Personal Guide to Kawagoe City

Map to edit/check out when visiting Japan.

Next time:

• Meet up with Umon Kun
• Meet up with relatives
• Do a brevet?
• Do a trail race?
• Go do an overnight hike (stay at a hut)
• Go ski?

Blog posts from 2009 - Kawagoe-City

Pics from previous visits

• 2017 - with Kai
• 2014 - the whole Fam! for a month in April (during the rainy season)
• Went to Nikko
• Hiroshima
• Ikaho
• 2009 - with Moses.  And down to Hiroshima on the JR rail pass
• Japan - YuandKimbo
• Tokyo to Hiroshima with Moses - Part 1
• Tokyo to Hiroshima with Moses - Part 2
• 2003 - Okinawa, met up with Flapjack, saw Umon kun.  Saw Obaachan for the last time.
• https://telek.smugmug.com/Vacation/Past/Japan-August-2003/
• https://telek.smugmug.com/Vacation/Past/Japan-met-up-with-FlapJack/

Shrines/Parks/Pools to visit...

• Kita-in
• Hikawa Shrine - Furin Festival.
• Isenuma - fun playground, lotus, bird watching, good running, quiet roads, splash pad
• Pool next to Hatsukari Park (open in the summers)
• Kawagoe Aquatic Park - slides, lazy river, wave pool

Recommended stops for kids:

• Neko Katsu - haven't been yet... but I like the idea of cat cafes.  I think it's hilarious.  I also want to go to the owl cafe in Ikebukuro.  Turns out Kai is allergic to cats, so this is a no go... 
• Monolith - bouldering gym

Restaurants

• SushiRoo
• Ramen shops..

And these places are a short (30 min) train ride away:

• Ikebukuro:
• Owl Park Cafe
• Sunshine City
• Namja Town
• Sunshine Aquarium
• Omiya
• Railway Museum - a must stop.  I think I've been there 3 times?  
• To see animals... a fun map http://insaitama.com/category/tokyo/

Good things to buy

• Presents at 100 yen stores...
• Clothes from BookOff