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Location
Toki-no-Kane (The Bell of Time)
This bell is a symbol of Kawagoe that has announced the time to the residents of the castle town for nearly 400 years. At roughly 16m tall, it is about the same height as the Daibutsu (the great Budda statue) in Nara. The current bell is the fourth generation and sounds four times a day: at 6:00 a.m., noon, 3:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. The sound of this bell was selected in 1996 by the Environment Agency (now the Ministry of the Environment) as one of the Top 100 Soundscapes of Japan.
Access
- By car: Short drive
- On foot: 10 minutes
- By bus: From the bus stop near the Hotel
Nearby Attractions
Historic Townscape
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Kashiya Yokocho (sweets store alley)
Around 1930, there were more than 70 stores in this alley manufacturing and selling sweets wholesale. Even now, more than 20 …
Kawagoe Festival Museum
The Kawagoe Festival (which takes place on the third Saturday and Sunday in October), is the …
Osawa Family House
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Kitain Temple
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500 Statues of Rakan
Inside the grounds of Kitain Temple, these statues were made over a 50-year period beginning in 1782. There are 538 stone …
Senba Toshogu Shrine
Senba Toshogu Shrine is one of the three most important Toshogu shrines in Japan. It is adjacent to Kitain Temple on the south …
Naka-in Temple
Directly to the south of Kitain Temple, this is a temple with a quiet atmosphere. Around the end of …
Residential palace in the inner citadel of Kawagoe Castle
Kawagoe Castle was constructed in 1457 by Ota Doshin and his son Dokan under the orders of Ogigayatsu Uesugi Mochitomo, as a …
Kawagoe City Museum
The Kawagoe City Museum is built on the former site of Ni-no-maru (second citadel) of the …
Hikawa Shrine
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Kawagoe City Industrial Tourism Center, Koedo Kurari
Koedo Kurari is a facility renovated from the former site of Kagamiyama Sake Brewery, which was founded in 1875, while retaining vestiges of the …
Musashi-Kyuryo National Government Park
The Musashi-Kyuryo National Government Park in Namegawa, Saitama, opened in 1974 as part of a series of initiatives to commemorate the Centennial of …