Marian Goldberg's Blog – May 2018 Archive (1)

Kawagoe, a Charming, Historic 'Little Edo' Just North of Tokyo



Located in Saitama prefecture, just a half hour north of Tokyo via Tobu Tojo Railway, the city of Kawagoe (pop. 351,000) is a former merchant town whose old quarter's architecture includes a number of centuries-old wooden buildings such as its iconic Toki no Kane belltower (top), once used by locals to tell time (though the current version dates from…

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Added by Marian Goldberg on May 26, 2018 at 7:58am — No Comments

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