Kawagoe | The Samurai Old Town Near Tokyo (1h from Tokyo)
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🇯🇵 Welcome to** Kawagoe**
— Tokyo’s Samurai Old Town.Just one hour from Tokyo, Kawagoe (also called Little Edo) is one of Japan’s best-preserved historic towns, filled with wooden warehouses, retro alleys, traditional snacks, shrines, and samurai-era heritage.
🚶**This cinematic walk takes you through the full area**
– Kawagoe’s iconic Bell Tower “Toki no Kane”
– Candy Alley with old-fashioned sweets
– Taisho Roman Street with retro architecture
– Kawagoe Kumano Shrine (good luck & love shrine)
– Nakacho Street historic townscape
– Kawagoe Castle
— an important base in the Kanto region and a site related to the Hojo clan
– Many local shops, cafes, and street food you can’t find anywhere else
✨ **Why Kawagoe is special**
✓ One of the best-preserved Edo-period townscapes
✓ Mix of Edo, Meiji, and Taisho-era architecture
✓ Traditional snacks & crafts
✓ Perfect day trip: only 1 hour from Tokyo
✓ A peaceful escape with real Japanese culture
📍 **Locations you’ll see in this video**
– Nakacho Street
– Toki no Kane (Bell Tower)
– Kawagoe Castle
– Hikawa Shrine
– Kashiya Yokocho (Candy Alley)
– Ogakiku (Eel Restaurant)
– Local ramen shops, cafes, wagashi, Edo-style stores
– Many street-food spots along the retro alleys
🔔 **Subtitles available**
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🕐 **Timeline of full video**
00:00 – Kawagoe overview
00:30 – Hon-Kawagoe Station
00:36 – Kumano Shrine
01:15 – Renkei-ji Temple
01:32 – KIRAKU Medaka Shop
02:06 – Old Style Ramen (Ichi no Aji)
02:22 – Taisho Roman Street
02:32 – Nakacho Street
03:06 – Unagi Denbei
03:14 – Stone shop(Iwaza)
03:39 – MATCHA SPOT
04:31 – Choki-in Temple
04:50 – Saiwacho Roman
05:19 – Bell Tower Street
05:40 – Bell Tower (Toki no Kane）
05:49 – Yakushi Shrine
06:15 – Specialty shops
06:35 – Nakacho Street
07:19 – Edoya Sweets
07:39 – Shooting Gallery
07:52 – Candy Alley
09:00 – Dōkan Ōta
09:11 – Kawagoe Castle
10:48 – Hikawa Shrine
11:43 – Eel (Ogakiku)
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