The third and
final part of our MWR tour was Kawagoe and the Kitain Temple.
One of the main
attractions of Kawagoe is a Kurazukuri street, a section of a street lined with
traditional warehouses constructed in a style called kurazukuri which maintains
the style of the Edo period (thank you, Wikipedia, for that description). As our tour guide pointed out, it also has
one of the only city streets without power lines, a rarity here in Japan. The Kurazukuri street is lined with shopping,
restaurants, and parks. Other fun things
to see were the candy alley where the trees are literally dripping with candy
and the historic bell tower, built in 1894, that still rings four times a
day.
The Kitain
Temple is one of the most important temples in the Greater Tokyo area. The temple is home to a former Edo castle,
many gardens, and 540 statues representing the disciples of Buddha.
Here is the last
part of our day…
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| Mine is a reader. |
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| Matt's is "Gramps". |
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