Kawagoe Town

Crossing the Asake, villages became one.

Origin of Kawagoe, Asake River

Photo by Bakkai (CC BY 3.0)

01 ／ Ritual

Young men with lit torchesleap around the shinbashira post.

On the night of August 14, in Bon, schoolchildren carry torches and young men beat a large drum and gong as they walk the approach to Hachiman Shrine in Takamatsu district. Around the shinbashira, a post set up at the center of the precinct, young men leap with lit torches (town). It is thought to have changed from a Bon observance and a rite to drive away insect pests (prefecture).

Every August 14
Hachiman Shrine, Takamatsu district
Thought to have changed from a Bon observance and a pest-driving rite

02 ／ Festival

In three districts, they competein the vigor of gongs and drums.

A festival that took in the splendor of the famous festival of Kuwana (town). In July, elementary and junior high school children pull the festival floats while young men take turns beating gongs and drums. In Toyoda district it is said to have begun in the Taisho era (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The town newsletter says the floats of Toyoda and Tenjin enter the plaza at the west exit of Kawagoe-Tomisuhara Station.

Every July
Three districts
Said to date from the Taisho era in Toyoda district

03 ／ Tidal flat

Off the mouth of the Asake River,seabirds gather on a tidal flat.

The town describes a shallow shore where the only natural tidal flat in the northern Mie region remains. Seabirds gather on the flat, and coastal plants whose habitats are shrinking, such as sand sedge, beach morning glory and beach vitex, can also be seen (Kanko Mie).

Mouth of the Asake River
Shallow natural tidal flat
The only one in the northern Mie region (town)

Living here

34 minutes from Nagoya by Kintetsu semi-express.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

On the Kintetsu Nagoya Line, a semi-express runs from Kintetsu Nagoya Station to Kawagoe-Tomisuhara Station without a change, taking 34 minutes at the fastest (timetable). The town's map puts the station south of the Asake River and Town Hall north of it. It is about 2 km, a 25-minute walk or a taxi ride, and a free Fureai bus also runs from Monday to Saturday.

People living here: 15,123people
Area: 8.72km²
Households: 6,602households
Rent (average for rentals): 57,605yen
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 8 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —4 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Kawagoe Town in Japan35.023°N 136.674°E

to NagoyaKintetsu Nagoya Line semi-express34min

Travel times follow 近畿日本鉄道『駅の時刻表』（eki.kintetsu.co.jp。ページに「2026/3/14現在」）。近鉄名古屋駅（名古屋線・伊勢中川方面。sfCode 4104）の平日・土休日の発車時刻表の各列車の停車駅表で、近鉄名古屋『発』→川越富洲原『着』を数えた（準急と普通を全部）。逆向きは川越富洲原駅（sfCode 4408）の近鉄名古屋方面の発車時刻表の停車駅表で、川越富洲原『発』→近鉄名古屋『着』を数えた。 (checked 2026-10-13). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Territory of Kawagoe Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

3.9km

朝日町, 四日市市, 桑名市

Kawagoe Town isthis kind of town.

01The name Kawagoe comes from the merger of the villages north of the Asake River with Toyoda and Takamatsu on its south, which literally crossed the river to become one village (town). The town is flat land about 0 to 5 m above sea level, with an area of 8.72 km²
02The Ishidori Festival (Toyoda, Tenjin and Toyoda-Isshiki), the Ashiage Festival (Takamatsu) and the Imochi pest-driving rite are festivals the town introduces under the heading of the town's intangible folk cultural properties. In the Imochi, a straw torch leads the procession through the district
03Takamatsu Coast, at the mouth of the Asake River, is a shallow shore where the only natural tidal flat in the northern Mie region remains. The town's station is Kawagoe-Tomisuhara on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line, 34 minutes from Nagoya by semi-express without a change

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kawagoe Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗