The Little Edo Merchant Walk

Kawagoe, Japan

This compact walking tour traces Kawagoe’s transformation from a castle town guarding Edo to a prosperous merchant city famed for kura warehouses, festivals, and sweets. Moving between shrines, temple precincts, museums, and old streets, the route reveals how faith, commerce, and urban life intertwined from the Edo period through the Meiji and Taisho eras. Expect vivid stories, surviving architecture, and living traditions that still animate the old town today.