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Kogan-ji Temple (Togenuki Jizoson)

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 3-35-2

This Soto Buddhist temple is popularly called the Togenuki Jizoson. A statue of the bodhisattva Kshitigarbha, donated by a man in prayer for his wife’s recovery from illness after childbirth, is the temple’s principle object of worship. Legend has it that when a piece of paper with an image of the bodhisattva was floated on a river, his wife was healed. Based on this legend, it is said that affixing a piece of washi paper with the statue’s image imprinted on it sold at the temple to an injured area will hill the injury. A bronze statue called the “Washing Kannon” also stands on the temple grounds which is believed to cure illness.
Sugamojizou-Dori Shopping Center

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo

Located in Tokyo’s Toshima City, this shopping street goes by another nickname, “Harajuku for grandmothers.” Protected by two jizo (guardian deities), Togenuki Jizo and Edo Rokujizo, this has gained popularity among the elderly as a town for business and a town for faith. Red underwear, shio-daifuku, and hand-cooked sembei rice crackers are just some of the many popular products for the elderly, and the town is quite busy on a daily basis.
Honmyoji Temple

3.5

11 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 5-35-6

This is an annex of Honjo Temple, the grand head temple of the Hokke sect, located about a ten-minute walk away from Sugamo Station. Originally built in 1571 in Sunpu (modern-day Shizuoka), it was later moved to Shimizu Gate when the Tokugawa government took hold in Edo Castle. Then in 1657, it was associated with the start of the Great fire of Meireki, which burned down a large portion of Edo. There is a memorial tower located there now, as well as a tomb for the late Edo-era swordsman Chiba Shusaku, and tomb for Toyama Kagemoto, a noted samurai official Toyama no Kin-san. There are also tombs for one of the grand Go master, Honinbo, and other noted figures.

こちらは、徳栄山総持院と号し、法華宗陣門流総本山本成寺の別院だそうです。山門・本堂がとても立派でした。ここには千葉周作、遠山金四郎が眠っていました。
ecute Nippori

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Arakawa-ku Nishinippori 2-19 JR East Nippori Nippori Station Campus

This commercial facility is conveniently located in JR Nippori Station. It features more than 15 stores, including a delicatessen, a bakery, Japanese and Western sweet shops, a cafe, and a flower shop. It has two eat-in areas periodically operated by different shops. You can also buy items that are only available there, like merchandise featuring the station’s official mascot Nippori.
Susanoo-jinja Shrine

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Arakawa-ku Minamisenju 6-60-1

An ancient urban Shinto shrine, Susanoo-jinja Shrine was founded more than 1,200 years ago in 795. The shrine is dedicated to the gods Susanoo Okami and Asuka Okami. The shrine is the patron shrine of 61 neighborhoods, the largest area covered by a single shrine in Arakawa City, including the neighborhoods of Minamisenju, Minowa, Mikawashima, and Machiya. Locally, the shrine is affectionately known as Otenno-sama. Some of the shrine's points of interest include the curious Zuikoseki stone, which resulted in the shrine being founded; a gingko tree believed to aid in childrearing which is said to have cured a mother unable to produce milk after she drank a tea made from the tree's boiled bark and hung an ema votive tablet on it; and a monument inscribed with a haiku by master poet Matsuo Basho from his famous The Narrow Road to Oku (designated a Cultural Property by the city). The highlight of the shrine's Tenno-sai festival in June (designated an Intangible Folk-Cultural Property by the city) is an exciting event in which a portable shrine carried on the shoulders of men with just two stout poles is rocked violently from side to side, almost losing control and crashing into the ground with each sway.
Sogetsu

4.5

111 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Kita-ku Higashijujou 2-15-16

A Japanese confectionary shop which continues to explore and evolve while still offering delicious treats unchanged from the time of its establishment in 1930. Sogetsu makes its sweets with select ingredients procured from around the country and without the use of any preservatives. Be sure to try the shop's signature Kuromatsu, an extremely light type of traditional dorayaki.

初訪問。店員何であんな横柄で偉そうなんだろう？ほかの人も絶対そう感じるハズ。お店の雰囲気最悪だから、それ込みで訪問したほうがいい。一見さんめんどくさいみたいな。待ち時間は平日13時過ぎ、10分くらいでした。何があったわけでもないが、絶対再訪しない。
Shinohara Engei Theater

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Kita-ku Nakajujo 2-17-6

This full-fledged playhouse, opened in 1951, is the oldest in Tokyo dedicated to taishu engeki popular theater. The theater is situated along Jujo Chuo-dori Street connected JR Jujo Station and Higashi-Jujo Station. Performances are held virtually every day from 18:00 and two shows, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, are held on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Programs primarily consist of plays, mini shows, and dancing. Audience seats are located so close to the stage you can practically reach out and touch the performers, adding to the realism and atmosphere. There's also an elevated walkway which extends out into the seats, enabling actors and audience members to get even closer. Actors such as Tomio Umezawa also perform here, and the theater is loved by locals.
Kakigori Kobo Sekka

4.0

32 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 3-37-6

This shaved ice shop is a five-minute walk from JR Sugamo Station. You can enjoy shaved iced made with natural ice all year long. Clean water from under Mt. Fuji is frozen solid for three weeks until dense to make the shaved ice. This shop always has long lines, and its shaved ice is highly praised for being difficult to melt, its fluffy texture and the handmade Sekka syrup that doesn't use ready-made ingredients. Even their classic strawberry milk strawberry syrup is made by heating whole strawberries and making a kind of jam. The shops Ichigo Mamire, a limited item topped with 11 fresh strawberries is a popular treat.

Kakigori is a shaved ice dessert flavoured with syrup and a sweetener, often condensed milk which is very popular in Japan especially on a warm day. This small cafe in Sugamo serves wonderful...
Sugamo To Kiwa Shokudo Main Store

4.0

109 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 3-14-20

This is the local spot to try in Sugamo, friendly good taste, reasonable. Don’t expect English, you may not get it. See the signs, local special seasonal fish or dishes recommended. Almost always a...
Yuyake Dandan

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Arakawa-ku Nishinippori Near 3-13

A set of stairs named through a public contest extending from the north exit of JR Nippori Station to the Yanaka Ginza Shopping Street. The view of the setting sun from the stairs is particularly beautiful. As you rush about your day, taking a moment to stop here and take in the old-fashioned scenery of the area can be a soothing experience.
Toden Monaka Honpo Kasho Akemi

4.0

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Kita-ku Horifune 3-30-12

"Toden (Tokyo Streetcar) Monaka (bean-jam-filled wafers), which emanated from the thought of ""wanting to leave something concrete about Toden which had been long loved as the mode of transportation of the Tokyo people,"" is a specialty sweet. The store which is located at the entrance of the shopping district always offers over 30 kinds of Japanese confectionery such as seasonal confectionery, classic confectionery and so on. ""Toden Monaka,"" created in 1977, is a representative confectionery with a particular flavor and texture. The palm size monaka is a masterpiece filled with so much sweet red bean paste and rice cake. It is loved by railway enthusiasts nationwide, and at the same time, it received the Health, Labor and Welfare Minister's award at the National Confectionery Exposition. The package, the lid of which makes a board game, is also popular."

関西の友人へのお土産で買いました。鉄道ファンなので珍しいく話は聞いたことがあるので実物を見たのが初めてと喜んでくれました。
Sekiunji Temple

3.0

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Arakawa-ku Nishiogu 2-25-21

"A Soto Buddhist temple located a one-minute walk from the Miyanomae stop on the Toden Arakawa Line. Founded in 1596, the temple was originally built in Honjoishiwara-cho and was moved to its current location in the early modern Taisho era. The year after the Oji train line connecting Asukayama and Minowa was opened in the area in 1913, the temple's chief priest discovered a hot spring on the grounds and it began operating a bathhouse called the Tera no Yu (""Temple Bathhouse""), later changed to the Furokaku (""Palace of Eternal Youth""). Though this bathhouse has long-since been closed, at the time, it marked the start of a boom in the leisure industry in the Ogu area, with shopping arcades and hot spring inns popping up one after another, and thus today the temple is also famous as the site of this former bathhouse."

荒川区西尾久にあるお寺。特に見所もないお寺ではあるけどここにはかつて鉱泉が湧き出ており、周辺にはいくつもの温泉宿があった場所。料理屋、芸妓屋、待合の三業が栄えた遊興地であった場所として辛うじて残る名残の地です。
Hiratsukatei

4.0

21 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Kita-ku Kaminaka Sato 1-47-2

This confectionery shop has been in operation along the approach to Hiratsuka Shrine since the early Taisho period (1912-1926). In addition to bean-filled daifuku, which was selected as a specialty of Kita Ward, there are always about 20 types of products such as yakidango (toasted dumplings) that appeared in Yasuo Uchida's famous mystery novel. It is also a very important place for fans of Mitsuhiko Asami, the main character of the novel.

転居したこともあり、前回訪れてから早いもので10年近く経っただろうか。その間に内田康夫も亡くなってしまったが、平塚亭のおだんごは変わらずここにある。ここは浅見光彦シリーズにも登場するお店だ。日曜は不定期に休業なので、店頭のカレンダーか電話で確認しよう。つきたてのお餅も売っており、おだんご、大福、おはぎとお餅のお菓子が並ぶ。お正月のお餅を注文するご近所さんも。粟のお餅もある。おだんご(しょうゆ1...
Tropiland Arakawa Store

Shopping

Tokyo Arakawa-ku Machiya 3-22-11

A seven-minute walk from Machiya Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and Keisei Main Line, and the Machiya-ekimae stop on the Toden Arakawa Line. This shop sells tropical fish as well as goldfish, insects, and other creatures, plus everything needed to care for them. Colorful fish swim around the aquariums inside the brightly-lit shop, and just looking around is fun. As the shop carries rhinoceros beetles and stag beetles from Japan and countries around the world, it is also a popular destination for families with children. Particularly recommended are the orange Youkihi medaka ricefish; and the crystal rainbow tetras, a variety of the tetra which is a tropical aquarium standard. During sales, the shop also holds special events such as a goldfish scooping game.
Kamenoko Tawashi Nishio Shoten Main Store

5.0

1 Reviews

Shopping

Tokyo Kita-ku Takinogawa 6-14-8

"This is the main store of Kamenoko Tawashi that was established in 1907. The store features western architecture that survived from the fires of war and sells various cleaning tools, including their standard item, ""Kamenoko Tawashi"" (scrubbing brush). Before the tawashi was born, the cleaning tool was something made from bundled straw and rope, was weak and lacked cleaning power. They say that having ""Kamenoko Tawashi,"" with hemp palm fiber wound by wire, changed the history of how things are cleaned. The shape of the popular product has never changed since the company's inception, and people comment that ""Kamenoko lasts three times longer than others."" It has been loved for a long time, not only for wet areas around the home, but also for professional use as recognized by professionals."

普段、開いているところをみたことがなかったのですが、たまたまイベントをしており入ることができました。家で使う束子は、亀の子にこだわってます。少し高いけどやっぱり物がいいです。棕櫚のたわしは、家族で寒風摩擦のように使ってます。意外とクセになります。ショップは、平日は営業しているそうですが、本社の一部なので営業時間は限られています。
Somei Ginza Shoten-gai shopping arcade

Shopping

Tokyo Toshima-ku Komagome

A shopping arcade located in Komagome, Toshima City, Tokyo. The arcade abuts one end of the Shimofuri Ginza Shoten-gai shopping arcade in Kita City and also leads to the Nishigahara Ginza Shoten-gai shopping arcade after going through Somei Ginza Shoten-gai. A great variety of shops stand eve to eve spread across these three connected shopping arcades.
Tokyo Ryukyu-kan

Shopping

Tokyo Toshima-ku Komagome 2-17-8 Suzui Building 1F

A charming shop carrying a wide selection of products direct from Okinawa. In addition to Okinawan goods and foods, the shop also sells books on Okinawan history and culture as well as Okinawa Techo notebooks. During lunch, you can also enjoy a bowl of Okinawa soba noodles.
Nankoku-ji Temple

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Bunkyou-ku Honkomagome 1-20-20

Believed to have been founded in the Genna period (1615-1624) by the priest Mangyo, this Buddhist temple is located in an area with many shrines, temples, and schools. The temple was moved to its current location in the mid-Edo period and since that time has been regarded as one of the Five Color Fudo Temples of Edo as well as number 13 of the 36 Fudo Temples of the Kanto Region.
Otani Art Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Kita-ku Nishigahara 1-27-39 In the old Furukawa garden

A Western-style mansion a 12 minute walk from Komagome Station. This stone structure was called the Kyu Furukawa-tei. It was designed by English architect Josiah Conder, who also designed the iconic Rokumeikan. The main building has two floors aboveground and one below. The first floor is decorated in Western style while every room except the bedroom on the second floor is a traditional Japanese room, and the residence skillfully blends Japanese and Western tastes. The simple and solemn exterior resembles the architecture of Scottish and English country villas. A guided tour is provided in the museum and takes approximately one hour. The garden is famed for its roses; from mid-May to mid-June and from mid-October to late November are the best times to see them. Viewing and touring the museum requires a reservation to be made by a postcard with a reply card attached.
Togakuji Temple

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Kita-ku Tabata 2-7-3

A Buddhist Temple located in 2 Chome, Tabata, Kita City. People go here to paste special red paper to the corresponding body parts of the stone Kongo Rikishi statues where they are injured or sick and pray to be healed. This is known as Red Paper Nioh.

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