While there are many interesting things to do and see in Kawagoe, Japan, there is a special event on one day every month that you do not want to miss.
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Silk Moth
The late summer sees the emergence of the adult silk moth, a behemoth that can reach a wingspan of nearly 15cm (6 inches). Though the moth itself is a beautiful creature (if beauty is in the eye of the beholder), it is the child form of the moth, the silkworm, that is valued to the…
Waterfall Climbing in Hanno
For an off-the-beaten-path summer activity, head out to Saitama to the foothills above the bedroom community of Hanno and discover not only beautiful waterfalls, but waterfalls you can climb. Well, perhaps with some experience or an experienced guide who can anchor a rope for you while you scale waterfalls between 3 and 15 meters high….
Seibu Ikebukuro Line
The bright yellow train car lets everyone know it is a Seibu line train, though in the past, that wasn’t always something they wanted to draw attention to. Seibu was one of the companies contracted to transport “night soil” (human waste) from Tokyo to rural disposal sites for several years after WW2, not exactly a highlight…
Lakes Sayama and Tama
Located just outside of Northwest Tokyo in Saitama, these two lakes are reservoirs for the Tokyo area water system, but the areas around them are wooded rolling hills full of hiking and biking trails. On the north side of the lake sits the Seibu Dome, home of the Seibu Lions baseball team. On warm days,…
Chichibu Shibazakura
Every year for about six weeks, a mountainside park about 90 minutes outside of Tokyo turns into a controlled explosion of pink, white and lavender flowers. They are shibazakura 芝桜 , known as phlox in English, and they grow like a carpet of flowers against the mountain backdrop of Saitama. Chichibu is a town in…
川越 Kawagoe (Saitama)
The city of Kawagoe is barely half an hour from central Tokyo by express train, but it feels like you have traveled back in time when you arrive there. While Tokyo experienced fires and bombings that destroyed many of its ancient buildings, Kawagoe was spared from bombing during WW2 and before that, made some decisions that helped…
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