Near Tokyo! Half-Day Guided Tour to Experience and Learn the Traditional Culture of the Kawagoe Festival.
Near Tokyo! Half-Day Guided Tour to Experience and Learn the Traditional Culture of the Kawagoe Festival.
This tour is organized and co-sponsored by Regional Design Lab Saitama Co. and Sai Iromachi Kenkyujo Co. In this tour, you can experience the traditional culture of the Kawagoe Festival in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, an area near Tokyo that still retains the atmosphere of Edo. The duration of this tour is 5 hours and a half.
The price (Tax included)
60,720 JPY/person for those 13 years old and older.
30,360 JPY/person for those aged 3 and above and under 12.
Infants under 3 years old are free of charge, but no meals.
The tour implementation
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025.
Please make a reservation at least 3 days prior to the desired date.
The tour itinerary
There are 2 courses: (1) Meet at 9:30 a.m. and dismiss around 3:00 p.m. and (2) Meet at 2:30 p.m. and dismiss around 8:00 p.m. Whichever course you choose, the meeting place is the parking lot in Resona Koedo Terrace (4-1 Saiwai-cho, Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture)
Details of the former are as follows.
①MUSEUM TOUR
At the Kawagoe Festival Museum, you will be guided by an expert on the region and the festival, and you will learn about the history of the Kawagoe Festival and view the floats.
②STROLLING ON THE STREETS
You will walk and eat through the warehouse-building streets. Accompanied by a local guide, you will explore the famous sightseeing spot, warehouse-building streets. Enjoy free time to wander around and buy souvenirs!
③JAPANESE BINDING EXPERIENCE
Using Japanese paper with festival patterns, let's experience a hands-on “Japanese-style notebook” craft at Sakurai Printing Works. Of course, you can take home your crafted items on that day.
④RESTAURANT "YAMAYA"
A special meal only available on this tour will be served at Resutaurant Yamaya, a Japanese-style restaurant with a superb garden. The meal is Japanese kaiseki cuisine using local ingredients. You will listen to a local guide talk about the festival as you enjoy a special meal. You will also enjoy pairing the meal with sake from Koedo Kagamiyama Shuzo, a local sake brewery. The sake served is Kagamiyama, a local sake that is also drunk at the festival! Additionally, you will be able to experience a special performance of “Ohayashi”, which is performed during festivals, JUST FOR YOU. You can enjoy it in the tatami room at close range!
⑤SHOPPING at KOEDO KURARI
We will take you to “Koedo Kurari,” a souvenir shop where you can purchase various souvenirs and Japanese sake from Kawagoe while enjoying a stroll around town.
*Please note that depending on the number of people in the tour and the group, steps ① and ③ may be switched.
The latter is as follows: its course is mostly same as above, only ⑤ is changed to the following.
⑤Enjoy the nightlife of Kawagoe
We will introduce various spots where you can have fun at night, such as the bar in Resona Koedo Terrace. Whether to drink at the bar or not is entirely up to you. It’s optional.
Cancellation policy
If you cancel between 2 and 7 days before the reserved date, we will charge you 30% of the total amount as a cancellation fee. 50% will be charged for cancellations made the day before, and the full amount will be charged if you cancel on the day of your appointment.
Further remarks
■Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes on the day.
■Special meals (including free drinks), Washi paper crafts, Sake drinking experience, guide fee, music performance in the tatami room, and entrance fee to Kawagoe Festival Hall are included in the tour, but transportation is not included.