. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo 江戸の名所 .
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Yuurakuchoo, Yūrakuchō 有楽町 Yuraku-Cho district
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Yūrakuchō (有楽町) is a neighborhood of Chiyoda, Tokyo, situated in between the Ginza and Hibiya Park, near the neighborhood of Shinbashi. Unlike its tonier neighbor Ginza, Yūrakuchō provides a glimpse of Japanese life from the early postwar period, with its many izakaya (Japanese-style bars, denoted by their red lanterns known as akachochin) and outdoor yakitori restaurants, many of which are located under the train tracks serving Tokyo's JR Yamanote Line. Because of its many traditional Japanese-style eating establishments, as well as its location on the Yamanote Line with easy access to Tokyo Station, Yūrakuchō is a favorite drinking spot for businessmen on their way home from work.
Yūrakuchō is served by several train and subway stations, including Yūrakuchō Station on the JR Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tōhoku Line, and Yūrakuchō Station on the Yūrakuchō subway line.
The neighborhood takes its name from Oda Nagamasu (or Urakusai, 1547–1622), younger brother of Oda Nobunaga. Nagamasu built his mansion here on land near the Sukiya-bashi Gate of Edo Castle granted by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
In 1707, the Tokugawa shogunate established the Minami-machi Bugyō-sho, the office of one of the magistrates of Edo, in this area.
The place name dates from the Meiji period. It arises from an altered pronunciation of Urakusai.
- source : wikipedia
. Sukiyabashi 数奇屋橋 Sukiyabashi Bridge "tea room bridge".
Moto-Sukiya cho 元数奇屋町 Moto-Sukiya district, Chuo ward 中央区 銀座 五丁目 Ginza 5th district
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Edomaejima, Edo Maejima 江戸前島
Long ago, reed beds, tidal flats, and shallow sea stretched across the area surrounding Edo Castle, and there was little even ground for people to live on; the area from today’s Hibiya to Otemachi was once known as Hibiya Bay,
while what is now the land from Nihonbashi to Yurakucho was a sandbar called Edomaejima.
When he moved to Edo in 1590, Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately set about filling in the tidal flats and shallow sea of Edo Bay and engaged in urban development focused on the use of waterways for transportation. The land reclamation conducted during the Edo period crossed over the Sumida River to reach 2,700 hectares of land. This is equal to the total area of the Shibuya and Chiyoda cities. Channels for rivers and canals were built to smoothly transport goods over water, resulting in the rapid growth of Edo to become one of the largest cities in the world with one million residents living inside its borders by the end of the Tokugawa shogunate government.
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Oda Urakusai Nagamasu 織田有楽斎長益
(1547 - 1621）
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Oda Nagamasu 織田長益
(1548 – January 24, 1622) was a Japanese daimyo who lived from the late Sengoku period through the early Edo period. Also known as Urakusai (有楽斎), he was a brother of Oda Nobunaga.
Nagamasu converted to Christianity in 1588 and took the baptismal name of John.
Nagamasu
was an accomplished practitioner of the tea ceremony, which he studied under the master, Sen no Rikyū. He eventually started his own school of the tea ceremony.
Nagamasu
divided his fief between his sons Nagamasa and Hisanaga. Nagamasa founded the Kaijū-Shibamura Domain, while Hisanaga became lord of the Yanagimoto Domain.
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Urakubara 有楽原 Urakubara district
This was the old name of part of the Yurakucho district, renamed in 1872.
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There is also a camellia plant named after Urakusai.
Uraku Tsubaki 有楽椿（ウラクツバキ）
He liked this plant very much for his tea room decoration.
In Tokyo this Camellia is called
Taroo Kaja 太郎冠者（たろうかじゃ) Taro Kaja
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Uraku-En 有楽苑 Uraku-En Park and Jo-An 如庵
one of the famous gardens in Japan.
Jo-an (如庵) is a seventeenth-century teahouse in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Said to be one of the three finest teahouses in the country, in 1951 it was designated a National Treasure.
Jo-an was originally built c.1618 in Kennin-ji, Kyoto by Oda Urakusai, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga and disciple of Sen no Rikyū. Relocated a number of times, since 1972 it has formed part of the Urakuen gardens in Inuyama.
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愛知県犬山市大字犬山字御門先6
Meitetsu Inuyama Hotel Urakuen / Joan - HP
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薫風や鼻緒のゆるき有楽苑
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at Yuraku-En
Tr. Gabi Greve
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. kunpuu 薫風、kaze kaoru 風薫 scented breeze .
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