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Area: Omiya
Category: City Town Local > Historical Sites
Category: City Town Local > Historical Sites
Kurazukuri (蔵造り,kurazukuri) There are many building from Edo period. They are still used for the restaurant and stores. Modern and Tradition coexist here. There is a time chime from several hundreds years ago. If you want to see Japanese classic buildings which are not just standing but they are actually working, come and visit Kurazukuri.
Tourist info.
The city, Kawagoe, is known locally as "Little Edo", or Koedo, after the old name for Tokyo, "Edo". Kuradukuri is the small district which many building from Edo period are preserved.
Access.
0. at Omiya St.
1. use JR Saikyo Line to Kawagoe St. (18 min.)
2. walk north (20 min.)
Tourist info.
The city, Kawagoe, is known locally as "Little Edo", or Koedo, after the old name for Tokyo, "Edo". Kuradukuri is the small district which many building from Edo period are preserved.
Access.
0. at Omiya St.
1. use JR Saikyo Line to Kawagoe St. (18 min.)
2. walk north (20 min.)
Access to Omiya Area
Omiya and Saitama city is the one of the biggest cities in Kanto Region. Many people who works at Tokyo live in this area. Saitama Arena in Omiya is one of the biggest stage which holds many music, K-1 and all kinds of entertainment show. Kawagoe which is located in the center of Saitama Prefecture has great Edo style view of Town. It is also called Kurazukuri.
Map around Kurazukuri
Nearest Videos
Kashiya-Yokocho
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe
Isa Pond
Yoshimi Town Cosmos
Okegawa-juku
Detailed Travel Guide for Kurazukuri
kawagoe is also known as "little Edo (koedo)" where many old classic style of Japanese building are still standing and practically used for stores and restaurants.
Some of the buildings were more than 200 years old. Those buildings are actually traditional storage. Because they have high standard of fire protection, after the big fire at 1893, people built Kura (traditional storage) as their houses and stores.
On the Kurazukuri strip, there are many restaurants, gift shops, food shops, and other stores are opens. About 5 million visitors visit at Kurazukuri. So definitively, one of the major travel spot nearby Tokyo.
One of the major symbol is Tokinokane (the time chime). First Tokinokane was built at 17th century. Current one was built at 1893 after the big fire.
In October, there is famous Kawagoe Festival with huge Float which appointed as one of Japanese National Treasure of Tradition and Culture.
