10 Sights in Kawagoe, Japan (with Map and Images)

Miyoshino Shrine (三芳野神社, Miyoshino-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in the town of Kukaku, Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The children's song "Dori Janse" is said to be set on the approach to this shrine. It was located in this area before the construction of Kawagoe Castle, but due to the construction of Kawagoe Castle by Ota Michizane and Ota Michiuki, it was decided to be located in the Tenjin Kuruwa in the castle. Major repairs were carried out in the first year of Heisei (1989) and completed in Heisei 4 (1992). Saitama Prefecture designated cultural property.

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Hikawa Shrine (氷川神社) is a Shinto shrine in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. In order to separate it from Hikawa Shrine in Omiya Ward, Saitama City, it is often called Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. Hikawa Shrine is known for its Reitaisai, or a festival considered the origin of Kawagoe festival, which was registered as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property and listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. It's also well known for its "corridor of windchiimes".

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Honō-ji (本��寺) is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Ishihara-cho, Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Mt. Nagaku. There is also a separate hospital in Shimohiroya in the city. The former main mountain is the Minobuzan Kuonji Temple of the main mountain Kai, Shioshi Hōen. In the precincts is the grave of Takayama Shigefumi (haiku poet, vassal of Kawagoe Castle lord Akimoto Takachi) (Saitama Prefecture designated old site).

Wikipedia: 本応寺 (川越市) (JA)

Naritasan Kawagoe Betsuin Hongyōin (本行院) is a temple of the Shingon sect Chizan school located in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is a separate temple of Naritasan Shinshoji Temple (Narita City, Chiba Prefecture), commonly known as Kawagoe Fudo. On the 28th of every month, it is crowded at the flea market (antique market), and in November it is crowded with the fire walking festival (Shiba Lantern Goma). The main statue is Fudo Myōō.

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Myōyōji (明陽寺) is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Suehiro-cho, Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Lotus Mountain. The former main mountain is the main temple Kaiminobuzan Kuonji Temple, Shioshi Hōen. In the precincts of the temple grounds, there is the Myokendo and Shichimendo halls solicited by Kawagoe Castle lord Akimoto Tajima Mamoru vassal Horiuchi Jutao.

Wikipedia: 妙養寺 (JA)

Shōmu Emperor's Shrine (Shōmu Emperor's Shrine) is a Shinto shrine located in Matsubara-Koaza Hataya in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The nearest station is JR Tomita Station. It is a Ujiko Taisha shrine in the Matsubara district founded in the Kamakura period, and enshrines Emperor Shōmu as a clan deity. The Ishitori Festival in Matsubara is held.

Wikipedia: 聖武天皇社 (JA)

Seiya-san Muryōshuji Kita-in (星野山無量寿寺喜多院) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is noted for its main hall, which was part of the original Edo Castle, and the statues of 540 Rakan, disciples of the Buddha. It is also known informally as the Kawagoe Daishi (川越大師).

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Senba Tōshō-gū (仙波東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is enumerated as one of the Three Great Tōshō-gū Shrines (日本三大東照宮). The shrine was founded in 1617.

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Kawagoe Castle is a flatland Japanese castle in the city of Kawagoe, in Japan's Saitama Prefecture. It is the closest castle to Tokyo to be accessible to visitors, as Edo castle is now the Imperial palace, and largely inaccessible.

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Tōmyō-ji (東明寺) is a temple of Tokimune located in Shita-cho, Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Inarisan, the temple number is Shomyoin, and the main statue is the Void Warehouse Bodhisattva.

Wikipedia: 東明寺 (川越市) (JA)