A parade of ornate floats during the day and evening in the city's old town of traditional buildings. Around 15 floats appear during the festival. Held on the third weekend in Oct. These photos were taken in Oct. 2004. Also see the video at YouTube.

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Tendai Buddhist temple and one of the city's most famous sights, best know for 500 stone statues of Rakan Buddhist disciples with diverse and unique facial expressions. Part of Kawagoe's National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).

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The Honmaru Goten Palace offers a hint of the castle's glory days. There is no castle tower. The castle was originally built in 1457 upon the order of Lord Uesugi Mochitomo. During the Edo Period, the castle served as Edo's northern guard. The Honmaru Goten was built in 1848.

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Other sights in Kawagoe, also called "Ko-Edo" or Little Edo. Part of Kawagoe's National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).

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