Sightseeing
Amazing tourist attractions that are a must-see when visiting Minato Ward.
Kitasato Institute Hospital
The first of its kind in Japan, the Institute of Infectious Diseases was formed in October on the 25th year of the Meiji era in a section of Yukichi Fukuzawa's residence in Shiba Koen. Yukichi Fukuzawa was worried "the world's Kitasato" and his talent would be hidden away in Japan, so he offered it to Shibasaburo Kitasato. Afterwards, it was nationalized and moved to Shirokanedai, However, when Minister Okuma transferred control of it from the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Kitasato (as head of the institute) and staff members resigned in protest. In November of the third year of the Taisho era, the Kitasato Institute that Kitasato was using private funds to establish, was complete. It was opened on December 11, on Robert Koch's birthday.
Hojo-Zaka
This name was attached to the south side near the Sakashita because there was a mansion of the daimyo Hojo House.
Broadcast Monument
This is the place where Japan's first broadcast radio waves were emitted on March 22, 1914. The Tokyo Broadcasting Station used the library of the Tokyo Higher Institute of Technology, which was located here at the time, as a temporary broadcasting station. In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the start of broadcasting, a "Broadcasting Monument" was erected at the birthplace of broadcasting.
Eccentric Museum ruins
It has lived for 25 years until the writer Nagai Kakaze burns in the air raids from 1921 to 1945. He was named a eccentric museum by western a two-story wooden house painted in the name of a crotchety oddball. I nostalgic for the Edo period and left a work such as "Sumida River" and "Biyori Geta". When he was 31 years old, he became a professor at Keio University in the recommendation of Mori Ogai, and presided over the "Mita literature". It was burnt down in the Tokyo large air raid on March 10, 1945.
a Buddhist foot stone
The Buddhist foot stone is a stone graven the shape of the back of the Buddha's foot. In the India, before the statues were carved, Buddha's symbolism was symbolically represented by Buddhist stones and lime trees, and people worshiped them as Buddhas. This Buddhist foot stone is the one that was made in May, Meiji 14 by the request of the person in charge of the 70th Fukuda line Makoto, Yamauchi Taisei Matsuto, and the Buddhist statues, the sutra, and the origin etc. are carved on the side.
Fukuzawa and Kondo, both of them
Fukuzawa Yukichi's Cram school was in the new have been zeni of Shiba for four years before moving from Tsukiji Gunshu to Mita's location in the year of Keio 4 (1868).
Fukuyoshisaka
Between the 15th and 17th of Akasaka, Minato-ku, it is a slope that rises from the north to the south, and is the stone steps between the building where the restaurant is entered. There is no sign of the slope, but a metal plate called "about the renovation work of Fukuyoshisaka stone steps" which was established by the Akasaka Fukuyoshi Town Council and Fukuyoshisaka Renovation Work Committee is set up at the top of the hill, indicating that this stone steps are "Fukuyoshisaka". It is said that this name came from the old street that was called Akasaka Fukukichi town.
The tomb
Kuniji was born in the Musashi country in 13 years of astronomy and became the chief priest of Zojoji Temple in Tensho 12 years. It is said that the national master's issue was conferred by the mediation of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 15 years, and it is called the Keicho.
Pier Park (Monument to the Antarctic Expedition)
In 1910, the first Antarctic expedition Japan the Memorial monument that departed from Shibaura stands. The boat's playground equipment, which is an image of the Nanhiyo Maru, is 25m long and 12m tall. The Fountain Pond is made to resemble Antarctica, and penguins are greeted from Antarctica in front of you when you see it from the ship. In addition, a juvenile baseball field is created after the birth of professional baseball. There is a bleachers in the field of artificial turf, and the illumination of night lighting is attached.
Shinagawa Season Terrace
Shinagawa Season Terrace is a success of applying 3D urban planning to a cooperative public and private large-scale development between the Tokyo Metropolis and four private companies: NTT Urban Development Corporation, Taisei Corporation, Hulic Co, and Tokyo City Development Co. The lower floors abound in a variety of shops and restaurants, as well as distributed conference halls, and adjoining the building is 3.5 hectares of open green space where the greenery and waterfront scenery changes from season to season. By creating a landscape of harmonious abundance while bringing all the advantages of a center for business to a place to foster community, it is contributing greatly to the regional community.
Hikawa Shrine (Shirokane)
It is reported that it was erected as a total guardian of the Shiroho era in the Shirogane village. Enshrined is the life of Susa man (the only thing that you can do) is Princess Inada (the only thing that you can do). The shrine was destroyed by the Great Fire of Meiwa (1772) in the mid-Edo period and rebuilt in the late Edo era. However, the shrine also suffered an air raid in 1945 and completed the present shrine in 1958. Passing through the Torii, on the left side of the main shrine is a god of Fortune and fortune "Kenbu shrine", and the right is "Inari shrine" as the god of the shelter and the Guardian. There is a pretty fox statue of the size of a kitten or a puppy around the Inari shrine.
Ice Kawasaka
It is a slope in front of the Hikawa shrine which was built by the life of the eighth Shogun Tokugawa Yoshisect.
Hikawa Park
This park is an artificial ground with a parking lot in the basement. It was re-established in 1999. In the park, the playground, the Rose Garden, and the fountain were reborn as comfortable parks for everyone to use and feel at ease. The Rose garden blooms beautiful flowers every year. (Peak season is mid-May and mid-October)
The birthplace of Ozaki Momiji
Famous for the novel, such as "Golden Demon", the autumnal leaves were born on December 16, Keio 3, at Shiba-Monzen 2-chome (currently 2-7-4). Since I was 14 years old, I have been working on literary activities since early on, such as posting on the edge of Mt. Saneyama Temple. At the age of 17, he gathered his companions and formed the first literary group, "Inkstone Yusha", and published the "I-raku-many (crap) Bunko" of the organization paper. In the summer of 19, he passed the autumnal leaves from the red Hayama in Zojoji Temple, and died at the age of 36 in Meiji 36. There is a tomb in Aoyama cemetery.
Iikura Park
It is a park consisting of a multipurpose square and playground equipment adjacent to the Ikura Nursery school. Every day, children's voices are overflowing with fun, and it is popular as a place where salaried workers and people near resting. The Playground Equipment Plaza was renewed in 2007. Surrounded by bamboo fences around the square, dogs are forbidden to walk, and children are considered safe and hygienic. You can run around with peace of mind even with small children by laying lawns on the square and setting up colorful large playground equipment and a fluffy dome. In addition, we installed a furnace bench and a manhole toilet for disasters, and also provided functions as an emergency evacuation site for disasters.
Sasayama Memorial Museum
The collection of teaware centers of Kazuyoshi Sasayama, founder of Ebara Manufacturing Co., Ltd., is exhibited. It used to be the Shimadzu family's residence, and there are also facilities serving matcha tea, conveying the atmosphere of a samurai residence. It houses about 1500 works, including ceramics, books and paintings, including national treasures and heavy sentences. In spring, you can enjoy the cherry blossoms in the garden. Note: The museum will be closed for a long period of time due to facility renovationfrom from March 18, 2019.
Shirokanedai Acorn Children's Amusement park
Facing Meguro Dori, this is a children's park close to the National Natural Education Park and Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum. There are open squares and mountain piles, and there are many acorn trees. In summer, there is a "Bubu pond" where you can enjoy playing in water, and it is very popular among children.
Shirokane Children's Amusement park
It is called "Monkey Town Park". In spring, cherry blossoms cover all over the children's amusement park, and the sky is narrow. The slide is installed with large, medium and small, and there is a bucket with a small child on the seat side of the swing, so children of any age can enjoy the playground equipment. In Minato-ku, you can enjoy the only "clay tube" play equipment.
Shirokane Park
In the park along the Old river, there is a hydrophilic terrace in the garden so that you can get close to the water of Furukawa, and you will see a bronze statue "fishing landscape" nearby. In addition, we have installed solar power plant lamps and power storage facilities by solar panels to ensure electricity that can be used in the event of a disaster. In the park, you can enjoy the flower of the Echizen daffodil of Fukui Prefecture.
Nogizaka Tunnel
The Nogizaka tunnel has a solar power panel on the roof, and it is an eco tunnel which makes the illumination in the tunnel by self power generation. In addition, there is an entrance to the ground when viewed from the direction of Aoyama, but as the direction of Akasaka, it is also distinctive shape that will gradually dive into the underground. In addition, there is a sidewalk on both sides outside the tunnel, and this is exactly the location. It seems to be used a lot in the scene such as [Special assistant manager Tadano Hitoshi] and [sidekick], [Kamen Rider Kabuto] and [rider Agito] is chased.
Nogizaka
The name of the ghost Slope was abolished at the same time as the funeral of General Nogi Taisho, and it was changed to Nogizaka. In addition, it was also called the avalanche slope.
Japan longitude and latitude origin
It is the "Japan longitude and latitude origin", which is the reference point for surveying in Japan. A granite monument with a Geospatial Information Authority sign and a metal stud of origin. The longitude and latitude of the whole country are determined based on the values here. "139°44′28".8869 E 35°39′29".1572". In Meiji 7, a naval observation observatory was built here, and in Meiji 21, the same facility, which became the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, observed stars and determined precise latitude and longitude. After that, triangulation points are determined, and triangular nets are formed throughout the country. The Tokyo Astronomical Observatory was severely damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake, so it was relocated to Mitaka. It is now the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
United Church of Christ in Japan, Ando Memorial Church
This is a protestant church located opposite the Hikawa Shrine. Its chapel was completed in 1917, it survived the Great Kanto Earthquake, and it has preserved its appearance. The church is made entirely out of Oya stone, and its arched stained glass facing the street is the work of the great Ogawa Sanchi. You can also visit the interior.
Nitto Saka
It is said that it is a good day sugar slope, because there was a site of Nittoobo or Japan sugar. It is presumed to be a slope opened in the first year of Taisho.
Sun Kousaka
There was a mansion of the Tokuyama clan Mori Hinata Mamoru on the south side of the early Edo period. The origin is not known though it was good with the sleeve shaking slope. It was called the Hinata slope by mistake.