 Last additions - Kawagoe 川越市 |
Shopping streetSep 09, 2006
|
|
City Museum 市立博物館Sep 09, 2006
|
|
ResidenceSep 09, 2006
|
|
Bell tower at nightSep 09, 2006
|
|
Kawagoe Festival MuseumSep 09, 2006
|
|
Kawagoe Festival Museum (Kawagoe Matsuri Kaikan) 川越まつり会館Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Street signs in EnglishSep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Kura-zukuri style architecture. Local merchants built these earthen buildings after the Great Fire of Kawagoe in 1893. 蔵造りの町並みSep 09, 2006
|
|
The bell is rung at 6 am, 12 noon, 3 pm, and 6 pm.Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Kurazukuri earthen buildings were fire-resistant, so they built these fire-resistant shops after the Great Fire. "Kura" means warehouse.Sep 09, 2006
|
|
There is a bell at the top which is rung 4 times a day. The bell or gong looks like a temple bell.Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Hon-Kawagoe Station 本川越駅Sep 09, 2006
|
|
JR Kawagoe Station plazaSep 09, 2006
|
|
JR Kawagoe Station 川越駅Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Toki no Kane, Time Bell Tower, symbol of Kawagoe. Part of Kawagoe's National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区). 時の鐘Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Hill where the Fujimi Turret once stood.Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Former castle moat.Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Veranda facing a garden.Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Entrance to Honmaru Goten palace, Kawagoe Castle.Sep 09, 2006
|
|
GardenSep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Boo-hoo! My cat ran away!Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Psst, wanna know a secret? Kitain Temple, KawagoeSep 09, 2006
|
|
五百羅漢Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Oh man, I forgot my glasses!Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Carved during the 18th and 19th centuries.Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Over 500 stone statues of Rakan Buddhist disciplesSep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Gate to Kitain, a Tendai Buddhist temple. Part of Kawagoe's National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).Sep 09, 2006
|
|
Pagoda at Kitain temple, KawagoeSep 09, 2006
|
|
Main hallSep 09, 2006
|
|
Kitain Main hall, KawagoeSep 09, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Lion for good luck.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
LionSep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Each float has musicians and a performer.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Musical battle between floats.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sporty police car.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Drag marksSep 08, 2006
|
|
Getting into a float.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Floats at night, Kawagoe Festival.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Steering the floatSep 08, 2006
|
|
Turning the cornerSep 08, 2006
|
|
Moving a float to the starting point.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Closeup of carvings on a float.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Kawagoe FestivalSep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Tekomai geisha lead the way for a float at Kawagoe Festival.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
TekomaiSep 08, 2006
|
|
Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Kawagoe Matsuri is 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. Main road where the festival will climax in the evening.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
Children lead the way for a float at Kawagoe Festival.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
One of the picturesque streets of the city.Sep 08, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
