{"id":34765,"date":"2023-12-16T19:02:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T11:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=34765"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:54:40","slug":"day-09-tokyo-kawagoe-candy-alley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2023\/12\/16\/day-09-tokyo-kawagoe-candy-alley\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 09 @ Tokyo \u2013 Kawagoe \u2013 Candy Alley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh boy: this one is where we&#8217;ll just post pictures! From where the Buddhist Temple is on our left, we continued for just a minute more and on the left is an alley that is <strong>Candy Alley<\/strong>. You can&#8217;t miss it because a lot of visitors in Kawagoe are heading for the same place! Both sides of the alley are lined by shops selling all kinds of traditional Japanese candies, cakes, snacks, sweets, and drinks. The kids snacked on another half a dozen items here and couldn&#8217;t have been more thrilled!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_114204.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_114204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_114204.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_114204-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_114204-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_114204-731x522.jpg 731w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_1203000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_1203000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_1203000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_1203000-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_1203000-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_1203000-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_1203000-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_120851.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_120851.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_120851.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_120851-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_120851-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_120851-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-09-20231216_120851-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a wrap for Day 09. Tomorrow, Day 10 is our last full day in Tokyo, so we&#8217;re gonna take it easy. More to come soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh boy: this one is where we&#8217;ll just post pictures! From where the Buddhist Temple is on our left, we continued for just a minute more and on the left is an alley that is Candy Alley. 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