The Tanabata Festival is held on August 7th annually in Hikawa Shrine Kawagoe. They have a Wind Chime event simultaneously. The shrine is decorated beautifully with bands of colour from… Read more »
Cherry Blossom Boat Ride, Night light up and river of pink petals at Shingashi River at the back of Hikawa Shrine The tentative date for the Cherry Blossom Boat Ride… Read more »
Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine by night: the illuminous “Hikaru Kawa”, glistening river. Legend reports that the Iruma River used to glisten at night. And the source was the Hikawa God… Kawagoe… Read more »
2019 Wind Chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. Summer is here… …or at least it felt like it, for a glorious hour while visiting the 2019 wind chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa… Read more »
Wind chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine The Enmusubi Wind Chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine will be on display from July 6th to September 8th 2019. The wind chimes initially attracted… Read more »
27 things to do in Kawagoe with kids Kawagoe is an Edo period tourist town close to Tokyo. The main tourist area, Ichibangai, comprises original edo period storehouses and the… Read more »
In celebration of Emperor Naruhito’s ascension to the throne, Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine are hosting a special commemorative display for the month of May. From May 1st to 31st they will… Read more »
Cherry Blossoms Shingashi River – Kawagoe is just 31 minutes from Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on the Tobu Tojo line (jump to access from Tokyo). It is a popular tourist town. One of… Read more »
Each summer, Hikawa Shrine displays hundreds of wind chimes during the months of July and August. Today, a storm was brewing up and I instantly thought of going to see… Read more »