On November 14, 2026, residents across Saitama Prefecture will mark Saitama Prefectural Citizens’ Day with free admission, discounted entry, and special public events across approximately 70 facilities, alongside discounted and free transit options.
The annual celebration brings reduced or waived fees to major regional attractions including the Saitama Children’s Zoo, Seibu Yuenchi, Musashino Village, and Moominvalley Park, where visitors aged high school and younger will receive free admission alongside first-come-first-served original towels. The Railway Museum in Saitama has also lined up special programming for the holiday, with comprehensive program details published on the official Saitama Prefecture website.
In Omiya Ward, the Museum of History and Folklore, Saitama will host the “Rekimin Saitama Citizens’ Day Event” featuring free permanent exhibition entry and half-price admission for special exhibits, while visitors middle school age and younger always enter free.
The venue’s schedule features a traditional ohayashi live music performance held at three separate times, special exhibition guidance, panel displays, a quiz rally, and photo opportunities with regional mascots Kobaton and Saitamatchi.
Meanwhile, SKIP City in Kawaguchi will open all of its facilities without charge for the November 14 holiday, including the Saitama Visual Plaza and the Kawaguchi Science Museum.
The Visual Plaza will offer free access to its permanent hands-on media exhibitions and the special “Thomas the Tank Engine” exhibition, while the science museum will run science activity workshops led by junior and senior high school students, five free planetarium projections, and an exclusive astronomical observatory tour.
The NHK Archives will extend the holiday celebrations across a two-day schedule on November 14 and 15 by hosting a special broadcasting heritage festival. Visitors can explore retro memorabilia from historical programs, experience a Domo-kun motion-capture interactive game, and participate in papercraft workshops featuring past network characters with free admission and no prior registration required.
