埼玉県 · Kanto Region

Saitama Hidden Gems

Tokyo's northern neighbour, where an Edo-era merchant town, river valleys and long-standing craft traditions sit half an hour from Ikebukuro.

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Climate & Best Season

Hot, humid summers (Kumagaya regularly tops Japan's charts) and dry, sunny winters. Spring and autumn are most comfortable.

Hosokawa paper has been made in Ogawa and the neighbouring village of Higashi-Chichibu for around 1,300 years, from kozo…

Fifty metres under a football pitch in Kasukabe is a concrete hall 177 metres long and 78 wide, held up by 59 pillars ea…