Kawaguchi

Worth seeing in and around Kawaguchi

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Sunshine 60

   Sunshine 60 is a 60-story, mixed-use skyscraper located in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, adjoining the Sunshine City complex. At the time of its completion in 1978, the 239.7 m building was the tallest in Asia, a title it held until 1985 when it was surpassed by the 63 Building in Seoul.

   8.4 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Rikkyo University

   Rikkyo University, also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is one of the five MARCH universities, the group of private universities in the Kanto region, together with Meiji, Aoyama Gakuin, Chuo, and Hosei.

   8.3 km · private Anglican university in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Toyo University

   Toyo University is a private university with the main Hakusan campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The university operates multiple satellite campuses in the Kanto region, including.

   9.8 km · Japanese university · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Japan Women's University

   Japan Women's University is the oldest and largest of private Japanese women's universities. The university was established on 20 April 1901 by education reformist Jinzo Naruse.

   9.8 km · private women's university in Tokyo · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Rikugi Garden

   Rikugi-en is a metropolitan park in Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The name Rikugi-en means "garden of six principles", referring to the six elements in waka poetry, based on the traditional division of Chinese poetry into six categories.

   8.7 km · park in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Gokoku-ji Temple

   Gokoku-ji ]) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Bunkyō.

   9.4 km · Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Tōyō Bunko

   The Tōyō Bunko, or Oriental Library, is Japan's largest Asian studies library and one of the world's five largest, located in Tokyo. It also functions as a research institute dedicated to the study of Asian history and culture.

   8.9 km · library of orientalism in Japan · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Teikyo University

   Teikyo University is a private university headquartered in the Itabashi ward of Tokyo, Japan. It was established in 1931 as Teikyo Commercial High School.

   5 km · Japanese private university headquartered in Tokyo · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kawaguchi

Airports

Tokyo Haneda (HND), 29 km · Narita (NRT), 61 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 76 km

Stations

Ikebukuro Station, 8.3 km · Mejiro Station, 9.4 km · Akabane Station, 3.2 km · Ōtsuka Station, 8.4 km · Komagome Station, 8.3 km

• Narita → Kawaguchi

  55 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · ¥840–1,140
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• Omitama → Kawaguchi

  75 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · ¥940–1,280
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• Makinohara / Shimada → Kawaguchi

  177 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · ¥2,410–3,290
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