. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo 江戸の名所 .
- Kugayama, see below
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Iogi 井荻 Iogi district
Suginami 杉並区
The name Iogi machi 井荻町 / 井荻村 Iogi mura was abolished in 1932.
It was the former 東多摩郡 Higashi-Tama district, including the villages
上井草村 Kami-Igusa mura, 下井草村 Shimo-Igusa mura,
上荻窪村 Kami-Ogikubo mura and 下荻窪村 Shimo-Ogikubo mura.
The name I-OGI was constructed of the first letters from Igusa and Ogikubo.
. Igusamura, Igusa mura 井草村 Igusa village .
. Ogikubo 荻窪 Ogikubo district .
i 井 well
ogi 荻 reeds
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井荻駅 Iogi Station opened on 16 April 1927.
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Igusagawa 井草川 River Igusagawa
If flows into the river 妙正寺川 Myoshojigawa from the Arakawa water system. Part of the river is now a 遊歩道 promenade.
In the park 道潅橋公園 Dokanbashi Koen there was a bridge over the river, better known as 道潅橋 Dokanbashi bridge.
3 Chome-14-２３ Kamiigusa, Suginami
Along the river 今川 Imagawa is a park called 道潅公園 Dokan Koen.
source : yamap.com/activities....
. Oota Dookan, Ōta Dōkan 太田道灌 Ota Dokan (1432 - 1486) .
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Kugayama 久我山 Kugayama district
Suginami, 久我山一丁目 - 五丁目, first to fifth sub-district
くが kuga means open space, space for leisure
山 yama means mountain
In the Edo period it was an open space in the Musashino plain, called 久ケ山 Kukeyama.
Around 1889, it was known as 久我山村 Kugayama mura village, with about 65 families living there.
Located in the South-West of Suginami ward. A quiet residential area.
Near the station is the shopping mall
久我山連合商店会
They have a firefly festival in summer, thanks to the two main rivers in the area,
the 神田川 Kandagawa and the 玉川上水 Tamagawa Josui Waterway.
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Train station
京王井の頭線の久我山駅 Kugayama, Keio Inokashira line
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Kugayama Inari Jinja 久我山稲荷神社
東京都杉並区久我山3-37-14 // 3 Chome-37-14 Kugayama, Suginami City
Since olden times the Shrine of the protector deity of Kugayama.
The main festival is on the first of October.
A Kagura dance called 湯の花神楽 Yunohana Kagura is performed. It is in memory of a time of epidemic disease, when water was boiled in the Shrine and splashed on the ground and on people to purify all.
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- Deity in residence
Ukemochi no Mikoto 受持命
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. Suginami 杉並区 Suginami 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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