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

Rows of glass wind chimes in red, blue and clear glass with wooden tags, hanging from a wooden frame

Kawagoe, Saitama

Kawagoe: What to Do and Where to Stay

Food · Things to do · Where to stay

Kawagoe's sights are in its old town: the warehouse street, Toki no Kane and Kashiya Yokocho in one part, with Kitain, Honmaru Goten and Hikawa Shrine a little apart. 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.

Kawagoe has few places to stay; the where-to-stay page lists eight, mostly station hotels, with two hotels in Ikebukuro as the day-trip alternative. The Koedo Kawagoe Fireworks are on 21 November 2026, and the Kawagoe Tobu Hotel is closed on 14–15 November 2026.

Kawagoe: things to do, where to stay

In depth

TravelDay Trips from Tokyo, Ranked: Which One Deserves Your Spare Day, and Which to Skip
Four day trips ranked on when the way home closes, counted from where you sleep in Tokyo. Nikko and the summer Fuji day declined by name, with the reason.
September 7, 2026