Kawagoe Castle Honmaru-Goten located in Kuruwa-machi, Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture is the only remaining structure of the Kawagoe Castle, which enjoyed the prosperity of 170,000 koku of rice in the Edo period (1603-1868). The castle was built in 1457 by Ota Doshin and his son, Dokan under the order of Uesugi Mochitomo, who wanted to suppress the movement of Koga Kubo (the governor general of the Kanto region), Ashikaga Nariuji. The Honmaru-Goten was built as the main castle in 1848 by Matsudaira Naritsune, the domain lord of the time.
Honmaru-Goten used to be composed of 16 buildings standing on the site of 3388 square meters, but most of them were dismantled after the Meiji Restoration. The entrance hall and the chief retainer's residence are the only reminding parts of the former Honmaru-Goten. In the hall remains the wooden sliding door with a painting of a pine tree on it, and the dolls of the retainers are placed in the chief retainer’s residence. The subdued luxury seen everywhere in the building represents the powerful daimyo’s life of the time.