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12 Feb 2019

EDO - Susaki district Koto

Due to landfill in the early Edo period, this area became known as
深川洲崎十万坪 Fukagawa Susaki Jumantsubo.
It was known for its beautiful scenery.
In 1888, a pleasure quarter from Nezu was moved here.
Until 1958 there was a large pleasure quarter, the 洲崎パラダイス Susaki paradise".

There is also an area called Susaki in 墨田区向島5丁目 the fifth sub-district of Mukojima in Sumida ward, with the spelling 須崎.
Another Susaki 洲崎 is known in 千葉県 Chiba and 神奈川県 Kanagawa.

In the Edo period the river 小名木川 Konagigawa was used for transportation from the Susaki area to the fish markets of Edo.
In 1791, there was a great flooding of the area and many merchants lost their estates. Since then the Bakufu government forbid to build living quarters in Susaki.
The area was always popular for shiohigari 潮干狩り hunting for clams and seafood on the shore

Jūmantsubo 深川州崎十万坪 Jumantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki
Utagawa Hiroshige

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Susaki Benten 洲崎弁天
浮弁天州崎神社 Uki Benten, Shrine Susaki Jinja
江東区木場6-13-13 Koto ward, Kiba

- Fukagawa Susaki Benten
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Shrine Susaki Jinja 州崎神社

The Shrine was under the special protection of the mother of 将軍徳川綱吉 Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
People came here to pray for protection from water disasters and for good fishing.
The Shrine was on a small island on the beach, thus called
uki-Benten 浮き弁天 the floating Benten shrine

In modern times all this became landfilled and nothing of the atmosphere of Edo is left.

- One of the
. Edo roku Benten 江戸六弁天 Six famous Benten in Edo .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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hamaguri 蛤 clam shell
At the beach of 洲崎浜 Suzakihama in Shinagawa, in the eleventh lunar month,
some fishermen were peeling clam shells, when they found one with a very small golden statue of 地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu inside,

. hamaguri 蛤 clam shell, Venus clam .

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. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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洲さき汐干かり shiohigari at Fukagawa Susaki 深川洲崎 in Spring
Hiroshige

. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .

深川や桃の中より汐干狩
Fukagawa ya momo no naka yori shiohigari

Fukagawa !
through the peach blossoms
people are gathering shells
Tr. Gabi Greve

. WKD : shiohigari 汐干狩 hunting (for clams and seafood) on the shore .
shiohigari - gathering shells and small seafood at low tide.
Fukagawa had a great flatland tidal area where people could collect cheap seafood.

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. . Kootoo, Kōtō 江東区 Koto ward, "East River" . .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

. Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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7 Feb 2019

EDO - Yotsuya district Shinjuku

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. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo　江戸の名所 .
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Yotsuya 四谷 / 四ッ谷 Yotsuya district - "four valleys"
Shinjuku, 一丁目 - 四丁目 from the first to the fourth subdistrict.

The four valleys are
千日谷 Sennichidani, 茗荷谷 Myogadani, 千駄ヶ谷 Sendagaya and 大上谷 Okamidani.

There were also yotsuya 四ツ家 four rest houses on the 甲州街道 Koshu Highway:
梅屋 Umeya, 保久屋 Hokuya, 茶屋 Chaya and 布屋 Nunoya.
. Koshu Kaido 甲州街道 Kōshū Kaidō Highway .

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It is a former ward (四谷区 Yotsuya-ku) in the now-defunct Tokyo City.
In 1947, when the 35 wards of Tokyo were reorganized into 23, it was merged with Ushigome ward of Tokyo City and Yodobashi suburban ward of Tokyo-fu to form the modern Shinjuku ward.
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Before the growth of Edo, Yotsuya was a farming village outside the city. In 1634, with the digging of the outer moat around Edo Castle, many temples and shrines moved to Yotsuya. The moat had stone walls, and a mitsuke, or watch tower, was also built. Yotsuya Mitsuke stood near the present-day Yotsuya Station.
The relocation of the temples and construction of the mitsuke brought settlements of workers, and following the devastating Meireki fire, many more people moved to Yotsuya, which had been spared. Gradually the area became part of the city of Edo.
In 1695,
the shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi ordered the establishment of a vast dog kennel. The purpose was to board stray dogs as part of his policy of showing mercy to animals. The facility outside the Yotsuya Gate occupied 20,000 tsubo (66,000 m2; 710,000 sq ft).
Yotsuya developed rapidly
due to its central location. In 1894, the Kōbu Railway, predecessor of the present-day Chūō Line, extended its existing railway line between Shinjuku and Tachikawa to Ushigome and opened Yotsuya and Shinanomachi stations. The railway enabled the easy transport of raw materials into the area; soon, pencil, tobacco and other industries moved in and began Yotsuya's rapid industrial development.
Many historic temples and graves are located in Yotsuya.
Among them are Sainen-ji, where the grave of the ninja Hattori Hanzō and his lance are interred.
- more in the wikipedia -

The name of the station is written 四ツ谷駅.

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犬御用屋敷跡　inu yashiki 犬小屋 remains of the dog kennel

In 1695, there were so many dogs that Edo began to smell horribly.
An apprentice was even executed because he wounded a dog. Finally, the trouble was taken to a distance, as over 50,000 dogs were deported to kennels in the suburbs of the city where they would be housed.
They were apparently fed rice and fish which were at the expense of the taxpaying citizens of Edo.
. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi 徳川綱吉 (1646 - 1709) .

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Misty Morning at Yotsuya Mitsuke
. Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957) .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Legends from Shinjuku ward .

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Yotsuya Kaidan 四谷怪談 The Ghost Story of Yotsuya

- Utagawa Kuniyoshi's portrait of O-Iwa お岩

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the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon, is a tale of betrayal, murder, and ghostly revenge.
Arguably the most famous Japanese ghost story of all time, it has been adapted for film over 30 times, and continues to be an influence on Japanese horror today.
Written in 1825 by Tsuruya Nanboku IV as a kabuki play,
the original title was Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談; translation: Ghost Story of Yotsuya in Tokaido). It is now generally shortened, and loosely translates as
Ghost Story of Yotsuya.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Kaidan 怪談 ghost and monster stories .

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When Yotsuya had been burned down after a fire,
a wife was sitting outside in the evening. She saw an old man with white hair, laughing and coming closer.
She closed her eyes and begun to recite 普門品 the Kannon Sutra. When she was finished she opened her eyes again and saw that the woman from the neighbours family had become crazy.

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kaijo 怪女 a mysterious woman
In 四ッ谷大番町 Yotsuya Obancho in the year 1977, there was a strong rain at night. The servant of a Samurai came home late and on this way he met a woman. After that he met that woman every night. The Samurai had this man observed. When he lay in his bed moaning, the Samurai drew his sword. Now a black cat jumped out of the bed and ran away as fast as it could.

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. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Around 1760, there lived a sword master in Yotsuya, who was riding a kago 籠 palanquin. Part of his robes peaked out and then a tail . . . it was a fox! The palanquin carriers were much afraid and did not get any money.
The next day they were bewitched by this fox and eventually thrown out of their families and died alone.
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On another occasion a person was seen hitting a nail into the sacred tree of the Inari Shrine to curse someone.
He was also bewitched by a fox.
. shinboku 神木, shinju　神樹　sacred tree, divine tree .

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. Taira no Masakado 平将門 (? - 940) .

One 旗本家 Hatamoto samurai family living in Yotsuya once got the kabuto 兜 helmet of Masakado by some of his descendants in exchange for money. On the first night in the new home, the house begun to scream and squeek and shake and rumble, so next morning they gave it back to its owner.

Masakado no kabuto 将門の兜 the helmet of Masakado

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Yotsuya 四ツ谷乗運寺横町 Joun-Ji Yokocho

ishi Jizoo odoru 石地蔵踊る dancing stone Jizo
The stone statue of Jizo Bosatsu at the temple Joun-Ji is sometimes dancing . . . but that is just a rumor.

. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - ABC List .

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. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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. Shinjuku　新宿区　Shinjuku Ward .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

. Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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EDO - Daiba Shiodome Minato

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Daiba Shiodome Minato

Posted: 01 Feb 2019 09:32 PM PST

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Daiba 台場 Daiba district - Minato
. Minato ku　港区 Minato ward, "Harbour ward" .
一丁目 / 二丁目 first and second sub-district

Odaiba お台場 is located in Minato, 港区, Shinagawa 品川区 and Koto 江東区.
daiba 台場 means fort.

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Odaiba (お台場) is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. It was initially built for defensive purposes in the 1850s, dramatically expanded during the late 20th century as a seaport district, and has developed since the 1990s as a major commercial, residential and leisure area. Odaiba, along with Minato Mirai 21 in Yokohama, is among a few manmade seashores in Tokyo Bay where the waterfront is accessible, and not blocked by industry and harbor areas. For artificial sand beaches in the bay, Sea Park in Kanazawa-ku is suitable for swimming, Odaiba has one, and there are two in Kasai Rinkai Park area looking over to the Tokyo Disneyland.
Daiba (台場)
formally refers to one district of the island development in Minato Ward. Shintaro Ishihara used Odaiba to refer to the entire Tokyo Waterfront Secondary City Center (東京臨海副都心 Tōkyō Rinkai Fukutoshin) which includes the Ariake and Aomi districts of Kōtō Ward and the Higashi-Yashio district of Shinagawa Ward.
The name Odaiba comes from a series of six island fortresses constructed in 1853 by Egawa Hidetatsu for the Tokugawa shogunate in order to protect Edo from attack by sea, the primary threat being Commodore Matthew Perry's Black Ships which had arrived in the same year. Daiba in Japanese refers to the cannon batteries placed on the islands.
In 1928, the Dai-San Daiba (第三台場) or "No.3 Battery" was refurbished and opened to the public as the Metropolitan Daiba Park, which remains open to this day.
..... The modern island of Odaiba began to take shape when the Port of Tokyo opened in 1941. .....
..... The area started coming back to life in the late 1990s as a tourist and leisure zone, .....
..... Odaiba is one of the venue locations in the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics.
The events to be held there under the venue plan include beach volleyball at Shiokaze Park, triathlon and marathon swimming at Odaiba Marine Park, and gymnastics at a new gymnastics venue.
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Odaiba, modern town, classic eco-friendly ideas
Located on the shore of Tokyo Bay mainly on reclaimed land, the Odaiba area is one of Tokyo's newest neighborhoods. It is also the capital's newest tourist hotspot, luring over 37 million visitors each year with its modern shopping and entertainment attractions. But this new section of town has roots that go way back: The earth-friendly traditions of the Edo period (1603-1868) are carried on to this day in Odaiba, an area where being kind to the environment is a way of business and life.
..... A Place Both New and Old
..... Taking It Easy on the Earth
..... Centuries of Recycling
In 1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had consolidated his rule over all Japan three years earlier, took up residence in his castle in Edo, making the town Japan's political center. The population of the city grew sharply, and by the early eighteenth century Edo was home to over a million people. But despite its status as one of the world's largest cities, contemporary documents describe this metropolis as a beautiful, trash-free place. Laws forbade the discarding of garbage in rivers. Trash was brought to collection centers located around town and disposed of systematically. This garbage became fertilizer for vegetable fields and made its way back to the tables of Edo inhabitants - a total recycling society of the sort that Odaiba aims to be today.

Sewage systems in old Edo
were the most advanced in the world. Night soil was a valuable commodity, collected by traders who brought it to farmers for use as fertilizer and returned to town with vegetables for sale. There was also a booming market in second-hand goods, with craftsmen gathering old clothes, umbrellas, and such, repairing them, and selling them for reuse; cloth was an especially valuable commodity, and kimonos were taken apart, resewn, and used for generations. This conscientious reuse of goods is yet another practice mirrored in Odaiba today.
Tokyo Bay is today
ringed with "islands of trash" - like Odaiba, reclaimed land built on landfills and developed for industrial or residential use. Soon after the end of the Edo period these shoreline areas were being outfitted with piers for shipping, and in the twentieth century their use as waste-disposal sites was in full swing. Odaiba, today the most popular of these reclaimed shoreline spots, rests atop earth removed from construction sites and the wreckage of old buildings. The town itself is built on a base of recycled material. In more ways than one, recycling is providing the foundation for the boom of the new city center in Odaiba and the new lifestyles that are taking form there. Look closely at the modern bustle of the businesses and pleasure-seekers in Odaiba: You can see a long history of recycling and reusing resources if you know where to look.
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. Recycling and Reuse in Edo - リサイクルと再生　/ 再使用 .
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Shiodome 汐留 Shiodome district - Minato
shiodome - "keeping the tide out"

Since many salt merchants lived here, it was also written
塩留 Shiodome.

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Shiodome (汐留) is an area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located adjacent to Shinbashi and Ginza, near Tokyo Bay and the Hamarikyu Gardens. Formerly a railway terminal, Shiodome has been transformed into one of Tokyo's most modern areas. It is a collection of 11 tiny town districts or cooperative zones, but generally there are three main areas:
-- The Shiodome Sio-Site (シオサイト),
a collection of skyscrapers containing mostly businesses, hotels, and restaurants. Its thirteen skyscrapers house the headquarters of All Nippon Airways, Dentsu, Fujitsu, JSR, Mitsui Chemicals, Nippon Express, Nippon Television, Sega Sammy Holdings and Softbank.
-- The western district, located west of the JR tracks and populated by European-style buildings.
-- The southern extension, east of the JR tracks from Hamamatsucho 1-chome. This area is for residential use, and there are three tall apartment buildings located there, along with a small park.
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Like its neighbors Ginza and Tsukiji, Shiodome is built on what was originally marshland on the shore of Tokyo Bay. Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu issued an order in 1603 to fill in the area, and throughout the Edo period Shiodome housed the local residences of various daimyōs (feudal lords).
The name Shiodome, which translates to "keeping out the tide", probably referred to the shōgun's desire to isolate Edo Castle (now the Imperial Palace) from Tokyo Bay.
There was a Shiodome River but it has been largely filled in.
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Shiodome Shiosite シオサイト

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. Saiwaibashi 幸橋 Saiwaibashi bridge .
Across the river 汐留川 Shiodomegawa

汐留川（しおどめがわ）
現在では大部分が埋め立てられている。
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- Cirque du Soleil

お台場にサーカス来たり花の雨
odaiba ni saakasu kitari hana no ame

the circus
has come to Odaiba -
rain on cherry blossoms
Tr. Gabi Greve

若月栄枝 Wakatsuki Sakaeda

. hana no ame 花の雨 rain on the cherry blosoms .
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お台場のあぢさゐ色の観覧車
高澤良一

お台場にそうて船ゆく蝶の昼
星野立子

芝浦や花火は消えて台場の灯
吉野左衛門

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汐留や貨車の彼方の遠桜
館岡沙緻

汐留は天空の街ソーダ水
山本秋穂

秋日濃し汐留駅の貨車溜り
加藤佳子

汐留のしじみなつかし鼠路地
今泉貞鳳

汐留の真上となりしはたたがみ
坂本靖夫

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29 Jan 2019

EDO - Kabutocho district Chuo

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Kabutocho district Chuo

. kabuto 兜 / 冑 / かぶと helmet .

Three used to be a mound named
兜塚 Kabutozuka.
- See below, Kabuto Jinja.

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... Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, home of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is the heart of Japan's stock brokerage business.

The Edo Period (1603-1868)
At the beginning of the Edo period in the early seventeenth century, when what is now Kabuto-cho was still an area of sandbanks covered in sedge and Japanese silver grass, the first Tokugawa shogun Ieyasu reclaimed the land there for the new city of Edo that he was building around his castle.
The area, located close to the castle, occupied a militarily strategic position defending Edo against attack from the mouth of the Sumida River and the sea. It was therefore assigned to samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shoguns, especially those with naval expertise, to build their homes on.
The Meiji Period (1868-1912)
In the Meiji period, Kabuto-cho evolved into a center of securities trading and finance.
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the lands formerly inhabited by the samurai became government property, and a series of new buildings went up in Kabuto-cho, including the trade and industry department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which had jurisdiction over the nation's finances; a branch office of the Tokyo police department (the predecessor of Chuo Police Station); and No. 1 Sakamoto Elementary School (the predecessor of Sakamoto Elementary School).
Some of the land in the Kabuto-cho district was granted to the Mitsui merchant house and others as a reward for their services in the Meiji Restoration. In 1873, First National Bank (the predecessor of Mizuho Bank) was built at the eastern end of Kaiun Bridge. That building, known as Mitsui-gumi ("Mitsui Group") House, became a popular Tokyo attraction. ...
The Taisho Period (1912-1926)
The Years through 1945
Kabuto-cho, Center of the Securities Industry: 1945 to the Present
Site of Eiichi Shibusawa's Residence
Nisshokan Bldg.
The Birthplace of Japanese Banking
Kabuto Jinja Shrine
Next to Nisshokan Bldg. is the Kabuto ("War Helmet") Shrine, a Shinto shrine dedicated to the patron god of the securities industry.
It was founded in May 1878, when the original Tokyo Stock Exchange was established, to symbolize the faith of those who traded there and watch over them.
There is a boulder within the precincts called Kabutoiwa ("Helmet Rock"), of which the following legend is told. In the Edo period (1603-1868) the Makino clan had its residence on the site, and there was mound on the estate called Helmet Mount where a helmet was interred. It was buried there, according to one version of the story, by the great eleventh-century warrior Minamoto no Yoshiie (or Yoriie) or, according to another, by the tenth-century hero Tawara no Tōta (Fujiwara no Hidesato), who stripped it from the rebel Taira no Masakado after slaying him. Atop the mound, it is said, stood this boulder.s
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Kabutogashi 兜河岸 Kabuto riverbank

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鍵束も冬至仕舞ひの兜町
kagitaba mo tooji shimai no Kabutochoo

the key rings too
packed away for the winter solstice
in Kabutocho
- Tr. Gabi Greve

庄司圭吾 Shoji Keigo

. tooji 冬至 winter solstice .
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24 Jan 2019

EDO - Tsukishima district Chuo

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/01/tsukishima-district-chuo.html

Tsukishima district Chuo

Harumi (晴海)
Kachidoki (勝どき)
Tsukishima (月島)
Tsukuda (佃)
..... Sumiyoshi Shrine (住吉神社)
Toyomicho (豊海町)

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Today we're going on a whirlwind tour from Tsukiji to Tsukuda to Tsukishima to Kachidoki to Toyomi-chō ending in Harumi looking towards the future.
..... in 1905 (Meiji 38), a ferry crossing was established that connected Tsukiji with Tsukishima.
..... in 1963 a new landfill expansion was completed and the names were decided by the residents via questionnaire.
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Harumi 晴海 "clear sea"

In 1932, it was named 晴海町 Harumicho with 6 sub-districts.
晴海町一丁目から六丁目.
The name means "a place where you can see the beautiful shining sea".
It was 国際貿易港 a prospering international harbour area.
In 1965, it was re-named to Harumi.

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Built on land reclaimed between the Meiji restoration and the start of World War II, Harumi is best known for the Triton Square office development. In recent years it has become more popular as a residential area with a number of large scale apartment complexes taking advantage of the views that Harumi has of the lower reaches of the Sumida River.
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Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal
Harumi-dori
The Senshu Mura 選手村 Olympic Village for the 2020 Tōkyō Olympics is planned to be built in Harumi 5-chōme.

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Kachidoki 勝どき "cry of victory"

Before the bridge 勝鬨橋 Kachidokibashi was built, there was a river crossing, Kachidoki no watashi 勝鬨渡し.

The Chinese character 鬨 toki (doki) is no longer on the list of the general Kanji, so the name is now spelled with hiragana どき doki.

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Tsukishima 月島 "moon island"

月島西河岸通 / 月島東河岸通 / 月島西仲通 / 月島東仲通 / 月島通
After the landfill in 1887 the residents of this area selected the name.

Tsuki no misaki 月之岬 / 月の岬 "cape moon"
with many restaurants to enjoy the sight in the Edo period.
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige

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Tsukuda 佃 "cultivated field"

. Tsukudajima 佃島 / 佃嶌 The Island Tsukuda .
..... tsukudani つくだに (佃煮) simmering food in sweetened soy sauce

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Sumiyoshi Jinja 住吉神社 Sumiyoshi Shrine
1-1-14, Tsukuda, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Enshrined deities for a safe voyage guarding Tsukishima district.
Enshrined deities have been guarding the Tsukuda district since the early 17th century.
Seasonal flowers can be viewed in Shrine compound.

. Sumiyoshi Jinja 住吉神社 Sumiyoshi Shrines in Japan .

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Toyomicho 豊海町 "bountiful sea town"

toyomi 豊海 "abundant sea", a rich fishing area before the landfill.
The smallest part of the Tsukishima island area.
It is just opposite of the Hama Goten 浜御殿 Seaside palace of the Tokugawa clan.

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. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

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21 Jan 2019

EDO - Kikuicho district Shinjuku

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Kikuicho district Shinjuku

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. Persons and People of Edo - Personen .
- Waseda district, see below
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Kikuichoo 喜久井町 Kikuicho district
Shinjuku, no sub-districts

The Natsume family lived in this district since the Edo period.
The father of the famous author Natsume Soseki, 夏目小兵衛直克 Natsume Kohei Naokatsu named the area after the family crest
igata ni kiku (i no kiku) 井桁に菊 well pattern 井 with chrysanthemum 菊.

He choose the characters 喜久 Ki Ku instead of 菊 kiku for chrysanthemum, to express his love for literature and auspicious meanings.

Natsume Sōseki wrote about this district in his novel
. 硝子戸の中 Inside My Glass Doors in 1915.

今私の住んでゐる近所に喜久井町といふ町がある。
これは私の生れた所だから、ほかの人よりもよく知つてゐる。（中略）この町は江戸と云つた昔には、多分存在してゐなかつたものらしい。江戸が東京に改まつた時か、それともずつと後になつてからか、年代はたしかに分らないが、何でも私の父が拵えたものに相違ないのである。私の家の定紋が井桁に菊なので、それにちなんだ菊に井戸を使つて、喜久井町としたといふ話は、父自身の口から聴いたのか、または他のものから教はつたのか、何しろ今でもまだ私の耳に残つてゐる。父は名主がなくなつてから、一時区長といふ役を勤めてゐたので、あるいはそんな自由も利いたかも知れないが、それを誇にした彼の虚栄心を、今になつて考へて見ると、厭な心持は疾くに消え去つて、ただ微笑したくなるだけである
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. Natsume Soseki 夏目漱石 (1867 – 1916) .

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夏目漱石生誕之地碑 Natsume Soseki place of birth memorial stone

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Natsumezaka 夏目坂通り Natsume road and slope

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Natsume Soseki Memorial Museum 漱石山房記念館

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Natsume Soseki was born, raised and passed away in Shinjuku.　He spent the last nine years of his life in Waseda-Minamicho,　where he devoted himself to writing and published many of his representative works. The house was called "Soseki Sanbo", which many of his followers visited every Thursday. The gathering became a literary salon, which was called Mokuyokai （ Soseki Thursday meeting). In 1920, after his death, the study room, guest room and preserved, while the main building was rebuilt. Although the whole house was burnt down by an air strike in May 1945, it is still in living memory.
Shinjuku City Office is going to open the first fully-scale Soseki Museum at the site of his former residence, "Soseki Sanbo", 7 Waseda Minamicho, in September 2017, the 150th anniversary of his birth. ...
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Waseda 早稲田 Waseda district
Waseda belonged to the district of Ushigome.
In the Edo period it was called 早稲田村 Wasedamura village.

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西早稲田 Nishi-Waseda
早稲田町 Wasedamachi
早稲田南町 Waseda Minamimachi
早稲田鶴巻町 Waseda Tsurumakicho
戸塚 Totsuka
馬場下町 Babashitacho
戸山 Toyama
喜久井町 Kikuicho, see above
原町　Haramachi
弁天町 Bentencho

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早稲田大学喜久井町キャンパス Waseda Daigaku Kikui Campus
新宿区喜久井町17

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Waseda University (早稲田大学 Waseda Daigaku), abbreviated as Sōdai (早大),
is a Japanese private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as 東京専門学校 the Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902.
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. Temple 放生寺 Hojo-Ji .
(新宿区西早稲田2-1-14）Nishi Waseda, Shinjuku

. Temple 観音寺 Kannon-Ji .
（新宿区西早稲田1-7-1）Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku

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Waseda myooga 早稲田茗荷 / みょうが Myoga from Waseda

. Vegetables from Edo 江戸伝統野菜 Edo dento yasai .

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17 Jan 2019

EDO - Oshiage district Sumida

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Oshiage district Sumida

The are used to be called 押上村 Oshiage mura village even before the Edo period.
It was a bit more to the east than the present day Oshiage district.
Sand and earth from the Sumidagawa river had pushed the ground up bit by bit (oshi-age), hence the name.

押上通り商店街 Oshiage-dori shotengai shopping

Apart from the Skytree,
there are many small workshops and stores of traditional craftsmen in the area, for example making small hair ornaments 短かんざし (kanzashi).
One store making byoobu 屏風 folding screens also makes small screens with parts of old Kimono as mementos of lost loved ones.

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東京スカイツリー Tokyo Skytree
東京スカイツリータウン Tokyo Skytree Town

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Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー
is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.
It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the second tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa (829.8 m/2,722 ft).
The tower
is the primary television and radio broadcast site for the Kantō region; the older Tokyo Tower no longer gives complete digital terrestrial television broadcasting coverage because it is surrounded by high-rise buildings. Skytree was completed on Leap Day, 29 February 2012, with the tower opening to the public on 22 May 2012. The tower is the centerpiece of a large commercial development funded by Tobu Railway and a group of six terrestrial broadcasters headed by NHK. Trains stop at the adjacent Tokyo Skytree Station and nearby Oshiage Station.
The complex is 7 km (4.3 mi) north-east of Tokyo Station.
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Shinto Shrines in Oshiage

押上天祖神社 Oshiage Tenso Shrine
東京都墨田区業平2-13-6 / 2 Chome Narihira, Sumida

高木神社 Takagi Shrine
東京都墨田区押上2-37-9 / 2-37-9 Oshiage, Sumida
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飛木稲荷神社 Tobiki Inari Shrine
東京都墨田区押上2-39-6 / 2-39-6 Oshiage, Sumida
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The largest 銀杏 gingko tree is in the compound, which has burned down but come back to life later.

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