Kawagoe 4hr Private Tour with Licensed Guide: Explore the Castle Town's History and Cuisine
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Kawagoe
Discover the history and cuisine of Kawagoe on a 4-hour private tour with a licensed guide. Explore the castle town's historical buildings, shrines, and temples, and indulge in regional food and drinks.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Toki no Kane - Toki no Kane is a symbol of Kawagoe. Because there were no clocks in the Edo period, this tower has told the time to the people of Kawagoe by its ringing bell. Even today, you can hear the bell at 6 am, 12pm, 3 pm and 6 pm. Toki no Kane, along with the surrounding environment retains the vestiges of the Edo period.
What's Included
  • Licensed Local Guide
  • Customizable Tour of your choice of 2-3 sites from ‘What to expect’ list
What's Not Included
  • Transportation fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
  • Private Vehicle
  • You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
  • Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.
Additional Information

This value-packed trip with a government-licensed and experienced multilingual tour guide is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Kawagoe!

Kawagoe was a prominent castle town in the Edo period and was known at that time as Ko-edo, or Little Edo (former name of Tokyo). About 30 minutes by train from central Tokyo, Kawagoe features many historical buildings, shrines and temples, and offers many regional food and drinks, as well as unique souvenir items.

Let us know what you would like to experience and we will customize a four-hour tour that’s best for you!

Note1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customized itinerary.
Note
2: National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

  • This is a walking tour. Pick up is on foot.
Location
Toki no Kane
15-7 Saiwaicho,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Krisnanv
Jun 16, 2024
A Good Day in Kawagoe. - We liked our guide. He is a good man. He planed our trip very details in advance. Though, we were late and messed almost all the plan he did, he was calm and rescheduled a new plan to what we liked.
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Mark_b
Apr 24, 2024
Memorable - I will always remember how extraordinary my first trip to Japan was for me and my mom. Through the expert guidance of Isao, we saw the key points of interest and how to best get around. He helped ease our travel with a wheelchair and made arrangements to accommodate us. Isao gave generously extra of his time. We enjoyed the best of Tokyo which is all of Tokyo. If we are fortunate enough to make a return trip to Tokyo, we would choose him again as our guide.
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Teresamaynard99
Jul 23, 2023
Great tour of Kawagoe - Very interesting Edo period town with old warehouses, old streets and watch tower. The temple was most enjoyable with the Buddha and statues of 500 disciples. Quite a way out of Tokyo but certainly worth the effort. Our tour guide, Yusuke, was very knowledgeable and made sure we had a great tour. Highly recommended.
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Georgina
May 17, 2023
Best tour in Japan - Fumie - Hello Fumie, Thanks so much for everything today you really have gone above and beyond. We cannot begin to express our gratitude for your help today. Thank you again for an amazing tour and a beautiful tea ceremony. We would recommend this tour to everybody visiting Japan. We have done a few tours in Japan and travel around the country and Fumie’s tour was exceptional. We look forward to coming back to Kanazawa and seeing Fumie again. Mark and Georgina.
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