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Kawagoe

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[kuh-wah-goi, kah-wah-gaw-e] / kəˈwɑ gɔɪ, kɑ wɑ gɔˌɛ /

noun

  1. a city in central Honshu, Japan, NW of Tokyo.


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Kawagoe, a city on the outskirts of Tokyo, turned to a low-tech initiative: It began distributing waterproof trash bags to tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

It also said a 94-year-old man in the nearby Kawagoe city was suspected to have died from the condition.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2022

Combined with a visit to nearby temples, a nearly 400-year-old wooden bell tower and Kashiya Yokocho, or candy district, Kawagoe is a perfect historical day trip.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2011

Makoto Yoshizaki and Takashi Maeno flew in from Kawagoe, Japan, so they could catch the entire three-game series against the Angels.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2010

Tsunayoshi had at that time a favourite attendant on whom he conferred the rank of Dewa no Kami with an estate at Kawagoe which yielded 100,000 koku annually.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)