Kawagoe
Hello, travelers. This is Kumi. Picturesque Japan Blog welcomes you to Kawagoe.
Kawagoe
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6500.html
If you are looking for a place for a day trip from Tokyo, Kawagoe could be a perfect option because it takes only 30 minutes by train from the main part of Tokyo.
Kawagoe's official website tells you how to get there in detail.
http://www.koedo.or.jp/foreign/english/access/
We bought Tobu's Oneday Pass (300 yen) at Tobu Top Tours at Tobu Kawagoe station.
http://www.tobu-bus.com/en/kawagoe/
(*If you cannot find the place, please ask at the tourist information center)
If you visit Kitain, please go to the bus stop #3.
The bus to Kitain (LOOP BUS) does not come so frequently on weekdays, so I suggest checking the timetable in advance. (*You can check the timetable on Tobu's website I mentioned above)
Okay, let's hop on the bus!
Admission fee is 400 yen. It's really worth going inside!!
This is called "Tahoto" completed in 1639. The literal translation of "tahoto" will be "many-jeweled pagoda." This website shows you an interesting story about tahoto.
http://jojakko-ji.or.jp/tahoto-en/
If you get the admission ticket to the Kitain Temple, you could also meet these 540 statues called Gohyaku Rakan. They are the disciples of Buddha.
Weird? Creepy? Well, if you look closer, they are quite adorable. Look at these guys. They may be enjoying sake or something.
Hmm... Drinking. Let's try some sake and beer at Koedo Kurari.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g298177-d7240822-Reviews-Koedo_Kurari-Kawagoe_Saitama_Prefecture_Kanto.html
We walked through the street with the traditional atmosphere. This street is called "Taisho Roman Street" and is often used for filming.
Walking made us hungry, so we jumped into the restaurant called "Koedo Ohana."
http://coedo-ohana.co.jp/
We enjoyed oyakodon (chicken and egg rice bowl). Oh, don't worry. Though they tried to use chopsticks, Japanese people usually use a spoon when we eat this dish. :P
Shopping at Tsubaki no kura.
https://www.facebook.com/tsubaki.kura/
Do you know what she's doing?
She tried making morijio (not mojito). In Japan, salt is believed to have the power for purification, so people often put corn-shaped salt at the entrance of the house or businesses.
It started raining, but the rain enhanced the atmosphere.
This is Toki no Kane (Bell Tower). It chimes four times a day (6:00, 12:00, 15:00 and 18:00).
This may look like he's trying authentic Japanese calligraphy.
Actually, he was just trying a calligraphy-style pen at a shop.
Then we walked around Kashiya Yokocho (Candy Alley).
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6503.html
And enjoyed "fish and chips." LOL
Saikaan Ooki.
http://www.saikaan-ooki.com/
*The website is Japanese only, so please use Google or something to find out more information. Anyway, it's near the intersection, Fudanotsuji (札の辻).
We took a bus to from Fudanotsuji to Kawagoe station at 16:54.
Here is how we walked from Kitain to Fudanotsuji. Somehow my computer shows this map in Japanese even though my Google map setting is in English. Hope you see this map in your own languages.
*Please feel free to comment below with other experiences or information! Also, if you find any errors in content or grammar, please let me know.
Kawagoe
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6500.html
If you are looking for a place for a day trip from Tokyo, Kawagoe could be a perfect option because it takes only 30 minutes by train from the main part of Tokyo.
Kawagoe's official website tells you how to get there in detail.
http://www.koedo.or.jp/foreign/english/access/
We bought Tobu's Oneday Pass (300 yen) at Tobu Top Tours at Tobu Kawagoe station.
http://www.tobu-bus.com/en/kawagoe/
(*If you cannot find the place, please ask at the tourist information center)
If you visit Kitain, please go to the bus stop #3.
The bus to Kitain (LOOP BUS) does not come so frequently on weekdays, so I suggest checking the timetable in advance. (*You can check the timetable on Tobu's website I mentioned above)
Okay, let's hop on the bus!
We took the bus at 11:30 and arrived at Kitain Temple around 11:45.
Kitain Temple
http://jojakko-ji.or.jp/tahoto-en/
If you get the admission ticket to the Kitain Temple, you could also meet these 540 statues called Gohyaku Rakan. They are the disciples of Buddha.
Weird? Creepy? Well, if you look closer, they are quite adorable. Look at these guys. They may be enjoying sake or something.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g298177-d7240822-Reviews-Koedo_Kurari-Kawagoe_Saitama_Prefecture_Kanto.html
This is the place you can enjoy shopping and tasting drinking.
We walked through the street with the traditional atmosphere. This street is called "Taisho Roman Street" and is often used for filming.
Walking made us hungry, so we jumped into the restaurant called "Koedo Ohana."
http://coedo-ohana.co.jp/
We enjoyed oyakodon (chicken and egg rice bowl). Oh, don't worry. Though they tried to use chopsticks, Japanese people usually use a spoon when we eat this dish. :P
Shopping at Tsubaki no kura.
https://www.facebook.com/tsubaki.kura/
Do you know what she's doing?
She tried making morijio (not mojito). In Japan, salt is believed to have the power for purification, so people often put corn-shaped salt at the entrance of the house or businesses.
It started raining, but the rain enhanced the atmosphere.
This is Toki no Kane (Bell Tower). It chimes four times a day (6:00, 12:00, 15:00 and 18:00).
This may look like he's trying authentic Japanese calligraphy.
Actually, he was just trying a calligraphy-style pen at a shop.
Then we walked around Kashiya Yokocho (Candy Alley).
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6503.html
And enjoyed "fish and chips." LOL
Saikaan Ooki.
http://www.saikaan-ooki.com/
*The website is Japanese only, so please use Google or something to find out more information. Anyway, it's near the intersection, Fudanotsuji (札の辻).
We took a bus to from Fudanotsuji to Kawagoe station at 16:54.
Here is how we walked from Kitain to Fudanotsuji. Somehow my computer shows this map in Japanese even though my Google map setting is in English. Hope you see this map in your own languages.
*Please feel free to comment below with other experiences or information! Also, if you find any errors in content or grammar, please let me know.
