CHECK IT OUT: This is as close you get to stroll around a town or village in EDO-PERIOD Japan (17th-19th century) when SAMURAIS ruled the day. This is the real Japan. Kawagoe is a village, small town, not too far away from Tokyo. A historic town. A great day trip from Tokyo. The place is known as “little Edo” after the old name for Tokyo due to its many historic buildings. This is the real historic Japan type of place.

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