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Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace
Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace · 川越城本丸御殿
At Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace, see the surviving entrance hall and relocated and restored retainers' waiting room. Add the castle building to an old-street walk, then learn about local history at the nearby city museum.
Visitor information
Admission
Individual admission is JPY 100, or JPY 50 for high school and university students. Junior high school students and younger are free.
Opening hours
Opening hours are from 9 am to 5 pm, with last admission at 4.30 pm. It closes on Mondays, or the next day if Monday is a public holiday, on the fourth Friday unless it is a public holiday, and from 29 December to 3 January.
What to see at Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace
Entrance hall and retainers' waiting room
Explore Honmaru Palace's entrance hall and relocated and restored retainers' waiting room to see the surviving castle building.
Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace visitor guide Tourism association's Honmaru Palace English name
How to get to Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace
Take a Tobu bus via Kura-no-Machi from Kawagoe or Hon-Kawagoe Station to Satsu-no-Tsuji, then walk about 10 minutes. From Eagle Bus's museum and art museum stop, or Tobu and shuttle buses' museum stop, walk about one minute. Bus fares cost extra beyond admission.
Before you visit
Adding the city museum
Check tickets separately for the city museum and palace. The city's two-facility museum and art museum ticket does not include Honmaru Palace.
Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace visitor guide Kawagoe City Museum prices and closures Kawagoe City's combined-ticket combinations
October 2026 visit information
The existing opening calendar lists 22 October 2026 as open and 23 October as closed.
Questions about Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace
Does Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace have a castle tower?
It is not a castle-tower climb. Visit the surviving entrance hall and relocated and restored retainers' waiting room instead.
Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace visitor guide Tourism association's Honmaru Palace English name
Official sources
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- City museum and Honmaru Palace 2026 opening calendar ·
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