VISITING KAWAGOE CITY OF SAITAMA PREFECTURE IN MY JAPAN TRIP 2019

 

Just one of the temples in Kawagoe City

Kawagoe is a Japanese city northwest of Tokyo. An Edo-period castle town, it’s known for its old clay warehouses and merchant homes, called Kurazukuri. Traditional Japanese sweet shops line Meiji-era Candy Alley. Kita-in, a major Buddhist temple, features remnants of the former Edo Castle. On the temple grounds are the Gohyaku Rakan group of more than 500 stone statues of Buddha’s disciples.  Specifically, this trip was dated January 22, 2019.

With the Time Bell Tower at the backdrop

Time Bell Tower is a bell tower built in the center of Kawagoe, Japan in 1893.  It is a wooden three-story tower with a height of about 3 meters.The sound of the bells that ring four times a day at 16:6 am, noon, 3:6 pm, and 1:4 pm can be felt by the color of the sky, the scenery of the city, and the scent of the drifting scent. It will fully match the emotions of.

With my travel buddies: Beng Sia, Ariana Sanchez and her Mommy Ana,

Thelma Bautista, Teresa Santiago and yours truly

            Since it was my second time around in Japan, I applied a 5-year Multiple Entry Tourist Visa and was approved then.  This time, we had contracted a guide only while touring around Kawagoe.  By the way, the name Kawagoe means "Kawa" as river and "goe" as over.

Tess and I at a Foot Spa Cafe in Kawagoe

Foot Spa Cafe and souvenir shop “Tsubaki no Kura” on Ichibangai in the Kurazukuri Warehouse District, the main tourist strip of Kawagoe City.

Some other guests at the Foot Spa

The following are pictures taken from the shops in the city.

            Touring around the city of Kawagoe will give you an opportunity to their variety of food or specialties.  One will notice that this city is laid back, but is rich of history.

This bike parking is the entry point going to Kawagoe City