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.

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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

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Salzburg twinCity Kawagoe
Saitama Prefecture, Japan hasCity Kawagoe
subject surface form: Saitama Prefecture
Taiyuan sisterCity Kawagoe
Aix-en-Provence twinTown Kawagoe
Tobu Tojo Line servesCity Kawagoe
Arakawa River passesThrough Kawagoe
Saitama Prefecture contains Kawagoe
this entity surface form: Kawagoe historic district