{"id":102119,"date":"2024-05-17T09:58:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=102119"},"modified":"2024-11-15T21:54:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T12:54:48","slug":"little-edo-kawagoe-tokyo-best-day-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/little-edo-kawagoe-tokyo-best-day-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Through the Fire: How Kawagoe Became One of Tokyo’s Best Day Trip Destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Along Kawagoe’s famous Kurazukuri no Machinami street, the scars of the city’s long and often tragic history are evident. Many of these kurazukuri<\/em>, two-story warehouses of thick clay walls, bear the blackened marks of huge fires that ravaged Kawagoe centuries ago. Ironically, the lessons of the fires shaped this now postcard-perfect urban landscape into what it has become: a popular day trip destination for both locals and visitors from Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking along the narrow streets, now lined with these fireproof buildings and newer structures built to fit the historical atmosphere, visitors can be found strolling in rented kimono, enjoying an endless array of local snacks dispensed by vendors cheerfully calling out to the crowds, and becoming part of a scene that has all but disappeared from modern Tokyo. That’s why this quaint city in Saitama is known as Koedo<\/em>, the “Little Edo” of Japan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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