basic information

How to get to Kawagoe

Kawagoe is connected with central Tokyo by three railway companies: Tobu, Seibu and JR.

The fastest connection is provided by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro Station. Express trains, departing every 15 minutes, take 30 minutes and cost 450 Yen from Ikebukuro to Kawagoe Station.

Seibu Railways operates frequent direct trains to Hon-Kawagoe Station from Seibu-Shinjuku, taking 60 minutes and costing 480 Yen.

Finally, Kawagoe can also be reached by direct trains on the JR Saikyo/Kawagoe Line (via Omiya). From Shinjuku, the one way trip takes 50 minutes and costs 740 Yen.

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Orientation

Kawagoe has three railway stations. Seibu's Hon-Kawagoe Station is slightly closer to the main sights than Kawagoe Station (JR and Tobu) and Kawagoe-shi Station (Tobu).

The kurazukri district is a 10-15 minute walk from Hon-Kawagoe Station. Both, Kitain Temple and the former site of Kawagoe Castle are about a 10 minute walk from the kurazukri district and from each other.

There is also a network of city buses and the "Co Edo Loop Bus", a vintage look shuttle bus, which connects Kawagoe Station and Hon-Kawagoe Station with the city's main sights. Single trips costs 180 Yen, a day of unlimited travel 500 Yen.

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