Kawagoe City Museum

Sabar Juminah a year ago

Good for to know about Kawagoe city history

Jade 2 years ago

Very interesting and educational museum focusing on the history and culture of Kawagoe. It’s especially impactful when paired with a trip to the palace across the street. There is a huge scale model of what Kawagoe looked like about 150 years ago with interactive exhibits explaining the history. My husband and I are Japanese language beginners so we weren’t able to utilise the interactive exhibits but a very friendly worker spontaneously came over as we were looking at the scale model and explained everything in English which we found very kind. I recommend visiting the museum to learn about the history of the palace first and then heading over to palace itself. We spent about 45 minutes in the museum and quite enjoyed the variety of exhibits ranging from ancient to modern times. For its smaller size there is an impressive amount of exhibits. Temperate checks, masks and contact information are required for entry.

alex hill 4 years ago

Very helpful and enthusiastic staff

Accessible Japan 5 years ago

Surprisingly nice museum with a small bamboo garden. Completely wheelchair accessible. Read our accessibility review of Kawagoe on the Accessible Japan website.

Douglas Wong 5 years ago

Nice exhibition of Kawagoe history, from stone age to Edo era and Meiji modern era.