Shirako and Hizaori to the gates of Kawagoe Castle during the Edo Period (1603-1867)--Asaka in Saitama Prefecture has shape-shifted with the times. Tokyo Golf Club, which opened in Tokyo’s ...

If you like exploring well-preserved Edo-period architecture, sampling traditional Japanese sweets, and immersing yourself in old town atmospheres, then you’ll love Kawagoe, a small castle town ...

many remnants of the former castle town are still standing today. Shop owners and other locals introduced rules in the 1980s to preserve and make use of the historic townscape, helping Kawagoe to ...