During the Edo Period Kawagoe Honmaru Goten was built by Matsudaira Naritsune, a Kawagoe feudal leader and built the oldest building still standing in
During the Edo Period Kawagoe Honmaru Goten was built by Matsudaira Naritsune, a Kawagoe feudal leader and built the oldest building still standing in Kawagoe. In 1639, the Tokugawa Shogunate leader Matsudaira Nobutsuna implemented a large scale construction project to expand Kawagoe Castle. After the Meiji Restoration, Honmaru Goten was torn down and what remains today is only one part of what was reconstructed in 1848. Most of the rooms at Honmaru Goten are surrounded by Japanese gardens. Some corridors have small gardens next to them with many windows for the sake of air circulation.
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Location: Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
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