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Kawagoe Matsuri

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Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Kawagoe Matsuri
Phone:
+81 49-225-2727

Hours:
Sunday9:30am - 6pm
Monday9:30am - 6pm
Tuesday9:30am - 6pm
Wednesday9:30am - 6pm
Thursday9:30am - 6pm
Friday9:30am - 6pm
Saturday9:30am - 6pm


The Kawagoe Festival, officially named the Kawagoe Hikawa Festival is a traditional Japanese festival held annually on the third weekend of October in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture. It is Kawagoe's biggest event and the festival has more than a 360-year history. It attracts around one million tourists during the two days. The grand pageant of the festival takes place in the castle town of Kawagoe including in the old storehouse zone called Kurazukuri Zone. In 2005, the festival was designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property under the title of Kawagoe Hikawa Festival Float Event, and in 2016, the festival was put on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list as one of the Yama, Hoko, Yatai, Float Festivals in Japan.
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