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History

Kawagoe Festival Museum opened in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture in 2003, with the purpose of displaying various materials, photographs and actual floats used for Kawagoe Festival.

The　Kawagoe festival (officially named the Kawagoe Hikawa Festival)　is a traditional Japanese festival held annually on the third weekend of October in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture. This is Kawagoe’s biggest event and the festival has more than 360-year history. It attracts around 1 million tourists during the two days. The grand pageant of the festival takes place in the castle town of Kawagoe including old storehouse zone called Kurazukuri Zone.

In 2005, the festival was designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property under the title of　“Kawagoe Hikawa Festival Float Event”, and in 2016, the festival was put on the list of “UNESCO” Intangible Cultural Heritage as one of the “Yama,Hoko,Yatai,float festivals in Japan”.

The building of the museum was modeled after traditional fire-resistant storehouse style known as ‘Kurazukuri’.

In the exhibition hall, two real floats used in the festival are displayed, with a regular change of its kind. Gorgeous floats are the main attraction of the festival. There’re 29 floats kept by each neighborhood in the town, and about 20 of them actually　take part in the festival.

On Sundays and public holidays, Ohayashi musical accomplishment is performed by local neighborhoods. (Starting time:13:30 and 14:30)

Opening hours: 9:30~18:30 ( April ~ September) Last entry:18:00 9:30~17:30 ( October ~ March) Last entry:17:00

Closed: 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month ( if that day falls on a public holiday, closed on the following day) December 29th ~January 1st, and some other occasions

Admission: General: 300 yen ( groups: 240 yen) Elementary and junior high school students: 100 yen ( groups: 80 yen) *Group admission applies for 20 persons or more