Hamamatsu district Minato

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Hamamatsuchoo, Hamamatsuchō 浜松町 Hamamatsucho, Hamamatsu district
Minato, 浜松 Hamamatsu 浜松町一丁目および二丁目 first and second sub-district

In the Keicho period (around 1600), the headman of the district was 奥住久右衛門 Okuzumi Kyuemon, who was also the Daikan magistrate at temple 芝増上寺の代官 Shiba Zojo-Ji.
The area was called 久右衛門町 Kyuemon cho district.

In 1696, 権兵衛 Gonbei from Hamamatsu in Shizuoka became headman and the district was named after him,
芝浜松町 Shiba-Hamamtasu cho district, with four sub-districts.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to Edo castle in 1590, this district developed greatly and in 1598, Ieyasu had his family temple built there, 増上寺 Zojo-Ji.

. Zōjō-Ji 増上寺 Zojo-Ji and the Shiba port district .

Many Daimyo regents built their estates in this area to be close to the Shogun.

Now Hamamatsu-cho is a business and commercial district south of Shinbashi, with views of Odaiba and the Rainbow Bridge.

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There is a statue of the Manneken Pis at Hamamatsucho Station, which is dressed in various costumes at different seasons.

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世界貿易センタービル World Trade Center Building
2 Chome-4-1 Hamamatsuchō, Minato-ku, Tōkyō

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... a 40-story commercial skyscraper located in Hamamatsuchō.
Completed in 1970, the building is one of Japan's earliest skyscrapers. Upon its completion, the 163-meter-tall WTC Building took the title of Japan's tallest skyscraper from the Kasumigaseki Building; it retained this title until Keio Plaza Hotel's North Tower was completed one year later.
The building is home to World Trade Center Tokyo, a member of the World Trade Centers Association. It is primarily used for office space, but it also includes retail stores and restaurants. The building's top floor is a visitor observatory. The building is connected to the Toei Subways's Daimon Station and Hamamatsuchō Station, which is serviced by two JR East lines and the Tokyo Monorail.
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Kyū Shiba Rikyū Garden (旧芝離宮恩賜庭園)
also known as Kyū Shiba Rikyū Onshi Teien ("Former Shiba Villa Garden")
is a public garden and former imperial garden in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The garden is one of two surviving Edo period clan gardens in modern Tokyo, Japan, the other being Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden in Koishikawa, Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kyū Shiba Rikyū is often regarded as the most beautifully designed garden in Tokyo, and was once called the "most beautiful" scene in Japan.[
..... The site of the Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden was originally part of Tokyo Bay.
The land was reclaimed between 1655 and 1658. In 1678 the site was used for the official samurai style residence of Ōkubo Tadamoto (1604–1670), member of the Ōkubo clan and an official of the Tokugawa shogunate. The residence garden was designed by garden designers from the Odawara Domain, until 1614 under the rule of Daimyōs from the Ōkubo clan. The garden was then known as Rakujuen. At that time, the garden included a beach to Tokyo Bay, however, as Tokyo expanded the sea next to the garden was reclaimed, and there is no connection to the ocean anymore. A remaining ocean water inlet is not used.
..... The garden has an area of 43,070.53 m2. There is a circular path around the central pond Sensui (9,000 m2), which is the focus of the garden. Originally this was a salt water pond, however, as the land around was reclaimed the pond was converted to freshwater. The pond includes four islands, the central Nakajima and the smaller Ukishima, Oshima, and Yukimi-toro. Two bridges allow crossing of the pond via the larger island Nakajima. Oshima is close to the shore and can also be crossed. The inspiration for the pond originates from West Lake in Hangzhou, and the rocks on the central island represent the mountains of West Lake. One corner of the pond includes a sandy beach area named Suhama, although swimming is not recommended.
The highest point of the park is the Oyama hill, from which a dry waterfall made from stone named Karetaki flows. A stone lantern provides supposedly a good spot for snow viewing, although Tokyo rarely gets snow nowadays. Notable is also the wisteria trellis in the picnic area, especially when the wisteria blooms at the beginning of May.
Besides the garden office there is also a Japanese Archeryrange and a children's playground. The garden is surrounded by High-rise buildings and Skyscrapers. ...
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Hamamatsu (浜松市 Hamamatsu-shi, lit. "Coast Pine Tree")
is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture.
..... During the Sengoku period, Hamamatsu Castle was the home of future shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Hamamatsu flourished during the Edo period under a succession of Daimyō rulers as a castle town, and as a post town on the Tōkaidō. .....
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. Shiba (芝) is a district of Minato ward .
Tokyo, Japan, located near Hamamatsucho and Tamachi Stations on the Yamanote Line and Mita Station on the Toei Mita Line.
Shiba was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947, consisting of a number of districts including Hamamatsucho, Mita, Shiba, Shinbashi, Shirokane, Takanawa and Toranomon.

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. Shinryuuji 幸龍寺 Shinryu-Ji .
The temple was originally built as a prayer hall for the Tokugawa family. It moved within Edo from Hamamatsu, Suruga, Yushima then Asakusa. It was damaged in the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Its relocation to Karasuyama began in 1927 and was completed in 1940.

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10/02/2018

Hamamatsu district Minato

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