The Railway Museum opened in October 2007 in Omiya, Saitama City as the centerpiece of the JR East 20th Anniversary Memorial Project. Its concept is to carry three responsibilities: not only as a Railway Museum, but also as a Historical and Educational Museum. The museum has five different stations – […]
In November 2020, a large cultural complex called “Tokorozawa Sakura Town” opened in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Jointly developed by KADOKAWA Corp. and the Tokorozawa city government, it aims to become the largest pop culture center in Japan. The complex includes an event space, a hotel, stores and restaurants, a book store […]
In the Meiji period, there were many Bonsai Masters living in the Bunkyo ward in Tokyo. However after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, many of them were relocated to Omiya in Saitama prefecture. In 1925, they officially established the Omiya Bonsai Village and after 10 years, there were over […]