Kawagoe | a short trip to a castle town (only 1 hour away from tokyo!)

Welcome back to our Summer in Japan series. Today we are heading to Kawagoe which is a one-hour train or car ride from Tokyo. I saw a poster advertising Kawagoe, also known as Little Edo, and I was immediately sold. Most people do Kawagoe as a day trip but because I want to take it easy we're gonna stay one night there. First we're gonna get a quick stop at a museum called Kadokawa. It's known for the architecture, it's really beautiful. It's designed by Kengo Kuma. So we'll stop there for a bit and then head to the actual main destination. On the way to see the shrine. Kawagoe Wait, what's that? This video? Yeah. Kawagoe! There's even this miffy denim bag with yellow lining. These are the new Margiela's. The tabby shoes. Yeah I thought we could have dropped it off here too. Check-in time at the Prince Hotel Kawagoe. Vintage Wes Anderson vibes. We have just checked into the Kawagoe Prince Hotel. It is right next to the train station so it's very convenient. I'm going to give you guys a quick room tour. We were at the wrong mall for the eel rice so we're rushing over to see if we can do a last order. We're gonna fail. They're closed. Another restaurant on Google that has wrong opening hours. pigeons want some water too. Kids are looking sus right now. To no good for sure. We're gonna go here for coffee this morning and it's closed. I got a matcha squash soda and they have some little game where I won a free hojicha and it's bomb. So we are heading over to a little ceramic store here. So look at this cat bus. I want to buy this. Last time we went to the Miffy shop I forgot which one it was. These were all sold out. Now I'm gonna cop two of them. This is so cool. You add soy sauce to this and it becomes this. I really want to try the onigiri here but they only serve it from Friday and the weekend onwards. They have sweet potato ice cream here but it's closed for maintenance. So how are we going? We're doing a pit stop. The service station also has a free drink dispenser where you can get roasted rice tea, green tea, hot water, and water. This crown of oyster and shrimp tempura. Japanese service stations are the best.