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RICE PADDY ART IN GYODA AND KAWAGOE TOWN
August 4 @ 6:00 am - 3:30 pm
COST BY AGE GROUP:
$40 (16 & Up)
$35 (6–15)
$30 (4–5)
$30 (3 & Under if a seat is needed)
ITINERARY: Depart 6 a.m.
Park 8–9:30 a.m.
Kawagoe 11–1:30 p.m. (Lunch on your own & free time)
Return 3:30 p.m.
Tour cost includes bus transportation and admission to the observatory. There may be a line to get to the observatory to see the rice paddy art. There will be some walking in Kawagoe. See Gyoda City’s rice paddy art, also known as tanbo art, up close in person from the 150 ft observatory deck. Every year, they plant a different mural, and this year it will be an image of the Kiriko Festival of Noto. You can also enjoy a garden with lotus flowers around the park.
Kawagoe’s main street is lined with kurazukuri, or warehousestyle buildings, which retain an ambience reminiscent of an old town from the Edo Period (1603-1868) and allow us to imagine what the streets looked like in the past. During the Edo Period, Kawagoe prospered as a supplier of commodities to Edo, now Tokyo. As Kawagoe was an important city to the capital for trade and strategic purposes, it inherited many aspects of Edo culture and architecture. Visit the famous Bell Tower, Kashiya Yokocho (aka Candy Alley), Hikkawa Shrine, and much more.
