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6 The National Museum of displays historic machines.
Nearby, Toki-no-kane wooden
Japanese History offers
Narita a good survey of Japan. bell tower was built in 1624 to
成田 Boso no Mura tell the time and warn of fires.
East of the kura streets is Kita-
EXPERIENCE Central Honshu www.nrtk.jp # Tue–Sun rooms from Edo Castle.
! G4 ⌂ Chiba Prefecture
in, a Tendai-sect temple which
⌂ 8 mins by taxi from Ajiki
k £ n In front of JR Stn;
includes the only extant
Stn § (0476) 95-3333
At one time, Kawagoe pos-
A quiet little town, Narita is
National Museum of
worlds away from its nearby
sessed its own castle, which
Japanese History
was the dominant structure
bustling airport. The town’s
" ⌂ 15-min walk from
main attraction is Narita-san
in the area. Part of that castle
remains in the shape of
Keiseisakura Stn § (043)
Shinsho-ji, an interesting
Esoteric Shingon-sect temple
residence of the lord, with
founded in 940 and dedicated
to Fudo Myo-o, Deity of
many commodious rooms.
Immovable Wisdom. Several 486-0123 # Tue–Sun Honmaru Goten, the former
7
times daily, the priests burn Kura-Zukuri Shiryokan
wooden sticks to symbol ize Kawagoe ⌂ 7–9 SaiwachŌ § (049) 222-
extinguishing of earthly 川越 5399 # Tue–Sun ¢ 4th Fri
passions. The streets are full of month
of traditional shops for the 12 ! F4 ⌂ Saitama Prefecture
£ n At JR Stn; (049) 222-
million temple visitors a year. 5556 Honmaru Goten
Near Narita are over 1,000 ⌂ 2-13-1 Kurawa-machi
ancient burial mounds (kofun); Nicknamed “Little Edo,” § (049) 222-5399 # 9am–
the best are in the open-air Kawagoe preserves the 4:30pm Tue–Sun
museum, Boso no Mura. atmosphere of 19th-century
Edo (Tokyo) because of its
kura buildings. These clay- 8
walled structures have double
doors, and heavy shutters. Hakone
Did You Know? About 30 kura remain and are 箱根
a ten minute walk north of
Narita is famous for its Hon-Kawagoe station. The ! F4 ⌂ Kanagawa
eel restaurants, which Kura-Zukuri Shiryokan, Prefecture £ n 706-35
once served Edo lords formerly a kura tobacconist, Yumoto, Hakone; www.
en route to Tokyo. is now a museum and gives hakone.or.jp/en/
visitors the opportunity to Popular since the 9th century,
peak inside one of these old- Hakone is a hilly hot-spring
fashioned buildings. It also town, with scattered

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