Kawagoe Castle Site

Kawagoe Castle Site is a museum in Kawagoe, Saitama. Kawagoe Castle Site is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine Miyoshino Shrine, as well as near Kawagoe High School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kawagoe Castle and Kawagoe Municipal Museum.

Kawagoe Castle

Castle

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Kawagoe Castle is a flatland Japanese castle in the city of Kawagoe, in Japan's Saitama Prefecture. It is the closest castle to Tokyo to be accessible to visitors, as Edo castle is now the Imperial palace, and largely inaccessible.

Kawagoe Municipal Museum

Museum

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Kawagoe Municipal Museum is situated 150 metres north of Kawagoe Castle Site.

Miyoshino Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Miyoshino Shrine is a Shinto shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kawajima and Nishi-Ōmiya.

Kawajima

Town

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Kawajima is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the town had an estimated population of 19,653 in 8105 households and a population density of 470 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 41.63 square kilometres. Kawajima is situated 8 km north of Kawagoe Castle Site.

Nishi-Ōmiya

Quarter

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Nishi-Ōmiya is a quarter, which is situated 8 km east of Kawagoe Castle Site.

Nishi

Suburb

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Nishi-ku is one of ten wards of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the far western part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 93,527 and a population density of 3200 persons per km2. Nishi is situated 8 km east of Kawagoe Castle Site.

Kawagoe Castle Site

Type: Museum
Also known as: “川越城本丸御殿”
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Kawagoe, Saitama, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.9245° or 35° 55′ 28″ north

Longitude

139.4915° or 139° 29′ 29″ east

Open location code

8Q7XWFFR+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1420171772

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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