Kawagoe
Population 354,598 (Wikidata)
Before you go
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Daylight 9 h 44 in Dec, dark by 16:29 · 14 h 35 in Jun
- January: 9 h 58 of daylight
- February: 10 h 52 of daylight
- March: 11 h 55 of daylight
- April: 13 h 05 of daylight
- May: 14 h 03 of daylight
- June: 14 h 35 of daylight
- July: 14 h 23 of daylight
- August: 13 h 33 of daylight
- September: 12 h 27 of daylight
- October: 11 h 20 of daylight
- November: 10 h 18 of daylight
- December: 9 h 44 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Kawagoe Festival Museum Museum · 1000 m
- ヤオコー川越美術館 Gallery · 740 m
- Ranzan Memorial Museum of Art Museum · 970 m
- 川越市北部土地改良記念碑 Memorial · 770 m
- 川越市慰霊塔 Memorial · 870 m
- 改築落成之碑 Memorial · 930 m
- 懐中石 Memorial · 930 m
- 太田道灌公像 Memorial · 960 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Hon-Kawagoe 2.1 km
- Kawagoeshi 2.2 km
- Nishi-Kawagoe 2.7 km
- Kawagoe 2.9 km
- Kasumigaseki 3.7 km
- Matoba 4.6 km
More train stations: Minami-Furuya 4.7 km, Shingashi 4.8 km, Tsurugashima 5.4 km, Minami-Otsuka 5.5 km
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