The warehouse street in Kawagoe at dusk, tiled kurazukuri roofs and the wooden bell tower above them, the street empty

The red two-tiered tahoto pagoda at Kitain under a blue sky

Saitama

Saitama: What to Do and Where to Stay

Food · Things to do · Where to stay

The Saitama pages start with Kawagoe. Toki no Kane and Kitain are about 15 minutes on foot from Hon-Kawagoe Station.

From Ikebukuro, the Tobu Tojo Line's Kawagoe Tokkyu reaches Kawagoe from 26 minutes; from Seibu-Shinjuku, the Limited Express Koedo reaches Hon-Kawagoe from 44 minutes.

Places in Saitama

Kawagoe
From 26 minutes from Ikebukuro on the Tobu Tojo Line's Kawagoe Tokkyu.
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