This year's carp streamers in Kawagoe

Each year the Taisho Roman Dream (Yume) Street in Kawagoe has a beautiful display of carp streamers, or Koinobori as they are called in Japanese. It is one of the first places in Saitama Prefecture to display koinobori annually. They go up around the end of March. Moreover, they stay up right until mid May.

The koinobori used in the display on the Taisho period street in Kawagoe changes every single year. The koinobori / carp streamers used in the display are made by locals. They only last one season because they get quite weather beaten after two months of exposure. They haven't even been up a month yet and yesterday I noticed that a few of them are already quite tattered. 

If you are in Kawagoe between now and mid May, I highly recommend you visit the street to see the colorful display. There are some nice cafes on the street too. The street is on the way to the main tourist area if you walk from Kawagoe station up Crea Mall shopping street. It is very close to the trendy Hatago Coedoya hotel which in turn is close to both Renkeiji and Kawagoe Kumano shrine. 

Have you visited this display before? Have you seen any koinobori / carp streamer displays yet this year?

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