| Capital City: Tokyo Main Cities: Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto,
Kawagoe Population: 125,422,000 Area [sq.km]: 377,800 Currency: 1 Yen, Languages: Japanese, Religions: Shinto, Buddhist, Christian |
| Traditional, Kawagoe Festival has Edo or Old-Tokyo atmosphere of 100-year ago. Happy lilting festival music and dancing. Climax is competition and collision between floats. 350-year ago origin, 2001/10/20 |   |
Kitain Temple remains 400-year history. High priest Tenkai revived it and lived until 109-year-old. So called 500 Buddha's disciples are actually 538 statues. 2004/07/17 |   |
| 2002 Autumn, Our traditional Kawagoe-Festival. This year Kawagoe-city commemorates 80th anniversary, and then we could see all 29 gorgeous floats. Please come to enjoy it with us. 2002/10/20 |  |
Senba Toshogu Shrine was open to the public for limited days. Up to now, the main shrine does not have been open in the history of 400 years. 2004/01/03 |  |
| Famous autumn Kawagoe Festival. Concentrated to take close-up photos. Fearful white fox mask and bright Chinese red clothe. Many none Japanese people joined the festival wearing Japanese Kimono. 2003/10/19 |  |
New year days and snow. Annual DARUMA market or Red tumbler market in Kitain-temple was snowing. street stands to sell DARUMA are quite few. Experienced to burn a holy fire for invocation. 2003/01/03 |  |
| Kawagoe Festival with floats and dolls. The traditional dolls are on top of each float and made by doll creators at Edo era several hundred years ago. Visitors to the festival are 500,000. 2004/10/17 |  |
New Year's Days in 2004, Good weather in winter and crowded people . Cozy Renkeiji-Temple crowded with worshipers. DARUMA or Red Tumbler market at Kitain-Shrine, long line for burning holy wood. 2004/01/03 |  |
| The First street of traditional store houses, which were illuminated for 21st century. This is only a chance in 100 years. 2001/01/01 |  |
Tokyo Tower, 333 meters high was constructed in 1958. In the sunny day, Mt. Fuji can be seen from the special observatory. In summer, illuminated in orange color and silver in winter, beautiful. 2006/08/29 |  |
| "Tokyo Millenario" with the dream and pleasure as meeting and touching "Tokyo's new Festivity"; since 1999. 2.1 million for the 6th in 2004, and the total since the 1st is 14.39 million. 2005/12/30 |  |
Iwasaki Residence of Founder of Mitsubishi Financial Group near Ueno Park in Tokyo. First Western style residence in Japan. Designed by British Condor, Completed in 1896. 2004/05/04 |  |
| Hatoyam Memorial Hall. Four generation politician family, Kazuo, chairman of Lower House, son Ichiro, PM, grand son Iichiro, foreign minister, Yukio, PM and Kunio, ex General Affair Minister. 2007/05/03 |  |
 Furukawa historical garden used to be Mutsu detached house, founder of Meiji Restoration. Designed
by British Josiah Conder. Son of Mutsu became adoped son of Furukawa financial
clique. 2007/05/03 |
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| Tokyo Ueno Park has Hero Saigo Statue. Oasys in central Tokyo. Wide pond, plenty of green and red shrine. Famous Takamura's Hero Saigo statue. Quite place in noisy urban city. 2004/05/04 |  |
Yokohama Harbor 21 and China Town. Minato Mirai or Harbor Future area has famous Land Mark Tower of 69th story building and shopping district or Sail Boat of Nihon-maru. 2004/02/28 |  |
| Kanazawa is piling, as the bourg of Kaga Domain that boasts of maximum revenue in feudal loads in Edo period, and was called, "Kaga million". It is still biggest city in this Hokuriku region. 2006/10/20 |  |
Kenrokuen Garden, one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan, means a garden combining the six attributes of a perfect garden. A strolling-style landscape garden. 2006/10/20 |  |
| Eiheiji Temple was created by Monk Dogen in 1244. It was built for Zen meditation training. Temple precinct was surrounded for three directions by deep mountains. 2006/10/20 |  |
