Fujimi Yagura Watchtower

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The site of the Fujimi Yagura watchtower, located south of Prefectural Kawagoe High School. Although it looks like a wooded hill, it was once the site of a watchtower used for observation at Kawagoe Castle, which had no central keep. A Kawagoe Castle monument stands on the slope, and Mitake Shrine is enshrined on the north side.

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Fujimi Yagura Watchtower

Address: 2 Kuruwamachi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama
Website: https://koedo.or.jp/
Operator: Koedo Kawagoe Tourism Association

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