Guided Sightseeing Tour Exploring Kasukabe-shuku on the Nikko Kaido Highway

About this event

Kasukabe-shuku in Kasukabe City is a historic area that flourished during the Edo period as a post town on the Nikko Kaido highway. In this guided sightseeing tour, participants explore streetscapes retaining traces of that era alongside local volunteer guides. The tour is held multiple times, delving deeply into the appeal of Kasukabe-shuku under different themes. For example, in "Visiting Temples and a Buddhist Sculptor's Workshop," participants visit temples such as Gyokuzoin, Myorakukin, and Jojuin, as well as a Buddhist sculptor's workshop, coming in contact with history and art. In "Tracing Kasukabe-shuku, Warehouses, and Connected Figures via Highway Picture Maps," participants visit Tamura Aramonoten (warehouse interior tour), Maruhachi Sake Shop, Nagashima Shobe Shoten, the former site of Yamada Shoten, and Kamikizou Riverside Wharf, imagining the lifestyle of merchant houses and the bustling waterfront of the era. Furthermore, in "Kasukabe Historic Sites Tour: Temple Quarter and Kasukabe-shuku," participants visit the Toiyaba wholesaler station site, the Kosatsuba public notice board site, the Hamashima Family Residence earth-walled warehouse, the Kamikizou Riverside Wharf, Saishoin, and Jojuin, learning about the post town's administration and transport hubs. There is also a tour exploring artwork painted on electrical utility boxes, adding further enjoyment to town walks. Each tour is free of charge, has a limited capacity, and requires advance telephone registration. The meeting place is the Kasukabe Information Center "Platt Kasukabe" at Kasukabe Station East Exit.

Venue

Kasukabe Information Center Platt Kasukabe

Platt Kasukabe, 1-3-4 Kasukabe, Kasukabe, Saitama 344-0061