Kawagoe Technical High School
| Kawagoe Technical High School 埼玉県立川越工業高等学校 | |
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| Location | |
350-0035 Japan | |
| Coordinates | 35°54′47″N 139°29′13″E / 35.91306°N 139.48694°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Fidelity (誠実, Seijitsu), Diligence (勤勉, Kinben), Ingenuity (創意, Sōi) |
| Established | 29 April 1908 |
| Founder | Saitama prefectural government |
| Gender | co-educational |
| Website | www |
Kawagoe Technical High School (Japanese: 埼玉県立川越工業高等学校, Hepburn: Saitama-kenritsu Kawagoe Kōgyō Kōtōgakkō; lit. Saitama Prefectural Kawagoe Industrial High School) is a public co-educational senior high school located in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The high school was founded as the Kawagoe Dyeing and Weaving School (埼玉県立川越染織学校, Saitama-kenritsu Kawagoe Senshoku Gakkō) in 1908 by the Saitama prefectural government.
The school is the oldest high school in Saitama Prefecture and has both full-day and part-time courses. Its alumni include the "Father of the Walkman", former President of Sony China Shizuo Takashino. In 2015 students of the school set a Guinness World Record for the "longest distance traveled by a vehicle on a railway track powered by dry cell batteries".