Kawagoe Castle was originally built in 1457. The one surviving building (Honmaru-Goten) was constructed in 1848, and was the residence of the castle lord and where he attended to government affairs. Admission for the Honmaru-Goten alone is 100 yen. The combined ticket (with the City Museum and the City Art Museum) is 370 yen.
A few outside pictures
Inside
View of the garden area
This is a meeting re-creation of the feudal lords.
The toilets
Nearby is Kawagoe Miyoshino Shrine, said to be the guardian shrine of Kawagoe Castle. It is now a neighborhood shrine with a children’s playground, and is open to the public only one day a year - New Year’s Day.
Hello Pamela: Love seeing the Shrines, so interesting, when Mike lived in Japan he had a floor hole for the toilet, he did not like squatting to do his business but of course had too. He visited Shrines when he could. Thank-you for sharing. Catherine
Oh, the elegant simplicity of traditional Japanese interior. Compare that to the intricate architectural features of the exterior. Just look at the second photograph of the outside; the tiled roof in two levels, the underside of the lower roof, the wooden panels of the windows, the curved lines of the ventilation grid, the white ends of the beams making a nice line of square dots... Oh, I love Japanese architecture.
This place is simply beautiful. Lovely pieces of art and such elegant rooms. I like the re-creation, too. I can see why you are really maxing out your time at these wonderful places.
Hello Pamela: Love seeing the Shrines, so interesting, when Mike lived in Japan he had a floor hole for the toilet, he did not like squatting to do his business but of course had too.
ReplyDeleteHe visited Shrines when he could.
Thank-you for sharing.
Catherine
Oh, the elegant simplicity of traditional Japanese interior. Compare that to the intricate architectural features of the exterior. Just look at the second photograph of the outside; the tiled roof in two levels, the underside of the lower roof, the wooden panels of the windows, the curved lines of the ventilation grid, the white ends of the beams making a nice line of square dots... Oh, I love Japanese architecture.
ReplyDeleteThis place is simply beautiful. Lovely pieces of art and such elegant rooms. I like the re-creation, too. I can see why you are really maxing out your time at these wonderful places.
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