Kim Bergström If you are a sauna fan in Japan, the Nordic Sauna Fes gives visitors a glimpse of this longstanding practice for three days t...
