Sightseeing
Amazing tourist attractions that are a must-see when visiting Minato Ward.
Thousand gilt Child education Jizo-son
After a child's successful growth and health, in 1975, it is named after the Saito Kannon Temple, which is considered to be a spiritual trial of easy delivery parenting. The festival is held in April every year, and in July there is a Bon dance tournament.
Sendai-Sakaue Intersection
When turning left, two bridge intersections and going straight will go to the intersection of the four bridges of Meiji-Dori.
Sendai-Zaka
The name was called from the place where the southern part of the slope was a lower residence of the Sendai clan date family.
Absolute Esaka
In two years, the Cao-ji temple has been relocated from Akasaka to the east side of the hill. The first Osho was the name of the famous monk, and it changed to Sakame.
Akasaka Fire Station Cradle
There is a slender park on the back of the Aoyama twin building, and there is a monument at the western end. A metal plate is pasted on a white stone, and it is a unique shape with the sculpture of the red-colored cube on top, and it is said that it is the one that the matoi of the fire is shaped.
Akasaka site
At the present address, the Akasaka district, which occupies almost the entire area of Motoakasaka 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, was received by the Government after the Meiji Restoration, and was presented to the Teien (present imperial family) in the Edo period, where the Kishu Tokugawa family house (Kishu clan Akasaka clan residence) was located. The Akasaka you can get was originally the Imperial family property as well as other such as the other, but the defeat of the Second World War and the promulgation of the Constitution of the Japan country are transferred to Japan state, and it is supplied to the Imperial household as a national property barrel property. When the Imperial palace was destroyed by the misfire in the Meiji 6, Emperor Meiji moved to this place, and it was the Imperial palace here until the new Imperial Palace (Meiji Palace) was fallen in Meiji 21. Located adjacent to the northeast of the Akasaka site, Geihinkan (formerly Akasaka Rikyu) was used for the hospitality of the foreign guests that came to Japan.
Akasaka Biz Tower
"Akasaka Biz Tower" (1st basement Floor-2nd floor) There is an art space in the corner of the second floor. The work lined with spheres reminiscent of the fair-yo balloon seen by the American artist named Thomas Shannon.
Akabane Bridge
It is a steel bridge with a length of 17.50 m and 30m wide in March 1974. It is said that the bridge is street by the bridge name.
Ishimura Omi Tomb
Ishimura Omi burial A book, a common name, and moved from Kyoto to Edo to complete the shamisen. It was a nit called "Purification Omi". There is an inscription on the temple grounds that briefly summarizes the history of the shamisen and the performance of the Ishimura family. Therefore, the temple is also known as "Sanaji-ji Temple".
Blue Kisaka
Since the middle of the Edo period, it came to be called because there was a mansion of the Hatamoto Aoki on the north side.
Seishoji
In the 8th year of the Bunmei era, this temple was founded by Dokan Ota, and was then moved to its present location in the 5th year of the Keicho era. The cemetery is on high ground that leads to Mount Atago. At the entrance, built in the shape of a person, is the grave of the Pike Bearer. The Pike Bearer (whose real name was Ashida Yoshikatsu) is a footsoldier from the Mimasaka Tsuyama Domain (present day Okayama Prefecture), who served Nobutomi Matsudaira, the head of the Matsudaira clan and director of Echigo. At that time, Echigo footsoldiers carried very long, heavy pikes. They were easily capable of decapitating when brought down, making them fearsome things. So that he wouldn't cause any hardship to others, the Pike Bearer, in his unwavering chivalrous spirit, cut the base of his pike handle, causing it to disembowel him. It's said that this took place in September of the 14th year of the Genroku era. The Matsudaira family, fearing the pike being cut again, was said to have reinforced the base of the pike with iron. The Pike Bearer's grave is also called the Yakko Jizo (yakko meaning servant, and Jizo referring to a bodhisattva who looks after the souls of children, often seen as statues in cemeteries.) Praying to it is said to be effective in treating sexually transmitted infections and gynecological disorders, and those who have made full recoveries may leave containers made of cut bamboo with alcohol in it as a show of gratitude. On these spacious grounds, there are a number of other sites designated as historical remains by the city. They include the grave of Kinga Inoue, a Confucianist from the Edo period, a Hourindai Kannon statue, a bamboo grove, and a freshwater spring.
Aoyama Reien East District Tomb Ginseng
Sano Kimi (Nursery rhyme "Red Shoes" model)/Ozaki Momiji (writer) Kido Okamoto (writer)/Yuriko Miyamoto (writer)/Shigeyoshi Saito (writer)/Naoya Shiga (writer) you can visit graves.
Aoyama reien West Area Grave Ginseng
Fujishima Takeji (painter)/Okada Sanrosuke (painter)/Kiyosaue (printmaker)/Shinichi Hoshi (writer)/Doppo Kunikida (poet, writer), etc. can visit graves.
Aoyama Cemetery
Japan's first public cemetery, established in 1874. Many notable people are at rest in its vast grounds, including Toshimichi Okubo, Tsuyoshi Inukai, Danjuro Ichikawa, Naoya Shiga and Koyo Ozaki. A well-known spot for viewing cherry blossoms, having around 500 Yoshino cherry trees, its tree-lined path turns into a magnificent cherry blossom tunnel. There are also grand old trees which are well worth seeing.
Aoyama Dori
From Miyakezaka to the intersection of the Meiji Dori (east exit of Shibuya Station), the Chiyoda-ku and Shibuya are in between, including Akasaka, Aoyama, Omotesando and Curio Street. There are many greenery, such as Higashimiya Imperial Palace, Meiji Jingu Gaien, Aoyama Gakuin, and other buildings that face the United Nations University, Kostuya Castle, Aoyama Gakuin and Ao (multi-commercial building). There are many companies, and it is popular as an office town and a fashion street.
Aoyama Playground
It is a 5-minute walk from Gaienmae station and 3 entrances. You can enjoy baseball and tennis.
Nishi-Machi International School
In 1949, she was founded by Ms. Rileshower, a sister of Dr. Matsukata, and has practiced multicultural education. In part of the school building, the Matsukata Masuma House, which was designed in the year 1921, was used as it was, and it became a historical landmark selected by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 2000. Every year from October to November, the food fairs held by parents are lined with a proud national cuisine.
Nishikubo Hachiman Shrine
It is a venerable Hachiman-like, founded in the eleventh century. Jiang was also a drama saga, when the Battle of Sekigahara, I prayed to this Nishikubo Hachiman shrine victory and safety.
Seizaka
It is called because the monk in Koyasan which also serves as a merchant opens and there was a place in the passage of ancient ages. There is a theory that it is called the slope of Takeshiba, too.
The Bodhisattva of St. Kansera
On February 8, 1982, the Hotel "Hotel New Japan", located in Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, is a statue of Kannon that was erected for the memorial of 33 people who were killed and died in the fire.
St. Orban church
St. Olban's Church is a building designed by the renowned Czech-American architect Antonin Raymond in 1956, the only church in which all of the worship is conducted in English. The American, British, Canada, Australia, and African countries have gathered from all over the world, including a priest, William Harget, a pastor. In addition to the regular service, various groups such as Women's Association, Youth Association, Reading Society, and Bible Study Group are actively active.
St. Andrew's Cathedral
St. Andrew's Cathedral was built in 1879 in Shibasakaecho (modern day Shiba Park) as a chapel and began being used for missionary work. Its first generation pastor was Alexander Croft Shaw. He was also famous as a pastor in the development of Karuizawa. It has been over 100 years since the cathedral's establishment.
Seishoko Kakurinji
Kiyomasa Kato, known familiarly as "The Silver Official Kiyomasa" is enshrined here at Kakurinji. Every year on May 4th and 5th, the Kiyomasa Festival is held. Special "calamus leaf victory charms" that carry the wish to "conquer mental anguish" are awarded, bestowing Kiyomasa's good fortune in war. Many people come, hoping to get these charms, which are only available on these two days. During the Kiyomasa Festival, the stalls lined up on top of Tenjin Hill are bustling with activity. In the shopping arcade, a market fair called Noren no Ichi is also held. At the Kiyomasa Hall, the hall of worship, hall of offerings, and inner sanctuary are built in the "gongen-dzukuri" style, where they share a single roof and are connected by a passageway. Along with the temple gate, they are all designated as tangible cultural properties by Minato Ward.
Tadashi Yamadera
In the temple, sending troops the Boshin War, the tomb of the Nika-ho-ya Genzo (Honko and the emperor), the stone Buddha of the elder sister of Nigaho Hyogo Unsuke (Nikaho), and Oishi Yoriko assistant Yoshishige (the one of the thing), Oishi Uchikura Assistant Qin There is a tomb of Yoshiaki Oishi (GON), the monument of the martial artist Chen Yuan Yun (chin) of the Ming country which was a deep edge of the country Chang-ji temple which was the temple, and the statue Ming Dynasty the Raven in the mountain Kadowaki is enshrined.
Zuishoji Temple
During the Edo period, when new religions were strictly forbidden, the only exception was the Obaku school of Buddhism, brought by the Ming monk Ingen, who was invited to come to Japan. In the 10th year of the Kanbun era (1670), the temple was founded by Mokuan, Ingen's disciple. Mokuan's calligraphy is so famous that he is called one of the "Three Calligraphists of Obaku," along with Ingen. The main hall is thought to have been built after the mid-Edo period, and is an Important Cultural Property. There are tombs of famous people, including the parents of Hirobumi Ito, but you must obtain permission from the temple before visiting them.