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34rd Koedo Kawagoe Spring Festival
Held from Saturday, March 29th to Sunday, April 20th!
⚠Notice⚠
Regarding the possibility of holding each event at the Koedo Kawagoe Spring Festival opening event
*Traffic regulations will be implemented.
Due to bad weather
○Opening ceremony canceled
○ Rifle demonstration held
Ladder dance performance canceled
○ Fire Department Band performance canceled
○Kawagoe Yatai Village will be held
Kawagoe’s spring tradition “Little Edo Kawagoe Spring Festival” will be held🎉
The opening event on Saturday, March 3th will feature ladder climbing and matchlock gun demonstrations, and the Koedo Kawagoe Spring Boat Trip will be held on Sunday, March 29th! In addition, during the Spring Festival from the 30th to April 29th, various events will be held by groups in the city.
Please enjoy the spring festival full of highlights✨
🌸Highlights of “Little Edo Kawagoe Spring Festival”🌸
"Koedo Kawagoe Spring Festival" Opening Event
Date and time: Saturday, March 2025, 3, 29:10 a.m. - 4:XNUMX p.m. *The event was held.
🌸Performance by the Kawagoe Domain Matchlock Gun Corps🌸
*It was carried out.
This is a notable event of the festival where the Kawagoe Clan Matchlock Gun Troop Shishi-no-kai wearing armor parades from Honmaru Palace to Renkeiji Temple and performs matchlock gun demonstrations at each spot!
With the Edo-style streets in the background, you can witness a powerful scene where the roar of matchlock guns fired by the soldiers echoes throughout the city.
◆Time schedule/Enbu (firing) venue◆
12:20~ [Departure Ceremony] In front of Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace
13:00~ In front of Kawagoe Festival Hall
13:15~ In front of Saitama Resona Bank
13:30~ Near Nakamachi intersection
13:40~ Near Renkeiji Temple
🌸Kawagoe Tobi Union Ladder Glue🌸
*The event has been cancelled due to rain.
At the Kawagoe Festival Hall and Nakamachi intersection, the Kawagoe Tobi Association will perform a ladder performance. The sight of him effortlessly climbing a 6 meter ladder supported by a tobiguchi is a sight to behold! You can see traditional ladder glue techniques such as ``kimushishi'' and ``jodai noji'' ✨
◆Time schedule/Enbu venue◆
10:15-10:25 In front of Kawagoe Festival Hall
10:40-10:50 Nakamachi intersection
🌸Performance by the fire department band🌸
*The event has been cancelled due to rain.
The Kawagoe District Firefighters' Band will liven up the venue with a beautiful and powerful performance.
Let's all enjoy spring in Little Edo Kawagoe while listening to tones that we don't usually hear🎵
◆Time schedule/performance venue◆
12:00-13:00 Renkeiji Temple grounds
🌸Traffic regulations🌸
Traffic restrictions will be in place from 3am to 29pm on Saturday, March 10th.
*Please check the flyer above for vehicle-free areas.
🚌Bus detouring🚙
Please check the individual bus company websites for information about detouring bus routes.
-Tobu Bus West
"Koedo Kawagoe Spring Festival" Spring Boat Trip
Date and time: Sunday, March 2025, 3, 30:11 am - 8:1 pm *This event was only held for one day.
*It has been decided that the "Spring Boat Trip" will be held on Sunday, March 2025th, 3.
Please bring your ticket with you.To the boarding point within the designated timePlease come.
Incidentally,There will be no same-day tickets available.Please note.
🌸Spring boat trip🌸
A popular spring festival event where you can enjoy a 10-minute boat ride from the banks of the Shingashi River behind Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine!
The cherry blossoms along the Shingashi River that you can see from the boat are truly spectacular, and you can fully enjoy Kawagoe in spring.
◆Venue: Shinkawa Riverside behind Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine
■Tickets are sold out⚠️
There are no same-day tickets available.
🌞Daytime operation(Boat ride takes about 10 minutes)
Price:1 yen per person * Free for children under 2 years old
| ①11: 00 to 11: 29 | ②11:30 to 11:59 | ③12: 00 to 12: 29 |
| ④12: 30 to 12: 59 | ⑤13: 00 to 13: 29 | ⑥ 13: 30-13: 59 |
| ⑦ 14: 00-14: 29 | ⑧ 14: 30 ～ 14: 59 | ⑨ 15: 00 ～ 15: 29 |
| ⑩ 15: 30-15: 59 |
(I.e.Nighttime operation(Boat ride takes about 20 minutes, includes lantern)
Price:1 yen per person * Free for children under 2 years old
| ①18: 30 to 18: 59 | ②19:00 to 19:29 | ③19: 30 to 19: 59 |
🎫How to buy a ticket ■sold out⚠️
Sales start date: 2025Monday, March 10th, from 10:00 am (first come, first served)
Sales location:At Seven-Eleven multi-copy machines nationwide *You can purchase up to two tickets in one transaction.
<Seven Code>
🌞Daytime service:109-761
(I.e.Night service:109-762
※How to purchase Seven TicketsCLICK HERE
There are no same-day tickets available.
◆Canceled in case of stormy weather, rising water, etc.
・We will announce on this website by 9:XNUMX AM on the day whether the event will be held or not.
・If the event is cancelled due to reasons of the organizers, the fee will be refunded. In that case, details will be provided on this website etc.
*No refunds will be given for cancellations due to customer reasons.
◆Access
■From Tobu Tojo Line / JR Kawagoe Line "Kawagoe Station" or Seibu Shinjuku Line "Hon-Kawagoe Station", take the Tobu Bus West bound for "Shinmeicho Shako" and get off at "Kitacho" and walk for 10 minutes.
Take a bus bound for Saitama Medical University, get off at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, and walk for 3 minutes.
◆
- You cannot board the boat while using a stroller or wheelchair.
- Please come in clothes that are easy to move in and that you don't mind getting wet.
- Please keep your baggage to a minimum.
- Infants who cannot wear life jackets, those who are in poor health such as those with a fever of 37.5 degrees or higher, and those who are intoxicated cannot board the boat.
* There is no parking lot around the venue.Please use the public transportation.
🌸Traffic regulations🌸
Traffic restrictions will be in place from 3:30am to 9pm on Sunday, March 30th.
*Please check the flyer above for vehicle-free areas.
[Video] Boat trip
🌸“Little Edo Kawagoe Spring Festival” related events🌸
①Permanent Exhibition "Artists with ties to Kawagoe"
Works by printmaker Shizuma Uchida and Japanese painter Tomohide Koizumi will be on display.
📅3/26 (Wed) ~ 6/22 (Sun) 9:00-17:00
📍Kawagoe City Museum of Art
☎︎ Kawagoe City Museum049-228-8080
☂️In case of rain
3. Spring visit to Kawagoe Kumano Shrine
Passing through a Nagi ring, purification and exorcism using dolls, writing on Nagi leaf strips, etc.
📅March 3th (Sun) - May 16th (Tue) 5:6-9:30
📍Kawagoe Kumano Shrine
☎Kawagoe Kumano Shrine 049-225-9475
☂️Inclement weather
⑤Iaido Demonstration in memory of founder of Iaido, Jinsuke Hayashizaki
A iaido demonstration by various schools following the footsteps of Jinsuke Shigenobu Hayasazaki
📅4/20(Sun) 9:00-12:00
📍Renkeiji temple precincts
☎Budo Promotion Association 03-5413-1717
☂️In case of rain
⑦Kawagoe Zeniarai Benzaiten Festival
Lucky coins were distributed to those who attended the Lucky Coin Distribution Festival, and the Mahjong Club's music played.
📅4/20(Sun) 11:00/15:00
(I.e.Kawagoe Kumano Shrine
☎049-225-4975
(I.e.Rain or shine
⑨Sasara Lion Festival
Lion dance performance Enjoy the culture of Kawagoe Introducing the wonder of lion dance, aiming to popularize, inherit and develop ethnic culture
📅April 4th 20:8‐00:16
📍Kanonji Temple/Resona Coedo Terrace Square/Ishiharacho Second Park
☎080-1058-3492
☔ In case of rain, the event will be held at Ishiharacho Community Center
⑪Street Piano in Nakain ~ Cherry Blossom Piano Stage Season 5
This street piano is only available during the cherry blossom season in Nakain.
📅March 3-20 3:30-10:00
📍Hoshinosan Muryojuji Temple, Middle Temple
☔Cancelled in case of rain
💻Official X (external site)
⑬ Viewing cherry blossoms and strolling through backstreets in a kimono
Wear a kimono and stroll around the cherry blossoms and backstreets.
📅April 3th 30:11‐30:14
📍Nakain Temple - Kitain Temple - Hikawa Shrine
☔Cancelled in case of rain
☎049-222-4592
②Spring visit to Kawagoe Hachiman Shrine ~ Flower Water Festival ~
Spring is in full bloom 🌸 The grounds and approach to the shrine are decorated with gorgeous flower water basins. Spring pilgrimage stamps are also available.
📅March 3th (Sat) - April 29th (Sun) 4:20-9:00
📍Kawagoe Hachimangu shrine precincts/approach
☎︎Kawagoe Hachimangu 049-222-1396
☂️In case of rain
④ Cherry blossom and monument appreciation party
While strolling through the famous cherry blossom spots of Kawagoe, we visit the stone monuments with poems and haiku inscribed on them.
📅3/30(Sun) 9:30-12:00
📍Kawagoe city
☎Kawagoe City Silver Human Resources Center 049-222-2075
☂️In case of rain
⑥Miyoshino Shrine Spring Festival
Miyoshino Shrine Preview and Kawagoe Festival Music Performance
📅4/20(Sun) 10:00-15:30
☎Miyoshino Shrine Representative Association Toda Takahiro 090-6137-5838
☔Please enquire
⑧Cherry Blossom Viewing in Nagaya ※Cancelled
The first event was held jointly by Showa no Machi no Kai, Koetoko, and Benten Nagaya.
📅3/29 10:00‐16:00
(I.e.Renkeiji Temple precincts
☎049-222-1518 (Showa Town Association)
☔Cancelled in bad weather
⑩ Temple Piano Spring Festival @ Cherry Blossom Viewing in Nagaya
One-day only street piano. Anyone can play it.
📅April 3th 29:11‐00:15
📍Near the traffic light in front of Renkeiji Temple
☎080-3472-4899
☔Cancelled in case of rain
💻Official Instagram (external site)
⑫The 31st Shingashi River Cherry Blossom Festival
Participants will have the opportunity to experience the river through performing arts performances on the banks of the Shin-Kashi River.
📅April 3th 29:13‐00:16
📍Around the Shinkawashi River behind Hikawa Shrine
☎049-224-5894
☔Cancelled in case of rain
⑭ Cherry Blossom Viewing Photo Contest 2025
This is a photo contest related to cherry blossom viewing spots around Kawagoe City.
📅March 3 - May 20
☎kawagoe.mypl@gmail.com
💻Official site (external site)
🌸"Little Edo Kawagoe Spring Festival" supporting companies and organizations🌸
🌸Sponsored🌸
| ◆Kawagoe-shi | ◆Kawagoe Chamber of Commerce |
| ◆Little Edo Kawagoe Tourism Promotion Council | ◆DMO Kawagoe |