Museum / Science Museum Spots in Around Kawagoe Area

  • Kawagoe City Museum
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    4.0
    44 Reviews
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    Saitama Pref. Kawagoeshi Kuruwamachi 2-30-1
    A museum located in 2-Chome Kuruwa-machi, Kawagoe City. The museum's standing exhibition contains informational panels on the history of Kawagoe from ancient times to the present and models which convey local folk customs such as traditional Kawagoe festivals. The museum also holds special exhibitions. The surrounding area is dotted with cultural facilities such as the Kawagoe City Art Museum, Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace, and Kawagoe Matsuri Kaikan, and visitors can purchase a shared museum pass granting access to all of them.

    At the far end of the shopping street was Kawagoe City Museum where there were many exhibits on the history of Kawagoe city. The museum was not large but the staff there was pleasant and conversed...

  • Kawagoe History Museum
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    4.0
    33 Reviews
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    Saitama Kawagoe-shi Kubomachi 11-8

    This museum is very unique, all you can take photos on Azuchi-Momoya-Edo Samurai, Ninjya Katana, Yoroi, tools, paintings and etc., more than a couple hundred of things are displayed. I have never...

  • Sakado Municipal Sakado Children's Center
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    Saitama Sakado-shi Ashiyamacho 23
  • Kawagoe City Kurazukuri Museum
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    Saitama Kawagoe-shi Kuruwamachi 2-chome 30-1

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Eclipsed by neighboring Tokyo, Saitama is often branded as the sleepy suburbs. However, look a little deeper and you’ll uncover quaint towns bursting with history and crafts from the kurazukuri Edo-period clay houses of Kawagoe to the ancient tree-enveloped temples of Chichibu.

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