Other Historic Site/Building Spots in Tokyo Area

  • Yanaka Cemetary
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    318 Reviews
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    Tokyo Taitou-ku Yanaka 7-5-24
    This cemetery was the site of a five tier pagoda that was burned down by two lovers in a double-suicide, a story which inspired Koda Rohan's novel, The Five-Storied Pagoda. Numerous cherry trees are planted on Yanaka Cemetary's grounds. The cherries growing along either side of the central road running though the cemetery are particularly beautiful, and each year many people come here to see them when they blossom in spring. The cemetery is sunny and quiet, and many famous artists, writers, and actors are buried here.

    We had added this stop on our adventures through Yanaka. Our guide had incorporated it in our customized tour as per our request. This is not a spooky cemetery, it is full of history and beauty. It...

  • Zoshigaya Cemetery
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    75 Reviews
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    Tokyo Toshima-ku Minamikebukuro 4-25-1
    The Zoshigaya Cemetery opened in 1874 as one of Tokyo’s municipal cemeteries. Occupying extensive grounds in Minami-Ikebukuro, closed to the bustling commercial district of Ikebukuro, the Cemetery is a quiet place where the only sound is the chirping of the birds. Many leading cultural figures are buried here, including Natsume Soseki, Nagai Kafu, Koizumi Yakumo, Takehisa Yumeji, and Nakahama Manjiro (John Manjiro). There are several flights of stone steps within the Cemetery leading up to elevated platforms; from these platforms, the views out over the streets of Zoshigaya are very atmospheric. Visitors to Zoshigaya Cemetery in autumn can see the beautiful red leaves of the Gingko trees.

    After visiting Yanaka Cemeteries where cherry blossoms were in full bloom, we came to Zoshigaya Cemeteries surrounded by greeneries. It’s another cemeteries administered by the city of Tokyo. As...

  • Statue of Liberty Terrace
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    Tokyo Minato-ku Daiba 1-7-1 Aqua City Odaiba
    A terrace located on the third floor of Aqua City Odaiba. Offering a sweeping view of the Rainbow Bridge, as its name implies, the terrace also looks out over the famous nearby replica of the Statue of Liberty. In addition to being renowned for its nightscape, the terrace is a popular photo location.
  • Zoshigaya Missionary Museum
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    38 Reviews
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    Tokyo Toshima-ku Zoushigaya 1-25-5
    A one minute walk from Higashi-Ikebukuro Station on the Yurakucho subway line. Here you can commune with art and culture in a comfortable space which harmonizes with the surrounding trees and plants in the museum's garden. The museum building, a symbol of the area, was built by American missionary John Moody McCaleb in 1907 to serve as his home. It is the oldest modern-style Western wooden structure in Toshima City and has been designated a Tangible Cultural Property by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The fireplace decorated with art nouveau-style tile, the bamboo slat latticework, and other beautiful architectural touches and furnishings implemented with attention to material as well as design all convey the history of the home.

    台東区の「雑司ケ谷旧宣教師館」についての情報を発信していきます。今回、「雑司ケ谷旧宣教師館」を訪れたのは2022年10月3日です。 「鬼子母神」、「雑司ケ谷霊園」に寄った帰りに立ち寄りました。都電荒川線「さくらトラム」に「鬼子母神前駅」で乗り、次の「都電雑司ケ谷駅」で下車します。「雑司ケ谷旧宣教師館」は、「三ノ輪橋」に向かって右方向にあります。「雑司ケ谷霊園」の裏手にあります。「都電雑司ケ谷駅」で...

  • Musashi Imperial Graveyard
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    35 Reviews
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    Tokyo Hachioji-shi Nagabusamachi 1833
    An imperial graveyard situated along Takao Highway in Nagabusa-machi, Hachioji City. There are four tombs here - The tomb of Emperor Taisho (Tama no Misasagi), the tomb of Empress Teimei (Tama no Higashi no Misasagi), the, tomb of Emperor Showa (Musashino no Misasagi), and the tomb of Empress Kojun (Musashino no Higashi no Misasagi).

    高尾駅から歩いて訪問しました。戦前までは参詣者が絶えない施設で、今は静かで訪れる人も少なく落ち付いた静かな施設です。春秋の気候のいい時期に散歩するにはちょうどいい場所です。

  • Sekiguchi Bashoan
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    28 Reviews
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    Tokyo Bunkyo-ku Sekiguchi 2-11-3
    This place affiliated with the poet Matsuo Basho is located nearby Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo. In this area that is surrounded by many cultural spots such as Higo Hosokawa Garden and the Eisei Bunko Museum, Sekiguchi Bashoan spreads out as a garden centered around a pond fed by a natural spring. Basho was involved in repairing the Kanda Aqueduct, and lived at the Ryuinan retreat for about three years starting in 1677. After that, the current retreat was built after it was destroyed in a fire during World War II, but it still retains traces of what it looked like in Basho's time with large gingko trees and white plum blossoms that have survived since back then.

    こちらは、肥後細川庭園の東側(水神社の東側)にあります。 肥後細川庭園に比べると規模が小さく、整備されていない感じですが、これがの目白台の台地(関口台地)の自然景観だと思うとなかなか風情があります。

  • Hachijo Hattori Yashiki
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    21 Reviews
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    Tokyo Hachijomachi Kashitate 2010
    "This tourism facility is located a 12-minute drive from Hachijojima Airport. The ruins were the residence of the Hattori family, who long ago served as the managers of the Bakufu's ships during the Edo period. Now, however, due to the presence of a tropical garden and the deeply historical estate, it is a sightseeing spot that makes one feel as if they're in an exotic locale. Though the original buildings no longer remain, performances of ""Hachijo Daiko,"" said to start with nostalgic thoughts, and ""Kashidate Odori,"" a traditional performance art registered as an intangible folk cultural property by the Tokyo Government, are held at the sight. The Japanese sago palms, said to be 700 years old, and the traveler's gate with its cobblestone wall, built up to the top of the hill, are also must-see sights."

    服部家の屋敷跡で、不定期に朝10時から樫立て踊りと八丈太鼓の公演が行われます。 入口には玉石垣が残り、推定樹齢700年のソテツなどもあり、館内には服部家ゆかりの器や道具類が展示され、お土産品なども販売されています。

  • Saigo Takamori Statue
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    Tokyo Taito-ku Uenokoen
    This statue of Saigo Takamori is in Ueno Park, the first municipal park in Japan. With his faithful hound Tsun, the Ueno Park symbol stands overlooking the Ueno district. Unveiled in 1898, the 370-centimeter statue has a chest girth of 250 centimeters. It's also a common rendezvous point as it's easy to spot from a distance. It was made by Koun Takamura , the father of the poet-sculptor Kotaro Takamura . The historic statue survived both the Great Kanto Earthquake and the bombings of World War II.
  • Hachiko Memorial Statue
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    Tokyo Shibuya-ku Shibuya Ekimae
  • Shiromaru Dam Control Lake
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    Tokyo Nishitama-gun Okutamamachi
    A power generating dam completed in 1962. It delivers water to the Shiromaru Power Plant and the Tamagawa 3rd Power Plant, generating a total of about 17,000 kilowatts of electricity. The smallish concrete gravity dam is about 30 meters high and 61 meters across the top. It also has the largest fish ladder in Tokyo. These structures provide passage for fish, and varieties including yamame salmon, sweetfish, and rainbow trout use Shiromaru Dam's when swimming upstream. There are only 30 fish ladders in the whole country, and it is rare for a dam of this size to have one.
  • Eko-in Temple
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    Tokyo Arakawa-ku Minami-senju 5-33-13
    A monument to "Kaitai Shinsho" (The New Text on Demolition) is also located here, as Genpaku Sugita and others were present during the autopsies of the executed.
  • Kiyomasa's Well
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    Tokyo Shibuya-ku
  • Stone walls of Edo Castle
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    Tokyo Minato-ku Kaigan 1-5-20 Tokyo Gas Head Office Shikiji
  • Sunset Palm Line
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    Tokyo Oshimamachi Motomachi 1
  • Former Ako Elementary School Junior High School Ato
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    Tokyo Miyake Shima Miyakemura Ako
  • Statues of Tora-san and Sakura
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    Tokyo Katsushika-ku Shibamata 4-8-14
    "These statues were modeled after Tora-san and Sakura of the film series ""Otoko wa tsurai yo"" (known as ""Tora-san"" in some territories), depicting protagonist Tora-san taking one last look at his hometown of Shibamata as he once again leaves to go wandering while his sister, Sakura, looks on. The statues stand in front of the main entrance of Shibamata Station on the Keisei Kanamachi Line. Consisting of 48 entries made between 1969 and 1995, the ""Otoko wa tsurai yo"" series is one of Japan's most celebrated movie properties. The statue of Tora-san was made in 1999 using funds collected by the local small business society, becoming a symbol of the area, but for years people called for a statue of his sister to also be placed in Tora-san's line of sight. This request was answered when a statue of Sakura was made in 2017. Sakura's pedestal is inscribed with a description of the two characters facing each other written by longtime series director Yoji Yamada."
  • Kozukappara Execution Grounds
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    Tokyo Arakawa-ku Minami-senju 2-34-5
    "A three-minute walk from JR Minami-Senju Station. This former execution site, in use from the Edo period through the early Meiji period, was counted among the three execution grounds along with the Suzugamori Execution Grounds and the Owada Execution Grounds. Today, the former execution grounds are a part of the grounds of the Jodo-sect Enmeiji Temple and a Jizo (Kshitigarbha) statue, called the Enmeiji Jizo and nicknamed the ""Beheading Jizo,"" is enshrined on the site. The gravesites of Mito Roushi (samurai), who was involved in the Sakuradamon Incident; and Yoshida Shoin, who was executed in the Ansei Purge, are also located here (although today only the gravestones remain). As scholar Sugita Genpaku, who conducted dissections on executed prisoners, also attended the executions held on the site, a memorial to his medical text the ""Kaitai shinsho"" has also been erected here."
  • Birthplace of Natsume Soseki
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    Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Kikuicho 1
    The monument was erected in 1966 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Soseki, who was born on January 5, 1867, in what is now Kikui-cho 1. Soseki's father, Naokatsu, named the hill going up from the birthplace toward Wakamatsu-cho "Natsume-zaka," which is written about in his essay "Essay on Glass Door.
  • The Site of the Matsu-no-o-roka Corridor
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    Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Chiyoda-ku Chiyoda 1-1 Higashi Gyoen
    "This is the site of a corridor which was a part of Edo Castle and which was the location where Asano Naganori, lord of Ako Domain, attacked Kira Yoshinaka, an incident which resulted in the events made famous in the tale of the 47 Ronin. Today, an informational sign on the incident and a stone marker, surrounded by a grove of trees, stand on the site. Located on the left-hand side of the site of Edo Castle's honmaru inner citadel, the tatami matted corridor was the citadel's second-longest. The corridor extended 19 meters to the west and 31 meters to the north. ""Matsu no Oroka"" literally means ""Great Pine Corridor,"" a name it became known by because of the paintings of pine trees depicted along its walls. The corridor frequently appears in historical movies and novels, and a model recreating what it looked like can be seen in the Edo-Tokyo Museum."
  • Site of Edo Castle's Keep
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    Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Chiyoda-ku Chiyoda 1-1 Higashi Gyoen
    This site, located on the northernmost side of Edo Castle's honmaru inner citadel, was once the center of the Edo shogunate government. Edo Castle, built by Ota Dokan in the late Muromachi period, was a simple and small castle, but once Tokugawa Ieyasu took it, he began extensively expanding it as well as the surrounding town. The keep, the largest of its kind in the country, was added on to and renovated several times as a symbol of the power of the Tokugawa shogunate. It burned down, however, in 1657 and was never rebuilt. The base of the keep still stands and benches have been placed on top of it, with many people coming here to take a break while walking around the Imperial Palace.

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