Local Attractions
Historic Townscape
The shops with walls made from wattle and daub in Kawagoe are famous examples of Kurazukuri …
Kashiya Yokocho (sweets store alley)
Around 1930, there were more than 70 stores in this alley manufacturing and selling sweets wholesale. Even now, more than 20 shops …
Kawagoe City Art Museum
The museum was opened on December 1st 2002, commemorating the 80th anniversary of …
Kawagoe City Museum
The Kawagoe City Museum is built on the former site of Ni-no-maru (second citadel) of the …
Kawagoe Festival Museum
The Kawagoe Festival (which takes place on the third Saturday and Sunday in October), is the …
Kitain Temple
Kitain Temple, constructed in the Heian era, is famous for its 500 Rakan statues and Daruma market held on January 3rd every year. …
Miyoshino Shrine
The Miyoshino Shrine is said to have been rebuilt in 1624, as the guardian shrine of the Kawagoe Castle, by Lord Sakai …
Naka-in Temple
Directly to the south of Kitain Temple, this is a temple with a quiet atmosphere. Around the end of …
Osawa Family House
The oldest of the kurazukuri (warehouse) style merchant houses on Ichiban-gai street, constructed …
Residential palace in the inner citadel of Kawagoe Castle
Kawagoe Castle was constructed in 1457 by Ota Doshin and his son Dokan under the orders of Ogigayatsu Uesugi Mochitomo, as a strategic …
Senba Toshogu Shrine
Senba Toshogu Shrine is one of the three most important Toshogu shrines in Japan. It is adjacent to Kitain Temple on the south side. …
Toki-no-Kane (The Bell of Time)
This bell is a symbol of Kawagoe that has announced the time to the residents of the castle town …
500 Statues of Rakan
Inside the grounds of Kitain Temple, these statues were made over a 50-year period beginning in 1782. There are 538 stone images …