観光情報

This is a tour where you can learn and experience the traditional culture of the Kawagoe Festival in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, where the atmosphere of Edo remains in the suburbs of Tokyo. We will go around the festival hall with a special guide and take a walk through the Kurazukuri townscape where you can enjoy souvenirs and food. While enjoying the pairing of Japanese sake (local sake), which is drunk at festivals, and special kaiseki cuisine (Japanese food), you can perform “ohayashi,” which is performed during festivals, specially for tour participants. Furthermore, you can enjoy crafting experiences using Japanese paper with festival designs, etc., and this is a tour full of experiences related to festivals.

[Experience content]

・Tour the Kawagoe Festival Hall (museum) with a special guide detailed about the festival

・Walk around the town and buy souvenirs along the Kurazukuri townscape, which is a tourist attraction with a local guide (free time to explore)

・Experience “Japanese binding” (notebook making) crafts using Japanese paper with festival designs (workpieces can be taken home as souvenirs)

・Japanese food (kaiseki cuisine) using local ingredients at “Ryotei Yamaya,” which has a spectacular garden

・Experience pairing with a meal of the local sake “Kagamiyama,” which can also be drunk at festivals

・A special “zashiki bayashi” experience where you can enjoy the obayashi shown at the Kawagoe Festival in a close distance

[Meal content]

・A special meal limited to this tour is offered at “Ryotei Yamaya,” which has a spectacular garden, and you can eat while listening to festival stories from a local guide.
・You can also enjoy pairing it with sake from the local brewery “Koedo Kagamiyama Brewery,” which is also drunk at festivals.

【Opening Day】

2025/1/16 (Thu), 2025/1/23 (Thu), 2025/1/29 (Wed), 2025/1/30 (Thu)

【Time】

(1) Meeting: 9:30 Dissolution: 15:00 (2) Meeting: 14:30 Dissolution: 20:00

[Tour fee] (tax included)

48,000 yen (52,800 yen including tax) per person (13 years and over)　

24,000 yen (26,400 yen including tax) per person (3 to 12 years old)

*Free for children under 3 years old (no meals provided)

[Minimum number of participants]

1 person

[Maximum number of applicants]

20 people