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2/08/2019

Susaki district Koto

Due to landfill in the early Edo period, this area became known as
深川洲崎十万坪 Fukagawa Susaki Jumantsubo.
It was known for its beautiful scenery.
In 1888, a pleasure quarter from Nezu was moved here.
Until 1958 there was a large pleasure quarter, the 洲崎パラダイス Susaki paradise".

There is also an area called Susaki in 墨田区向島5丁目 the fifth sub-district of Mukojima in Sumida ward, with the spelling 須崎.
Another Susaki 洲崎 is known in 千葉県 Chiba and 神奈川県 Kanagawa.

In the Edo period the river 小名木川 Konagigawa was used for transportation from the Susaki area to the fish markets of Edo.
In 1791, there was a great flooding of the area and many merchants lost their estates. Since then the Bakufu government forbid to build living quarters in Susaki.
The area was always popular for shiohigari 潮干狩り hunting for clams and seafood on the shore

Jūmantsubo 深川州崎十万坪 Jumantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki
Utagawa Hiroshige

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Shinagawa Shiohi 品川汐干
Hasegawa Settan

Shinagawa has been always introduced as one of the best spots for shellfish gathering together with Suzaki in Fukagawa.
Shinagawa, which prospered as a seaside post station was a year-round resort and offered sakura (cherry blossoms) and shellfish gathering in spring and autumnal leaves in the fall.
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Susaki Benten 洲崎弁天
浮弁天州崎神社 Uki Benten, Shrine Susaki Jinja
江東区木場6-13-13 Koto ward, Kiba

- Fukagawa Susaki Benten
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Shrine Susaki Jinja 州崎神社

The Shrine was under the special protection of the mother of 将軍徳川綱吉 Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
People came here to pray for protection from water disasters and for good fishing.
The Shrine was on a small island on the beach, thus called
uki-Benten 浮き弁天 the floating Benten shrine

In modern times all this became landfilled and nothing of the atmosphere of Edo is left.

- One of the
. Edo roku Benten 江戸六弁天 Six famous Benten in Edo .

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Susakibashi　bridge すさき橋 / Hiroshige

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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hamaguri 蛤 clam shell
At the beach of 洲崎浜 Suzakihama in Shinagawa, in the eleventh lunar month,
some fishermen were peeling clam shells,
when they found one with a very small golden statue of 地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu inside,

. hamaguri 蛤 clam shell, Venus clam .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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洲さき汐干かり shiohigari at Fukagawa Susaki 深川洲崎 in Spring
Hiroshige

. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .

深川や桃の中より汐干狩
Fukagawa ya momo no naka yori shiohigari

Fukagawa !
through the peach blossoms
people are gathering shells
Tr. Gabi Greve

. WKD : shiohigari 汐干狩 hunting (for clams and seafood) on the shore .
shiohigari - gathering shells and small seafood at low tide.
Fukagawa had a great flatland tidal area where people could collect cheap seafood.

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. 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 .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

. Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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2/06/2019

Takinogawa district Kita

The river Shakuji-I gawa 石神井川 became quite steep and fast at 板橋区加賀 Kaga in Itabashi and this part was called
Takinokawa 滝野川 "Waterfall River"

There used to be at least seven natural waterfalls of the river Shakuji-I gawa 石神井川 river Shakujii , also called 滝野川 Takinogawa in Edo.
. Edo no taki 江戸の滝 waterfalls in Edo .

There were two main sub-districts :
滝野川西地区 Takinogawa Western area
滝野川東地区 Takinogawa Eastern area

In 1889, the area was called
滝野川村 Takinogawa mura village
and in 1913
滝野川町 Takinogawa cho town
In 1923 it became part of Tokyo and was named
滝野川区 Takinogawa ku ward
In 1942, this ward was renamed
王子区 Oji ku ward
In 1967, the seventh sub-district, 滝野川七丁目 was added.

瀧野川紅葉 Maple leaves at Takinogawa
広重 Hiroshige II

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Takinogawabashi 滝野川橋 Takonogawa bridge
finished in 1961.
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Takinogawa kooen 滝野川公園 Takinogawa Koen Park
even with a waterfall in the park and a walk along the river.

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Takinogawa Hachiman Jinja 瀧野川八幡神社 Shrine
北区滝野川５丁目２６−１５

Built in 1202.
The main hall was restored in 1885.
The prayer hall was restored in 1922.
There used to be a market of vegetable seeds.

- Deity in residence
品陀和氣命（ほんだわけのみこと）Hondawake no Mikoto - 應神天皇 / 応神天皇 Ojin Tenno (200 - 310)

goshuin　御朱印 stamp - to win in sports 勝

- HP of the Shrine
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0oji Fudoo no Taki 王子不動之滝 Fudo Waterfall in Oji, Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

There used to be at least seven waterfalls of the river Shakuji-I gawa 石神井川,
also called Takinogawa 滝野川 in Edo.
People came here in summer to feel the cool, have a snack and relax.
Now part of Nerima ward.
. Fudo Myo-O and waterfalls in Edo .
The statue of Fudo 滝不動尊 is now preserved at the temple 正受院 Shoju-In
(北区滝野川2-49-5) Kita-ku, Takinogawa.

. Edo no taki 江戸の滝 waterfalls in Edo .

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Maple season at Takinogawa, Oji, Tokyo, c. 1910.
“A notice of the floral festivals of the year as observed in Japan demands some mention of the maple – for the reddening leaf of the maple, like the foliage of many other blossomless trees, is regarded as a flower in Japan.
“The rich tints of the changing leaves of certain deciduous trees hardly distinguishable from the colouring of blossoming shrubs, such as the azalea, form a favourite object of attraction during the Autumn months. The native term, momiji, which is commonly translated ‘maple’, is, strictly speaking, a general name applied to many trees which redden in the Fall.

“Of the maple itself, there are many varieties distinguished both by the form of their leaves and the tone of their changing colour. No garden is considered complete without its group of such reddening trees, placed beside some artificial hill towards the West, to receive additional splendour from the setting sun.

“… At Ko-no-dai, a famous prominence commanding a view of the whole plain of Tokio, there are some magnificent maple trees noted for their enormous size … About the end of October, in the glen called Taki-no-gawa at Oji, a suburb of Tokio, the slopes of a natural glen between the hills are planted with thick masses of these trees forming a most romantic spot where from the galleries of a rustic arbour the sight of the foliage in all its burning splendour may be enjoyed. Shinagawa and Meguro, other well known spots in the vicinity of the capital, have also good groups of maples which attract many sight seers. Picnicking and mushroom gathering are pastimes which accompany the viewing of the maple.

“In the poems and pictures of the country, the maple is associated with deer:
How full of sorrow seems the Autumn! when
In solitary rambles slowly straying,
Amid the russet foliage of the glen,
I listen to the lonely stag’s sad baying.”

– The Floral Art of Japan: The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement, Josiah Conder, 1899
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岩屋弁天 Iwaya Benten - 弁天の滝 Benten Waterfall
松橋弁天洞窟 Matsubashi Benten cave does not exist any more.

北区滝野川3-88-17Kita ward, Takinogawa / 金剛寺 Temple Kongo-Ji

Bentendoo 辨天堂 Benten Do Hall

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. Edo roku Benten 江戸六弁天 Six famous Benten in Edo .

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. Takinogawa ninjin 滝野川人参 carrots .

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2/04/2019

Edo six Benten Shrines

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. Benten 弁天 / 辨天 / 辯天 / Benzaiten 弁財天 .
Goddess of Music, Poetry, Learning, Art
River Goddess, Patron of Children / Protector of the Nation

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Edo roku Benten 江戸六弁天 Six famous Benten in Edo

千歳 Chitose, former 本所 Honjo
一ツ目弁天　Hitotsume Benten / 江島杉山神社 Shrine Ejima Sugiyama Jinja
墨田区千歳1-8-2 Sumida ward, Chitose
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. 冬木弁天堂 Fuyuki Benten .
冬木弁天堂 Fuyuki Bentendo Hall, 宝珠山 Hoshusan
冬木辯天堂 Fuyuki Bentendo
江東区冬木22-31 Koto ward, Fuyuki - the shrine of the Fuyuki family.

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. 須崎弁天 / 州崎 / 洲崎 Suzaki / Susaki Benten .
須崎 / 州崎 / 洲崎 Suzaki / Susaki
浮弁天州崎神社 Uki Benten, Shrine Suzaki Jinja
江東区木場6-13-13 Koto ward, Kiba - Sunosaki Shrine

. 滝野川弁天 Takinogawa Benten .
岩屋弁天 Iwaya Benten - 弁天の滝 Benten Waterfall
松橋弁天洞窟 Matsubashi Benten cave

上野 Ueno
不忍池弁天堂 Shinobazunoike, Bentendo Hall / 寛永寺 Temple Kanei-Ji
台東区上野公園２－１ Taito ward, Ueno Koen Park

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. 区余丁 Yochomachi - Nukebenten .
抜弁天厳島神社　Nuke-Benten, Itsukushima Jinja
新宿区余丁町8-5 Shinjuku, Yochomachi

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Seven Benten Shrines of Good Fortune in the Eastern Capital
(Tôto shichifuku Benten, 東都七福弁天)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

This series of fan prints (uchiwa) pairs beautiful women with shrines to Benten:

Asakusa chinai Rojo Benten
Asakusa chinai Tafuku Benten
Chomeiji chinai Benten
Fukagawa Hachiman shanai Benten
Fukagawa Susaki Benten
Hitotsume Benten
Shinobazu Benten

- Publisher: Ise-ya Ichiemon
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- Fukagawa Susaki Benten

- Hitotsume Benten
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. Edo 江戸三十三ヶ所弁財天霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Benten Shrines .
Established in 1780.

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江戸弁財天百社　100 Benten Shrines in Edo

Shrines 01 to 30
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Shrines 31 to 40
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Shrines 41 to 50
- reference source : ameblo.jp/ryuuren99... 留連のブログ - 03

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
- often associated with a Benten pond.

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The Inokashira Benten Shrine in Snow (Shatô no yuki)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957)

. Inokashira Benten pond 井の頭弁天 / 井ノ頭辨天池 .

ryuukotsu 龍骨 dragon bones
Once a young priest was cutting weeds when by mistake he cut the mouth of a small serpent in two. This small snake was in fact the dragon living in Inokashira pond, so the river out of the pond was carrying blood for three days.
The young priest died from this curse.
The top part of the serpent dragon head flowed all the way to a temple in 中野 Nakano.
The lower of the serpent dragon head is kept at the Inokashira Benten.
These bones were used for rain rituals. If it had not rained for a long time, the bones were taken outside in a special ritual - the then rain would fall!
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bake-benten 化け弁天 monster-Benten
The 佐内家 Sanai family did not have any children. So the wife went to the Inokashira Benten to make a wish. Indeed, soon after the gave birth to a girl.
The neighbours said this was 神の申し子 a god-given child.
When the girl had grown up, the mother took the girl and both went to the Inokashira Benten to give thanks.
The girl suddenly turned crazy, went to the pond, stared into it and then was lost in the pond.

yooji 楊枝 toothpick
In the compound of the 井の頭弁天堂 Bentendo Hall at Inokashira there was yanagi 柳 an old willow tree.
The toothpicks for the third Shogun Iemitsu have been made from its branches.
. Legends from 吉祥寺村 Kichijojimura village .

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Hachijoojima 八丈島 Hachijo Island

daija 大蛇 huge serpent
On 八丈島 Hachijo Island there was a swamp and a huge serpent was the master of it.
At night it came to the village to kidnap women or cows and threaten the villagers.
Then came 為朝 Tametomo and killed the huge serpent.
He cut it into eight parts of about ichi joo 1丈 3 m each, hence the name of the island, hachi joo 八丈 Eight Jo.
The pond became red with blood and was called アカミショー（赤み沢）Akamisho.
To appease the sould of the serpent, a sanctuary of Benten was erected.
A retainer of Tametomo, 忠次郎 Chujiro, was killed in the event and is now venerated as チュージョー様 Chujo sama.

Tametomo Jinja 為朝神社 Tametomo Shrine
at 東京都八丈町大賀郷大里

. Minamoto no Tametomo 源為朝 (1139 – 1170) .
(also known as Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝)
After the Hōgen Rebellion,
the Taira cut the sinews of Tametomo's left arm, limiting the use of his bow, and then he was banished to the island of Ōshima in the Izu Islands. Tametomo eventually killed himself by slicing his abdomen, or committing seppuku.
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23 legends to explore

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tatsu 竜 dragon，hakuja 白蛇 white serpent
大谷弁天 Otani Benten is known for its power to help women.
One day a woman came to make a wish, and when the wish was granted she came back to the Shrine to express her gratitude.
Suddenly it became cloudy and dark. From the 弁天池 Benten Ike pond at the side of the Benten Shrine a dragon came out and ascended to heaven. On the way he began to make painful sounds and fell down.
A lightning struck 大松 the great pine tree. The large tree split into three and out of it came a white serpent of about 60 cm. It burst into white powder and fell dead.

the Bentenike pond

. ryuu, ryū 龍　tatsu 竜　と伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .

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bake Benten 化け弁天 monster-Benten
Once upon a time
near the 駒止橋 / 駒留橋 Komadomebashi bridge a rather wicked Benten was venerated.
If someone passed the bridge, disrespectfully riding his horse, he would fall down.
Sometimes wicked young men wearing woman's headgear came to behave badly.
If a procession with a bride passed the bridge, the wedding would not go well, so nobody even tried to do that.

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東両国の駒留橋 at Komatodomebashi, Eastern Ryogoku / Aoyanagi 青柳 Restaurant
広重 Hiroshige
- source : ndl.go.jp/landmarks

Komadome Hachiman Jinja 駒留八幡神社
5 Chome-35 Kamiuma, Setagaya, Tokyo

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. kitsune 狐 the fox from temple 増上寺 Zojo-Ji .

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daija 大蛇 huge serpent
In 桧原村 Hinohara village in 1868, there was クヨ(鉄砲水) a great flooding and a young wife was washed away. A diviner told the family:
"The young wife is at the pond 長峰の池 Nagamine no Ike.
When they went to look for her, she had changed into a huge serpent and lived in the pond. The family built a small sanctuary in the back of their estate and venerated the soul of the woman.
The sanctuary is called Hebigami sama 蛇神様 Serpent Deity and sometimes 弁天様 Benten sama

There is a pond Nagamine in Niigata.
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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
More than 500 years ago, a young man from the village had fallen in love with お里 O-Sato, but the lord of 弁天島 Benten Island, a Tengu, also loved O-Sato.
O-Sato had fallen in love with a young Samurai and the angry Tengu produced a huge flood to wash the Samurai away. O-Sato became a nun. She got healing power and a 霊泉 healing well from Benten sama and begun to heal people. They say she was an incarnation of Benten herself.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

. Benten 弁天と伝説 Legends about Benten .

. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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2/02/2019

Yotsuya district Shinjuku

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. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo　江戸の名所 .
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Yotsuya 四谷 / 四ッ谷 Yotsuya district - "four valleys"
Shinjuku, 一丁目 - 四丁目 from the first to the fourth subdistrict.

The four valleys are
千日谷 Sennichidani, 茗荷谷 Myogadani, 千駄ヶ谷 Sendagaya and 大上谷 Okamidani.
. Sendagaya 千駄ヶ谷 Sendagaya district .

There were also yotsuya 四ツ家 four rest houses on the 甲州街道 Koshu Highway:
梅屋 Umeya, 保久屋 Hokuya, 茶屋 Chaya and 布屋 Nunoya.
. Koshu Kaido 甲州街道 Kōshū Kaidō Highway .

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It is a former ward (四谷区 Yotsuya-ku) in the now-defunct Tokyo City.
In 1947, when the 35 wards of Tokyo were reorganized into 23, it was merged with Ushigome ward of Tokyo City and Yodobashi suburban ward of Tokyo-fu to form the modern Shinjuku ward.
- History
Before the growth of Edo, Yotsuya was a farming village outside the city. In 1634, with the digging of the outer moat around Edo Castle, many temples and shrines moved to Yotsuya. The moat had stone walls, and a mitsuke, or watch tower, was also built. Yotsuya Mitsuke stood near the present-day Yotsuya Station.
The relocation of the temples and construction of the mitsuke brought settlements of workers, and following the devastating Meireki fire, many more people moved to Yotsuya, which had been spared. Gradually the area became part of the city of Edo.
In 1695,
the shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi ordered the establishment of a vast dog kennel. The purpose was to board stray dogs as part of his policy of showing mercy to animals. The facility outside the Yotsuya Gate occupied 20,000 tsubo (66,000 m2; 710,000 sq ft).
Yotsuya developed rapidly
due to its central location. In 1894, the Kōbu Railway, predecessor of the present-day Chūō Line, extended its existing railway line between Shinjuku and Tachikawa to Ushigome and opened Yotsuya and Shinanomachi stations. The railway enabled the easy transport of raw materials into the area; soon, pencil, tobacco and other industries moved in and began Yotsuya's rapid industrial development.
Many historic temples and graves are located in Yotsuya.
Among them are Sainen-ji, where the grave of the ninja Hattori Hanzō and his lance are interred.
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The name of the station is written 四ツ谷駅.

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犬御用屋敷跡　inu yashiki 犬小屋 remains of the dog kennel

In 1695, there were so many dogs that Edo began to smell horribly.
An apprentice was even executed because he wounded a dog. Finally, the trouble was taken to a distance, as over 50,000 dogs were deported to kennels in the suburbs of the city where they would be housed.
They were apparently fed rice and fish which were at the expense of the taxpaying citizens of Edo.
. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi 徳川綱吉 (1646 - 1709) .

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Misty Morning at Yotsuya Mitsuke
. Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957) .

. Yotsuya Arakicho district 四谷荒木町 .
荒木町 Arakicho, Araki district

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Yotsuya Okido 四谷大木戸 Big Gate at Yotsuya

Yotsuya Ōkido was the checkpoint established at Yotsuya in 1616 (the second year of Genna)
to control those passing through
and packages going into and out of Edo via the Kōshū Highway.
In 1792 (the fourth year of Kansei), both the gate and the guardhouse were demolished,
so that people and horses could cross the checkpoint freely.
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A stone marker in its memory

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Legends from Shinjuku ward .

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Yotsuya Kaidan 四谷怪談 The Ghost Story of Yotsuya

- Utagawa Kuniyoshi's portrait of O-Iwa お岩

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the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon, is a tale of betrayal, murder, and ghostly revenge.
Arguably the most famous Japanese ghost story of all time, it has been adapted for film over 30 times, and continues to be an influence on Japanese horror today.
Written in 1825 by Tsuruya Nanboku IV as a kabuki play,
the original title was Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談; translation: Ghost Story of Yotsuya in Tokaido). It is now generally shortened, and loosely translates as
Ghost Story of Yotsuya.
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. Kaidan 怪談 ghost and monster stories .

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When Yotsuya had been burned down after a fire,
a wife was sitting outside in the evening. She saw an old man with white hair, laughing and coming closer.
She closed her eyes and begun to recite 普門品 the Kannon Sutra. When she was finished she opened her eyes again and saw that the woman from the neighbours family had become crazy.

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kaijo 怪女 a mysterious woman
In 四ッ谷大番町 Yotsuya Obancho in the year 1799, there was a strong rain at night. The servant of a Samurai came home late and on this way he met a woman. After that he met that woman every night. The Samurai had this man observed. When he lay in his bed moaning, the Samurai drew his sword. Now a black cat jumped out of the bed and ran away as fast as it could.

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. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Around 1760, there lived a sword master in Yotsuya, who was riding a kago 籠 palanquin. Part of his robes peaked out and then a tail . . . it was a fox! The palanquin carriers were much afraid and did not get any money.
The next day they were bewitched by this fox and eventually thrown out of their families and died alone.
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On another occasion a person was seen hitting a nail into the sacred tree of the Inari Shrine to curse someone.
He was also bewitched by a fox.
. shinboku 神木, shinju　神樹　sacred tree, divine tree .

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. Taira no Masakado 平将門 (? - 940) .

One 旗本家 Hatamoto samurai family living in Yotsuya once got the kabuto 兜 helmet of Masakado by some of his descendants in exchange for money. On the first night in the new home, the house begun to scream and squeek and shake and rumble, so next morning they gave it back to its owner.

Masakado no kabuto 将門の兜 the helmet of Masakado

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Yotsuya 四ツ谷乗運寺横町 Joun-Ji Yokocho

ishi Jizoo odoru 石地蔵踊る dancing stone Jizo
The stone statue of Jizo Bosatsu at the temple Joun-Ji is sometimes dancing . . . but that is just a rumor.

. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - ABC List .

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. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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Daiba Shiodome Minato

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. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo　江戸の名所 .
- Shiodome, see below
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Daiba 台場 Daiba district - Minato
. Minato ku　港区 Minato ward, "Harbour ward" .
一丁目 / 二丁目 first and second sub-district

Odaiba お台場 is located in Minato, 港区, Shinagawa 品川区 and Koto 江東区.
daiba 台場 means fort.

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Odaiba (お台場) is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. It was initially built for defensive purposes in the 1850s, dramatically expanded during the late 20th century as a seaport district, and has developed since the 1990s as a major commercial, residential and leisure area. Odaiba, along with Minato Mirai 21 in Yokohama, is among a few manmade seashores in Tokyo Bay where the waterfront is accessible, and not blocked by industry and harbor areas. For artificial sand beaches in the bay, Sea Park in Kanazawa-ku is suitable for swimming, Odaiba has one, and there are two in Kasai Rinkai Park area looking over to the Tokyo Disneyland.
Daiba (台場)
formally refers to one district of the island development in Minato Ward. Shintaro Ishihara used Odaiba to refer to the entire Tokyo Waterfront Secondary City Center (東京臨海副都心 Tōkyō Rinkai Fukutoshin) which includes the Ariake and Aomi districts of Kōtō Ward and the Higashi-Yashio district of Shinagawa Ward.
The name Odaiba comes from a series of six island fortresses constructed in 1853 by Egawa Hidetatsu for the Tokugawa shogunate in order to protect Edo from attack by sea, the primary threat being Commodore Matthew Perry's Black Ships which had arrived in the same year. Daiba in Japanese refers to the cannon batteries placed on the islands.
In 1928, the Dai-San Daiba (第三台場) or "No.3 Battery" was refurbished and opened to the public as the Metropolitan Daiba Park, which remains open to this day.
..... The modern island of Odaiba began to take shape when the Port of Tokyo opened in 1941. .....
..... The area started coming back to life in the late 1990s as a tourist and leisure zone, .....
..... Odaiba is one of the venue locations in the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics.
The events to be held there under the venue plan include beach volleyball at Shiokaze Park, triathlon and marathon swimming at Odaiba Marine Park, and gymnastics at a new gymnastics venue.
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Odaiba, modern town, classic eco-friendly ideas
Located on the shore of Tokyo Bay mainly on reclaimed land, the Odaiba area is one of Tokyo's newest neighborhoods. It is also the capital's newest tourist hotspot, luring over 37 million visitors each year with its modern shopping and entertainment attractions. But this new section of town has roots that go way back: The earth-friendly traditions of the Edo period (1603-1868) are carried on to this day in Odaiba, an area where being kind to the environment is a way of business and life.
..... A Place Both New and Old
..... Taking It Easy on the Earth
..... Centuries of Recycling
In 1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had consolidated his rule over all Japan three years earlier, took up residence in his castle in Edo, making the town Japan's political center. The population of the city grew sharply, and by the early eighteenth century Edo was home to over a million people. But despite its status as one of the world's largest cities, contemporary documents describe this metropolis as a beautiful, trash-free place. Laws forbade the discarding of garbage in rivers. Trash was brought to collection centers located around town and disposed of systematically. This garbage became fertilizer for vegetable fields and made its way back to the tables of Edo inhabitants - a total recycling society of the sort that Odaiba aims to be today.

Sewage systems in old Edo
were the most advanced in the world. Night soil was a valuable commodity, collected by traders who brought it to farmers for use as fertilizer and returned to town with vegetables for sale. There was also a booming market in second-hand goods, with craftsmen gathering old clothes, umbrellas, and such, repairing them, and selling them for reuse; cloth was an especially valuable commodity, and kimonos were taken apart, resewn, and used for generations. This conscientious reuse of goods is yet another practice mirrored in Odaiba today.
Tokyo Bay is today
ringed with "islands of trash" - like Odaiba, reclaimed land built on landfills and developed for industrial or residential use. Soon after the end of the Edo period these shoreline areas were being outfitted with piers for shipping, and in the twentieth century their use as waste-disposal sites was in full swing. Odaiba, today the most popular of these reclaimed shoreline spots, rests atop earth removed from construction sites and the wreckage of old buildings. The town itself is built on a base of recycled material. In more ways than one, recycling is providing the foundation for the boom of the new city center in Odaiba and the new lifestyles that are taking form there. Look closely at the modern bustle of the businesses and pleasure-seekers in Odaiba: You can see a long history of recycling and reusing resources if you know where to look.
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. Recycling and Reuse in Edo - リサイクルと再生　/ 再使用 .
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Shiodome 汐留 Shiodome district - Minato
shiodome - "keeping the tide out"

Since many salt merchants lived here, it was also written
塩留 Shiodome.

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Shinbashi and Shiodomebashi 新橋 - 汐留橋

Shinbashi and Shiodomebashi were two bridges
that spanned the outer moat of Edo Castle's defensive works.
A 暗渠 culvert was subsequently formed when the moat was filled in,
and all that remains of the Shinbashi bridge is a lone pylon with its name inscribed.
The Shiodomebashi bridge was situated to the east of Shinbashi,
it spanning the moat and joining together 木挽町7丁目 Kobiki-chō 7-chōme and 柴口新町 Shibaguchi Shinmachi.
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Shiodome (汐留) is an area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located adjacent to Shinbashi and Ginza, near Tokyo Bay and the Hamarikyu Gardens. Formerly a railway terminal, Shiodome has been transformed into one of Tokyo's most modern areas. It is a collection of 11 tiny town districts or cooperative zones, but generally there are three main areas:
-- The Shiodome Sio-Site (シオサイト),
a collection of skyscrapers containing mostly businesses, hotels, and restaurants. Its thirteen skyscrapers house the headquarters of All Nippon Airways, Dentsu, Fujitsu, JSR, Mitsui Chemicals, Nippon Express, Nippon Television, Sega Sammy Holdings and Softbank.
-- The western district, located west of the JR tracks and populated by European-style buildings.
-- The southern extension, east of the JR tracks from Hamamatsucho 1-chome. This area is for residential use, and there are three tall apartment buildings located there, along with a small park.
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Like its neighbors Ginza and Tsukiji, Shiodome is built on what was originally marshland on the shore of Tokyo Bay. Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu issued an order in 1603 to fill in the area, and throughout the Edo period Shiodome housed the local residences of various daimyōs (feudal lords).
The name Shiodome, which translates to "keeping out the tide", probably referred to the shōgun's desire to isolate Edo Castle (now the Imperial Palace) from Tokyo Bay.
There was a Shiodome River but it has been largely filled in.
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Shiodome Shiosite シオサイト

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. Saiwaibashi 幸橋 Saiwaibashi bridge .
Across the river 汐留川 Shiodomegawa

汐留川（しおどめがわ）
現在では大部分が埋め立てられている。
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- Cirque du Soleil

お台場にサーカス来たり花の雨
odaiba ni saakasu kitari hana no ame

the circus
has come to Odaiba -
rain on cherry blossoms
Tr. Gabi Greve

若月栄枝 Wakatsuki Sakaeda

. hana no ame 花の雨 rain on the cherry blosoms .
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お台場のあぢさゐ色の観覧車
高澤良一

お台場にそうて船ゆく蝶の昼
星野立子

芝浦や花火は消えて台場の灯
吉野左衛門

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汐留や貨車の彼方の遠桜
館岡沙緻

汐留は天空の街ソーダ水
山本秋穂

秋日濃し汐留駅の貨車溜り
加藤佳子

汐留のしじみなつかし鼠路地
今泉貞鳳

汐留の真上となりしはたたがみ
坂本靖夫

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