Kawagoe: It may be the 'most Japanese' destination of all (川越:古い日本のきわめつけ) CNN Travel 掲載の記事です。下段に グーグル翻訳。 Mike Nakada, CNN • Published 12th July 2017 Facebook Twitter Email (CNN) — Tight streets lined with gabled buildings and tiled roofs -- it's an image many visitors, particularly those of an older, pre-Pokemon vintage, hope to find when they come to Japan for the first time. Sadly, with most Japanese cities having the architectural appeal of a pile of gray cardboard boxes, it's an image they never truly find. The truth, however, really is out there. It lies not in Kyoto, Nara or any of the other celebrated "historic" towns, but in a little city right on the doorstep of Tokyo. Kawagoe City in Saitama Prefecture has preserved an area of streets lined on both sides with buildings that look like they've been taken straight from a samurai period drama. Kawagoe is only 50 minutes from Shibuya and affordable to reach. This means that travelers o...