Kawagoe
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Kawagoe is a historic Japanese city in Saitama Prefecture, often called "Little Edo" for its well-preserved Edo-period streetscapes and traditional warehouses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kawagoe canonical | 11 |
| Kawagoe historic district | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| distanceFromTokyo | about 30 kilometers northwest of central Tokyo ⓘ |
| governingBody | Kawagoe City Government ⓘ |
| hasCulturalProperty | historic kura-style buildings ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Kawagoe High School
ⓘ
Tokyo International University (campus) ⓘ |
| hasFestival | Kawagoe Festival ⓘ |
| hasHistoricPeriodAssociation | Edo period ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite |
Honmaru Goten of Kawagoe Castle
ⓘ
surface form:
Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Goten
|
| hasLandmark |
Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine
ⓘ
Kita-in Temple ⓘ Kurazukuri Street ⓘ Toki no Kane (Time Bell Tower) ⓘ
surface form:
Toki no Kane bell tower
|
| hasMayor | mayor of Kawagoe ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | approximately 350000 ⓘ |
| hasRailConnection |
JR Kawagoe Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seibu Shinjuku Line ⓘ
surface form:
Seibu Shinjuku Line (nearby access)
Tōbu Tōjō Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Iruma River (nearby) ⓘ |
| hasSisterCity |
Paju, Gyeonggi Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Paju, South Korea
Salinas ⓘ
surface form:
Salinas, California, United States
|
| hasSpecialtyFood |
sweet potato confectionery
ⓘ
sweet potatoes ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | preserved traditional townscape area ⓘ |
| historicalRole | castle town of Kawagoe Domain ⓘ |
| JapaneseName | 川越市 ⓘ |
| KawagoeFestivalStatus | designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic townscape
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ traditional kura warehouses ⓘ well-preserved Edo-period streetscapes ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honshu
ⓘ
Kantō region ⓘ Saitama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| nickname | Little Edo ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tokyo metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Tokyo Area
|
| primaryEconomicActivities |
commerce
ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ tourism industry ⓘ |
| touristAttractionType | historic city ⓘ |
| transportRole | commuter city for Tokyo ⓘ |
| urbanClassification | core city of Saitama Prefecture ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +9 ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Japanese writing system ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Saitama Prefecture
this entity surface form:
Kawagoe historic district