← Saitama itinerariesKawagoe Day Trip from Ikebukuro: Old Town & Candy Alley
Leave Ikebukuro Station at 11:00 and visit Kitain Temple, Kurazukuri Warehouse Street (lunch), Toki no Kane (Bell of Time) and 2 more places on foot and by train. Day trip. Listed costs: about ¥1,592 per person.
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Take an Express on the Tobu Tojo Line to Kawagoe
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- 11:001
Take an Express on the Tobu Tojo Line to Kawagoe
- Train 32 min¥481Timetable
- 11:352
Another option: the Koedo Kawagoe Coupon (¥1,110), which includes bus rides
- Walk 20 min
- 12:003
¥400 to see the Gohyaku Rakan statues and more. The grounds are free
- Walk 15 min
- 13:004About 1 hr 27 min hereOfficial sitekoedo.or.jp
Lined with eel restaurants and sweet-potato shops
- Walk 3 min
- 14:305
- Walk 5 min
- 15:006About 1 hr 15 min hereOfficial sitekoedo.or.jp
Lined with old-fashioned candy shops. They close early in the evening
- Walk 15 min
- 16:307About 2 hr 8 min hereOfficial sitekawagoehikawa.jp
Wind chimes from late June to early September, lit up from early evening
- Walk 2 min
- 18:408
Tobu Bus back to Kawagoe Station
- Bus 21 min¥230Timetable
- 19:109
- Train 33 min¥481Timetable
- 19:5010
Getting around and time at each stop
- Ikebukuro Station (start) → Kawagoe Station: Train 32 min (¥481)
- Kawagoe Station → Kitain Temple: Walk 20 min
- Kitain Temple → Kurazukuri Warehouse Street (lunch): Walk 15 min
- Kurazukuri Warehouse Street (lunch) → Toki no Kane (Bell of Time): Walk 3 min
- Toki no Kane (Bell of Time) → Kashiya Yokocho (Penny Candy Alley): Walk 5 min
- Kashiya Yokocho (Penny Candy Alley) → Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine (Enmusubi Wind Chimes): Walk 15 min
- Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine (Enmusubi Wind Chimes) → Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine bus stop: Walk 2 min
- Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine bus stop → Kawagoe Station: Bus 21 min (¥230)
- Kawagoe Station → Ikebukuro Station (finish): Train 33 min (¥481)
Time at each stop (approx., includes free time): Kitain Temple: about 45 min · Kurazukuri Warehouse Street (lunch): about 1 hr 27 min · Toki no Kane (Bell of Time): about 25 min · Kashiya Yokocho (Penny Candy Alley): about 1 hr 15 min · Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine (Enmusubi Wind Chimes): about 2 hr 8 min
Travel times are a guide. Check timetables on the day.
Listed costs per person, in yen
- Transport
- ¥1,192
- Stay
- ¥0
- Admission
- ¥400
- Total
- ¥1,592
- Not a tour price. Meals may not be included.
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