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33rd Koedo Kawagoe Spring Festival
Held from March 24th (Sunday) to April 21st (Sunday)!
Kawagoe’s spring tradition “Little Edo Kawagoe Spring Festival” will be held🎉
On Saturday, March 3rd, there will be a spring boat trip as a pre-event.
The opening event on March 3th (Sunday) will include a performance by the matchlock gun corps, etc.
Please enjoy the spring festival full of highlights✨
🌸Highlights of “Little Edo Kawagoe Spring Festival”🌸
🌸Performance by the Kawagoe Domain Matchlock Gun Corps🌸
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🌸
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 Kawagoe District Fire Department Union Fire Band will enliven the shopping district with beautiful and powerful performances.
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 Taisho Roman Yume-dori Daiei Park
👇Click on the image to enlarge👇
🌸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.
◆◆Ended ◆No plans for this year◆◆
◆Venue: Shinkawa Riverside behind Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine
◆Boarding time: Approximately 10 minutes (runs every 15 minutes)
| 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 | (8 frames in total) |
◆◆Boarding tickets are sold out/No same-day tickets available◆◆
◆Canceled in case of stormy weather, rising water, etc.
・Whether or not the event will be held will be announced on our website by 9:XNUMX a.m. on the day of the event.
・In case of cancellation, fees will be refunded. In that case, we will provide details on our website etc.
◆The boat trip was held and ended◆Please note that there are no plans for boat trips sponsored by our association this year◆
◆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.
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- 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.
[Video] Boat trip
🌸“Little Edo Kawagoe Spring Festival” related events🌸
① Kawagoe Kumano Shrine “Harumode”
Special goshuin stamps, passing through the eel ring, good luck guidance events, etc.
📅3/17 (Sun) ~ 5/6 (Mon) 9:30-17:00
📍Kawagoe Kumano Shrine precincts
☎︎Kawagoe Kumano Shrine 049-225-4975
☂️Rain or shine
② Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine “Flower Hand Water Festival”
Spring is in full bloom 🌸 Color the precincts and approach to the shrine with gorgeous flower washes ✨
📅3/24 (Sun) ~ 4/21 (Sun) 9:00-17:00
📍Kawagoe Hachimangu shrine precincts/approach
☎︎Kawagoe Hachimangu 049-222-1396
☂️Rain or shine
③ Little Edo Kawagoe Edo Day
In addition to events such as period dramas, association members entertain customers dressed as Edo townspeople.
📅3/24(Sun) 10:00-16:00
📍Kawagoe First Avenue Shopping Street
☎Kawagoe Ichibangai shopping street 049-226-9725
☂️Cancelled in bad weather
④Permanent Exhibition “Small Special Feature: Tadayoshi Nakabayashi”/Touch Art Corner “Let’s take a look at the collection”
The permanent exhibition introduces copperplate print artist Tadayoshi Nakabayashi, who was last year's Person of Cultural Merit.
📅3/27(Wed)-6/23(Sun)9:00-17:00
📍Kawagoe City Museum of Art
☎Kawagoe City Museum 049-228-8080
☂️Rain or shine
⑤ Kawagoe Fudo Flea Market (Antique Market)
An antique market will be held on the grounds of the Fudo Myoo Festival on the 28th.
3/28 (Thu) 6:00-15:00
📍Naritasan Kawagoe Betsuin precincts
☎Naritasan Kawagoe Betsuin 049-222-0173
☂️Rain or shine
⑥Visiting cherry blossoms in kimono
Let's take a photo of your kimono with this year's cherry blossoms in the background
3/31 (Sun) 10: 30-14: 00
☎Society to increase the number of kimonos in Kawagoe city 049-222-4592
☂Cancelled due to rain
⑦Ishida Spring Festival
Exhibition of Minamoto no Yorimitsu's float, performance of Ihayashi, and dedication of Ishida Sasara Shishimai
4/7 (Sun) 10: 00-15: 00
📍Precincts of Fujinomiya Shrine
☎︎ Ishida Music Association 049-225-3167
☂️Cancelled in case of rain
⑧Ishihara Sasara Lion Dance Main Festival
This is the first festival in six years. Look forward to the gorgeous lion dance filled with the atmosphere of the Edo period.
4/20(Sat)-4/21(Sun) 9:00-17:00
📍Various locations in Ishiharamachi/Motomachi 2-chome Inoue Clinic
☂️Rain or shine event *At Ishihara Town Community Center (2-64-6 Ishihara Town)
💻Ishihara Sasara Lion Dance Preservation Society
💻About Ishihara's Lion Dance
⑨11th Iaido Iaido Founder Memorial Event Iaido Performance by Jinsuke Hayashizaki Shigenobu
Demonstrations by various schools that follow the style of Jinsuke Hayashizaki Shigenobu
4/21 (Sun) 9: 00-12: 00
📍Renkeiji Temple
☎︎(One company) Budo Promotion Association 03-5413-1717
☂️Rain or shine
⑪Kawagoe Zeniarai Benzaiten Festival
Attendees will be given lucky coins in exchange for order cards.
4/21 (Sun) 11:00/15:00 *Order cards will be distributed from 9:XNUMX
📍Kawagoe Kumano Shrine
☎︎Kawagoe Kumano Shrine049-225-4975
☂️Rain or shine
⑩Miyoshino Shrine Spring Festival
Miyoshino Shrine building preview, Kawagoe Festival music performance, bamboo dragonfly presentation
4/21 (Sun) 10: 00-16: 00
📍Miyoshino Shrine
☎︎Miyoshino Shrine Representative Association 090-6137-5838
☂️In case of rain, please inquire
🌸"Little Edo Kawagoe Spring Festival" supporting companies and organizations🌸
🌸Sponsored🌸
| ◆Kawagoe-shi | ◆Kawagoe Chamber of Commerce |
| ◆Little Edo Kawagoe Tourism Promotion Council | ◆DMO Kawagoe |
🌸Co-sponsored🌸
| ◆Little Edo Kawagoe Tourism Executive Committee | ◆(Public corporation) Little Edo Kawagoe Tourism Association |