DOCSLIB.ORG

Downtown Ueno Route Please Check the Internet for Specific Dates

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Downtown Ueno Route Please Check the Internet for Specific Dates 鶯谷 入谷 Major festivals Kototoi Boulevard Locations introduced City of artisans, merchants, Explore Ueno’s culture of craftsmanship, Downtown Ueno route Please check the Internet for specific dates. Downtown in this guide trading, and entertainment Mid-May Shitaya Shrine and entertainment 東大前 Ueno Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Shitaya Shrine Grand Festival National Museum of Nature Science The earliest summer festival in Taito Ward takes place in map Hirokoji & Nakacho area 言問通り mid-May. As many as 7,000 people participate in the parade Downtown —Suzumoto Entertainment Hall around the neighborhood, while spectators can enjoy street (2-7-12 Ueno,浅草神 Taito社 Ward) The commoner district of downtown Ueno Wander from Ueno’s entertainment and food. National Museum of Western Art Shitaya & Okachimachi —Oedo Ueno Hirokojitei (1-20-10 Ueno, Taito Ward) market district to Tokyo’s artisan center http://shitayajinja.or.jp/ walking map — 言問橋 Ueno Ueno Park’s hill is home to many cultural institutions Rakugo浅草 寺Association (Kuromontei) Beginning at the foot of Ueno Hill and heading east, we can (1-9-5 Ueno, Taito Ward) established by government and religious organizations. In Ueno Sta. see how this area’s commerce has changed from Edo to the 本郷通り 区立 Asakusa Sta. —Nakacho Street (2 Ueno, Taito Ward) comparison, Ueno’s bustling downtown area was created by Ueno Park 隅田公園 present day. Nakacho traces its roots to an Edo-era geisha Shinobazu Boulevard the energy of ordinary people who gathered at the foot of the —Fukinuki Yokocho district, while across Ueno Hirokoji, the Ameyoko Market (2 Ueno, Taito Ward to 3 Yushima, Bunkyo Ward) hill. Today's Nakacho entertainment district next to Ueno 東京大 still retains the vitality of Ueno’s postwar black market. Kachikura area —Domyo (2-11-1 Ueno, Taito Ward) Shitaya & Okachimachi walking map Hirokoji and Shinobazu Pond emerged from a once-thriving Kitchenware Street Kitchenware The neighborhood stretching from here to Kuramae along Kappabashi —Jusan-ya Asakusa(2-12-21 Sta.Ueno, Taito Ward) geisha district. Along the tracks south of Ueno Station is the Shinobazu Pond Hirokoji & Nakacho area the Sumida River in the east is home to a rich culture of —3331 Arts Chiyoda (6-11-14 Sotokanda, Chiyoda Ward) sprawling Ameyoko market and ethnic communities that Butsudan-dori Ameyoko & Okachimachi area craftsmanship and new creative energy. Head north towards Ueno Sta. —Shinobazu Pond (3 Ueno Koen Ikenohata, Taito Ward) grew from a postwar black market. And stretching to towards Inaricho Sta. Kachikura area Asakusa to pass through old craftsmen areas, or south Asakusa Sta. the Sumida River in the east is a district that has been home Keisei Ueno Sta. NOHGA HOTEL UENO Boulevard Kiyosubashi 吾妻橋 towards Kuramae to find new shops run by young artisans. Shitaya Shrine to craftsmen since the Edo Period and now attracts young Tawaramachi Sta. Old Tokyo Walking Guide No.5 English Choose you own path between this area’s diverse cultural Jusan-ya Ameyoko Ameyoko & Okachimachi area artisans and designers. This guidebook introduces the history Center Building とうきょうスカイツリー heritage of artisanship, trading, and entertainment. Domyo Kimchi Yokocho of downtown Ueno’s artisan, trading, and entertainment End of May Southern Taito Ward Asakusa Boulevard —Marishiten (4-6-2 Ueno, Taito Ward) Nakacho Street culture. —AmeyokoAsakusa CenterSta. Building (4-7-8 Ueno, Taito Ward) Major stations near downtown Ueno Monomachi Suzumoto Boulevard Kokusai Entertainment Hall Marishiten —Kimchi Yokocho駒形橋 (Higashi Ueno, Taito Ward) —Ueno Station (JR Yamanote Line, Keihin Tohoku Line, Joban Kachikura's artisan culture is on display during this three- Yushima Sta. 本所吾妻橋 Cover image: “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Shitaya Hirokoji,” —Tsubame-yu bathhouse (3-14-5 Ueno, Taito Ward) Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Hibiya Line) Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856. Edo-era Ueno and Okachimachi were always day event held since 2011. Visitors can learn about the Yushima Shrine Fukinuki Ueno-Okachimachi Sta. —As-Salaam Foundation (4-6-7 Taito, Taito Ward) —Ueno Okachimachi Station (Toei Oedo Line) 本郷三丁目 Ameyoko & Okachimachi area bustling with visitors to Kan’ei-ji Temple. creative work of craftsmen around the neighborhood. Yo ko c h o —Okachimachi Station (JR Yamanote Line, Keihin Tohoku Line) Oedo Ueno Ueno Hirokoji Sta. Okachimachi Sta. Kasuga Boulevard 隅田川 http://monomachi.com/ Hirokojitei Shin-Okachimachi Sta. —Asakusabashi Station (JR Sobu Line, Toei Asakusa Line) Kachikura area —Tawaramachi Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line) Naka-Okachimachi Sta. Kimoto Glass Beginning of June Torigoe Shrine 本郷三丁目 Rakugo Taito Designers — (Taito, Taito Ward) 三ツ目通り Association As-Salaam Village Satake Shopping Street Chuo Boulevard Chuo Foundation Torigoe Shrine Grand Festival Tsubame-yu Boulevard Showa —Butsudan-dori (Taito Ward) This festival has a history dating back 1,360 years, and the bathhouse —Okazu Yokocho (1 Torigoe, Taito Ward) 3331 Arts Chiyoda four-ton omikoshi portable shrine is the heaviest in Tokyo. Satake Shopping —Taito Designers Village (2-9-10 Kojima, Taito Ward) 厩橋 Tens of thousands come to watch it be carried through the Street —2k540 Aki-Oka Artisan (5-9 Ueno, Taito Ward) neighborhood. —Kimoto Glass (2-18-17 Kojima, Taito Ward) 春日通り Hirokoji & Nakacho area —SyuRo (1-16-5 Torigoe, Taito Ward) 2k540 Aki-Oka Gunji Miso & Kakimori Kuramae Sta. 清澄通り July-August Around Ueno Station, Shinobazu Pond & Ueno Hirokoji Artisan Tsukemono —Gunji Miso & Tsukemono Suehirocho Sta. Kuramaebashi Boulevard SyuRo (1-14-2 Torigoe, Taito Ward) Ueno Summer Festival Parade Torigoe Shrine —Kakimori (1-6-2 Misuji, Taito Ward) This festival is more than three decades old and features Okazu Yokocho Kanda Shrine numerous events in the area. The parade along Ueno Chuo Kuramae Bridge Boulevard is the highlight. お茶の水橋 御茶ノ水 http://www.ueno.or.jp/parade/ “Old Tokyo” Walking Guide蔵前橋通 #5: City りof Artisans, Merchants, and 聖橋 Entertainment: Downtown Ueno Around December 29-31 Ameyoko Publisher and contact: the Tokyo Cultural Heritage Alliance End of Year Shopping 御茶ノ水 [Address]横網町公園 2-1 Kanda Nishikicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0054 Akihabara Sta. The end of the year is the busiest season at the Ameyoko [Phone] 03-5224-5450 [FAX] 03-5244-5452 [E-mail] [email protected] [Web] http://tohbun.jp market, when as many as half a million customers per day Akihabara Sta. Text: Sam Holden, Mengfei Pan, Yukiko Osaka, Shotaro Nakado,Yoshio come to buy food for New Years meals. ©2018 ZENRIN CO., LTD. 0 300ｍ 「この地図の作成に当たっては、国土地理院長の承認を得て、 Asakusabashi Sta. Asakusabashi Sta. 150 Yanagi Photos: Kenichiro Koizumi Design: Studio Pot 本郷通り 同院発行の基盤地図情報を使用した。（承認番号 平28情使、第734-143号）」 Published October 25,両国 2018/4,000 units/2-sided 4-color/Matte coat 90 kg 神保町 岩本町 小川町 靖国通り 両国 三ツ目通り 淡路町 両国橋 京葉道路 馬喰町 神田 Sponsors Matsuzakaya Department Store is known as Hirokoji, or Airport, but also many Asian and other foreign migrants In the Edo Period, Okachimachi’s proximity to numerous Ueno’s main street: “broadway,” and was created as a firebreak after a major fire who live in the area. Ueno’s ethnic diversity can be smelled temples and shrines and the geisha district near Shinobazu destroyed the city in 1657. Hirokoji formed part of a major in the food market in the basement of the Ameyoko Center Pond created demand for metal workers and craftsmen who *Company name changed on July 1 Explore Ueno’s past Hirokoji 1 road that served as the route linking Edo Castle to Kan’ei- Building, where shops sell ingredients from across Asia, manufactured items such as Shinto and Buddhist amulets, ▶︎Shitaya thrives as the entrance to Kan’ei-ji Temple ji, and became lined with restaurants and stores selling food and seen and heard in the ethnic restaurants, mosque, and hairpins, combs, sword sheaths, and parasols. Google Japan G.K. and present culture The area at the foot of Ueno Hill, once known as Shitaya, and other goods. Until the end of the 19th century, the small streets around Okachimachi. Eastern Ueno is also home to The area from Torigoe to Kuramae was home to feudal first flourished thanks to its location in front of Kan’ei- Shinobu River flowed across Hirokoji near the intersection one of the city’s oldest Korean towns, known as “Kimchi estates and the shogun’s rice warehouses until the late 19th of craftsmanship, ji Temple. Kan’ei-ji was founded atop Ueno Hill by the of Shinobazu Boulevard, where the three “Mihashi” bridges Yokocho,” established by ethnic Koreans who were forced century, but by the early 20th century leather craftsmen powerful Buddhist monk Tenkai in 1625 to safeguard the led to the entrance to Kan’ei-ji. Hirokoji is pictured in many to move from Ameyoko in 1948. and textile artisans began moving in from the Muromachi trading, and Tokugawa Shogun’s city and ensure the peace of common Edo period prints as a bustling district filled with temple area of Nihombashi. In the mid-20th century Torigoe people. Tenkai turned the temple grounds into a beautiful visitors, merchants, and shoppers. and Kuramae increasingly became home to craftsmen and entertainment space for Edo residents to relax, planting cherry blossoms on Part of the “Edo-zu Byobu,” 17th century, in the collection of the National The outdoor stalls that appeared around Ueno Station after the defeat wholesale companies, but some of these businesses began Museum of Japanese History. Tea houses along the shore of Shinobazu were the origin of today’s Ameyoko market. the hill, and designing the area around Shinobazu Pond to Pond were a popular meeting spot for Edo lovers. Center of artisan and to close after the 1990s, leaving behind empty buildings. In resemble famous landmarks in and around Kyoto. Kan’ei- design culture 2004, the Taito Designers Village opened to support fashion The downtown areas south and east of Ueno Park ji became one of Edo’s most famous spots, and the town The former geisha 5 and design entrepreneurs, many of whom opened stores in TOKYO DOME CORPORATION are home to commoner culture from many eras.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • A 5 Day Tokyo Itinerary
    What To Do In Tokyo - A 5 Day Tokyo Itinerary by NERD NOMADS NerdNomads.com Tokyo has been on our bucket list for many years, and when we nally booked tickets to Japan we planned to stay ve days in Tokyo thinking this would be more than enough. But we fell head over heels in love with this metropolitan city, and ended up spending weeks exploring this strange and fascinating place! Tokyo has it all – all sorts of excellent and corky museums, grand temples, atmospheric shrines and lovely zen gardens. It is a city lled with Japanese history, but also modern, futuristic neo sci- streetscapes that make you feel like you’re a part of the Blade Runner movie. Tokyo’s 38 million inhabitants are equally proud of its ancient history and culture, as they are of its ultra-modern technology and architecture. Tokyo has a neighborhood for everyone, and it sure has something for you. Here we have put together a ve-day Tokyo itinerary with all the best things to do in Tokyo. If you don’t have ve days, then feel free to cherry pick your favorite days and things to see and do, and create your own two or three day Tokyo itinerary. Here is our five day Tokyo Itinerary! We hope you like it! Maria & Espen Nerdnomads.com Day 1 – Meiji-jingu Shrine, shopping and Japanese pop culture Areas: Harajuku – Omotesando – Shibuya The public train, subway, and metro systems in Tokyo are superb! They take you all over Tokyo in a blink, with a net of connected stations all over the city.
    [Show full text]
  • Usa Free Guided Tours in Ueno Park
    ree uided ours in sausa ree uided ours in eno ar Asakusa, one of the most traditional and lively Come and discover the hidden charms of Ueno! neighborhoods in Tokyo, is waiting for your Ueno Park was originally a temple to the family visit. of the Tokugawa shoguns, but the area later See Sensoji Temple, well known for its huge red became a battle field in the civil war of the lantern; nineteenth century, which resulted in the Meiji Asakusa Shrine, famous for its Sanja Festival; era and the dawn of Japan's westernization. Nakamise, the best place for your souvenir In this tour you can visit ruins and other sites of shopping, and more!, the Edo period (the Tokugawa shogunate), the Walking around with a knowledgeable guide civil war, and the Meiji era. will be an unforgettable memory. The huge lantern at Kaminarimon Gate in Sensoji Temple Ueno Toshogu Shrine Days Days Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday Saturday or Sunday Starting times Starting times 10:30 a.m. or 1:15 p.m. 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. Time required Time required About 90 minutes About 90 minutes The water basin for purification in Sensoji Temple Hanazono Inari Shrine After the tour Meeting Point After the tour Meeting Point To participate in a tour, please come to the TOKYO SGG CLUB ・To participate in a tour, please come to the TOKYO SGG CLUB counter on the first floor of Asakusa Culture Tourist Information counter in the gallery of GREEN SALON of Ueno Park, as Center, located across from the well-known Kaminarimon Gate indicated on the map.
    [Show full text]
  • Pdf/Rosen Eng.Pdf Rice fields) Connnecting Otsuki to Mt.Fuji and Kawaguchiko
    Iizaka Onsen Yonesaka Line Yonesaka Yamagata Shinkansen TOKYO & AROUND TOKYO Ōu Line Iizakaonsen Local area sightseeing recommendations 1 Awashima Port Sado Gold Mine Iyoboya Salmon Fukushima Ryotsu Port Museum Transportation Welcome to Fukushima Niigata Tochigi Akadomari Port Abukuma Express ❶ ❷ ❸ Murakami Takayu Onsen JAPAN Tarai-bune (tub boat) Experience Fukushima Ogi Port Iwafune Port Mt.Azumakofuji Hanamiyama Sakamachi Tuchiyu Onsen Fukushima City Fruit picking Gran Deco Snow Resort Bandai-Azuma TTOOKKYYOO information Niigata Port Skyline Itoigawa UNESCO Global Geopark Oiran Dochu Courtesan Procession Urabandai Teradomari Port Goshiki-numa Ponds Dake Onsen Marine Dream Nou Yahiko Niigata & Kitakata ramen Kasumigajo & Furumachi Geigi Airport Urabandai Highland Ibaraki Gunma ❹ ❺ Airport Limousine Bus Kitakata Park Naoetsu Port Echigo Line Hakushin Line Bandai Bunsui Yoshida Shibata Aizu-Wakamatsu Inawashiro Yahiko Line Niigata Atami Ban-etsu- Onsen Nishi-Wakamatsu West Line Nagaoka Railway Aizu Nō Naoetsu Saigata Kashiwazaki Tsukioka Lake Itoigawa Sanjo Firework Show Uetsu Line Onsen Inawashiro AARROOUUNNDD Shoun Sanso Garden Tsubamesanjō Blacksmith Niitsu Takada Takada Park Nishikigoi no sato Jōetsu Higashiyama Kamou Terraced Rice Paddies Shinkansen Dojo Ashinomaki-Onsen Takashiba Ouchi-juku Onsen Tōhoku Line Myoko Kogen Hokuhoku Line Shin-etsu Line Nagaoka Higashi- Sanjō Ban-etsu-West Line Deko Residence Tsuruga-jo Jōetsumyōkō Onsen Village Shin-etsu Yunokami-Onsen Railway Echigo TOKImeki Line Hokkaid T Kōriyama Funehiki Hokuriku
    [Show full text]
  • “Uenoyes2019 'Floating Nomad' ”
    Press Release October 28, 2019 Implementation Committee for New Concept “Ueno, a Global Capital of Culture” Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) A special art event expressing inclusiveness! “UENOYES2019 ‘FLOATING NOMAD’ ” ●A fasHion sHow of tHe latest collection from tHe YosHikazu Yamagata, Director at Fountain Square ●Landmarks and worksHop space set up under tHe supervision of tHe General Producer KatsuHiko Hibino ●Outdoor sketcHing event in collaboration witH tHe fasHion private scHool “coconogacco” by YosHikazu Yamagata ●KisHin Shinoyama’s “Silk Road” pHoto exHibition wHicH features tHe journey from Nara, Beijing, Persepolis and Palmyra to the Turkey. And more. The Implementation Committee for New Concept “Ueno, a Global Capital of Culture”, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) are implementing the cultural and arts project "UENOYES" and spread the appeal of Ueno to the world, based on the theme of social inclusion in the Ueno Park and its surrounding areas. On November 9 (Sat) and 10 (Sun), 2019, special art event “UENOYES2019 ‘FLOATING NOMAD’” will be held at Ueno Park Fountain Square under the General Producer of Katsuhiko Hibino. Underlined by the theme “FLOATING NOMAD”, this inclusive art event is intended to become a place for interaction and learning in the open space of Ueno Park, where people from various countries and regions gather in various ways and gather as if they are nomadic people. In this event, the “cardboard installation site”, the landmark and workshop space, is being produced and installed by a hybrid team of DOOR Project(※P2) students of Tokyo University of the Arts and the fashion private school “coconogacco” led by Yamagata.
    [Show full text]
  • My Experience in Japan
    My experience in Japan Federal Rural University of Amazon, Department of Forest Engineering, 3rd year, Beatriz Cordeiro Costa Tokyo NODAI Department: International Agriculture Development This is a little report about my experience in Japan. After this program, I became a better person and I only have to thank everyone who made my dream come true. I cannot believe that my big dream finally was real. I am really happy because I could meet very special people of all this big world. This year I was really happy because I received the big chance of studying in Tokyo Nodai University, Japan, because of the program Re-inventing Japan. An incredible program allows the meeting between many nations in the world and the knowledge sharing. I remember exactly the feeling of the first day in Japan. I was overwhelmed with the university dynamic and with the wonderful Japanese culture, food, religion and many other things. In addition, people there are very helpful, kind- hearted and efficient. Everything is beautiful and works. I realized that Japanese worry about all the minimal details and it is very nice. I know that this opportunity will change my life forever and I only want to say thanks for everyone who made this dream a real thing in my life. The main reason for participating in this study program is to have a new experience in a different country from mine. I think every person has to know about the world around. It can happen when we taste different food, when we meet new people, when we know about other cultures, religions etc.
    [Show full text]
  • Paper Shops in Tokyo
    Orihouse: Paper shops in Tokyo | hall | floor-plan | welcome | my room | your room | dark room | guest room | knotology | library | links | meeting room | o-list | bedroom | guestbook | terms | email | MEETINGROOM :: | Chile 2006 | Barcelona 2005 | Tokyo 2004 | Tokyo Shops | Kraków 2004 | Bonn 2003 | Cambridge 2002 | New York 2002 | Museum Rijswijk 2002 | Singapore 2002 | London 2001 | Aranjuez 2001 | Veldhoven 2001 | :: MEETINGROOM Paper shops in Tokyo, Japan collected during August 2004 GALLERY ORIGAMI HOUSE SAKURAHORIKIRI SHIMOJIMA 100 YEN SHOPS TOKYU HANDS KINOKUNYA TAKEO ORIGAMI KAIKAN ITO-YA KURASAWA TANAKA WASHI (order visited) GALLERY ORIGAMI HOUSE Website: http://www.origamihouse.jp Shop location: http://www.origamihouse.jp/about/map/map_e.html Metro Station: HAKUSAN, opposite exit A1 On the second floor, you can see it from the street. Address: Origami House #216, 1-33-8, Hakusan,Bumkyo-ku, Tokyo,113-0001, JAPAN TEL:03-5684-6040 FAX:03-5684-6040 Page 1 Orihouse: Paper shops in Tokyo Heart of Origami Tanteidan and JOAS. You can see masterpieces and buy books and paper. Maybe you even meet Yamaguchi Sensei or Satoshi Kamiya! Very little, but *ORIGAMI ONLY*. They can also help you out with other origami-resources in Tokyo. Het hart van Origami Tanteidan en JOAS. Je kan meesterwerken bekijken en boeken en papier kopen. En misschien ontmoet je wel Satoshi Kamiya of Yamaguchi Sensei! Heel klein, maar *ALLEEN ORIGAMI*. Ze kunnen je ook helpen met andere origami-bronnen in Tokyo. SAKURAHORIKIRI Website: http://www.sakurahorikiri.co.jp/ More info about location other shops: http://www.sakurahorikiri.co.jp/zenntennpo-map.html JR Station: ASAKUSABASHI Address: Tokyo, Taito-ku, Yanagibashi 1-26-1 TEL 03-3864-1773 Opening hours: AM9:30~PM5:30 There are 5 shops in Tokyo.
    [Show full text]
  • Asakusa & Sumida River
    ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 159 Asakusa & Sumida River ASAKUSA | OSHIAGE | RYŌGOKU | KIYOSUMI & FUKAGAWA | ASAKUSA & OSHIAGE | RYŌGOKU, KIYOSUMI & SHIRAKAWA £# 1 1 1 1 K i r Neighbourhood o K ō 1 1 1 ot k o d u t - o oi - s 1 1 d o N ō Top Five a ri n i UENO y i - h w d ASAKUSA s Sumida- ō xp o 1 r Y kōen Sensō-ji (p161) Brows- E i K o o t Tsukuba Express Asakusa to ing the craft stalls of u 1#Ú to h NISHI- £# Tōbu i-b S Asakusa- as Nakamise-dōri and soaking ASAKUSA kōen Asakusa hi Tokyo £# y Sky Tree up the atmosphere (and the KAMINARI-MON pw As x Station incense) at Asakusa’s akusa Tawaramachi E -dōr o 6 £# i ¦# t o #á Asakusa u N 4# centuries-old temple K ¦# h Honjo- om S ¦# complex. a Azumabashi ga KOMAGATA ba ta Kasu sh - SUMIDA-KU 2 Ryōgoku Kokugikan ga-dōri i TAITŌ-KU ¦# Kuramae HIGASHI- (p168) Catching the salt- KURAMAE KOMAGATA slinging, belly-slapping Kuramae ¦# Kasuga-dōri M ritual of sumo at one of the i t Asakusabashi ¦# K s city’s four annual tourna- ura u m YOKOAMI m b ae- hi-dōri ments. ASAKUSABASHI ash Kuramaebas e i - ¦# Asakusabashi dō 3 Edo-Tokyo Museum Yokoami-kōen r ¦# i £# (p164) Learning about life in Kand 2##ý ¦# a-gaw Asakusabashi #â# Ryōgoku a £# 3 old Edo at this excellent his- tory museum with full-scale Ryō Ryōgoku Keiyō-dōri goku- bashi reconstructions of famous RYŌGOKU SUMIDA-KU Shuto Expwy No 7 buildings.
    [Show full text]
  • Nihonbashi: Edo's Contested Center Marcia Yonemoto
    , East Asian History NUMBERS 17/18· JUNE/DECEMBER 1999 Institute of Advanced Studies Australian National University 1 Editor Geremie R. Barme Assistant Editor Helen Lo Editorial Board Mark Elvin (Convenor) John Clark Andrew Fraser Helen Hardacre Colin Jeffcott W. ]. F. Jenner Lo Hui-min Gavan McCormack David Marr Tessa Morris-Suzuki Michael Underdown Design and Production Helen Lo Business Manager Marion Weeks Printed by Goanna Print, Fyshwick, ACT This double issue of East Asian History, 17/18, was printed in FebrualY 2000. Contributions to The Editor, East Asian History Division of Pacific and Asian History Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Phone +61 26249 3140 Fax +61 26249 5525 email [email protected] Subscription Enquiries to Subscriptions, East Asian History, at the above address Annual Subscription Australia A$45 Overseas US$45 (for two issues) iii CONTENTS 1 Whose Strange Stories? P'u Sung-ling (1640-1715), Herbert Giles (1845- 1935), and the Liao-chai chih-yi John Minford and To ng Man 49 Nihonbashi: Edo's Contested Center Marcia Yonemoto 71 Was Toregene Qatun Ogodei's "Sixth Empress"? 1. de Rachewiltz 77 Photography and Portraiture in Nineteenth-Century China Regine Thiriez 103 Sapajou Richard Rigby 131 Overcoming Risk: a Chinese Mining Company during the Nanjing Decade Ti m Wright 169 Garden and Museum: Shadows of Memory at Peking University Vera Schwarcz iv Cover calligraphy Yan Zhenqing M.c�J�n, Tang calligrapher and statesman Cover illustration Talisman-"Passport for wandering souls on the way to Hades," from Henri Dore, Researches into Chinese superstitions (Shanghai: T'usewei Printing Press, 1914-38) NIHONBASHI: EDO'S CONTESTED CENTER � Marcia Yonemoto As the Tokugawa 11&)II regime consolidated its military and political conquest Izushi [Pictorial sources from the Edo period] of Japan around the turn of the seventeenth century, it began the enormous (Tokyo: Chikuma Shobo, 1975), vol.4; project of remaking Edo rI p as its capital city.
    [Show full text]
  • Tsukuba Express—Introduction to Stations
    F New Lines and Infrastructure in Greater Tokyo eature Tsukuba Express—Introduction to Stations Kazunobu Yamada Line Overview, Station Design development (Fig. 1). The fastest trains lines and the added convenience for and Mobility travel the 58.3-km distance in 45 minutes, commuters will undoubtedly reduce passing through four prefectures: Tokyo, congestion on JR East’s Joban Line and General overview Chiba, Saitama and Ibaraki. other older lines (Table 1). The line also The Tsukuba Express—Greater Tokyo’s The line is quickly becoming a major offers improved transit options for people newest commuter rail line—began service transit option for rail passengers travelling living and working near the line. on 24 August 2005. The line starts in between the centre of Tokyo and north- Akihabara, Tokyo (the city’s so-called east Greater Tokyo. Each of the 20 stations Preparing for development Electric Town) and terminates in Tsukuba has been designed with its own identity. The operator, Metropolitan Intercity Science City, Japan’s centre for high-tech Seven stations offer connections to other Railway Company (MIRC), took advantage of the Special Measures Law for Coordinated Development of Residential Figure 1 Tsukuba Express Route Areas and Railways in Metropolitan Areas (approved in June 1989 and enforced from September that year), which facilitates Tsuchiura City simultaneous construction of railways and TsuchiuraTsuchiura development of residential land for large Kanto RailwRailway Joban Line Kenkyu-gakuen Tsukuba housing projects. (Science City) JR EastEast’s’s The law promotes railway development Joban Line a hand-in-hand with development of land y Joban Line Banpaku- Tsukuba City kinenkoen near the proposed right-of-way, making it MidorinoMidorino easier to promote simultaneous development of railway land, roads, parks, IBARAKIIbaraki PREFECTURE Prefecture residential land, and other urban facilities.
    [Show full text]
  • Notice Regarding Acquisition of Trust Beneficiary Interest in Domestic Real Estate (Higashi-Nihombashi Green Building)
    December 14, 2015 For Translation Purpose Only MCUBS MidCity Investment Corporation 2-7-3, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Katsura Matsuo Executive Director (Securities Code: 3227) URL: http://www.midreit.jp/english/ MCUBS MidCity Inc. Katsura Matsuo President & CEO & Representative Director Naoki Suzuki Deputy President & Representative Director TEL. +81-3-5293-4150 E-mail:[email protected] Notice Regarding Acquisition of Trust Beneficiary Interest in Domestic Real Estate (Higashi-Nihombashi Green Building) MCUBS MidCity Investment Corporation (hereafter “MCUBS MidCity”) announces that, its asset management company, MCUBS MidCity Inc. (hereafter the “Asset Management Company”), decided today to acquire a property, as detailed below. 1. Overview of Acquisition Type of Specified Asset Trust beneficiary interest in real estate Property name Higashi-Nihombashi Green Building Location 2-8-3, Higashi-Nihombashi, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo Planned acquisition price ¥2,705 million (Excluding various acquisition expenses, property taxes, city planning taxes, consumption taxes, etc.) Appraisal value ¥2,900 million Contracted date December 14, 2015 Planned acquisition date December 21, 2015 Seller HN Green Japan Holding TMK Acquisition funding Cash on hand Hereafter, the above asset to be acquired is referred as “the Asset” and the asset in trust of the Asset as “the Property.” 2. Reason for Acquisition (1) Location As the Higashi-Nihombashi area where the Property stands has long developed around the textile industry, there are many apparel wholesale companies, making the area a mixture of small and medium-sized offices and apartments. Standing on a corner lot along Kiyosugi-dori, an arterial road, the Property enjoys both excellent visibility and natural lighting.
    [Show full text]
  • Notice of Opening: Planetyze Hostel Accommodation Facility for Foreign Visitors to Japan
    February 1, 2017 Sun Frontier Fudousan Co., Ltd. (Stock code: 8934) Listing: First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange Notice of Opening: Planetyze Hostel Accommodation Facility for Foreign Visitors to Japan Please note that this document is a translation of the official announcement that was released in Tokyo. The translation is prepared and provided for the purpose of the readers’ convenience only. All readers are strongly recommended to refer to the original Japanese version of the news release for complete and accurate information. As part of our real estate revitalization, Planetyze Hostel, the accommodation facility for foreign visitors to Japan will open on February 13, 2017 in Higashi-nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. 1. Overview of the Hostel Planetyze Hostel is about 4 minutes’ walk from the Toei Asakusa Line Higashi-nihonbashi Station. From this hotel one can get on the train which goes to Haneda Airport and Narita Airport directly. The hotel used to be an office building which was purchased by our company. By utilizing the experience gained from real estate revitalization business, we transformed it into an accommodation facility for foreign visitors to Japan. With the motto of “warm-hearted hotel”, we are to provide a relaxing space to our customers by utilizing the concept of “omotenashi”, hospitality and friendly smile of our multinational staff. “A place where you could find your next destination during your stay” is our service concept. As we have formed an alliance with Travelience Inc., foreign guests will be able to use Japan Travel Guidebook ” Planetyze” on internet and attendant services provided by Licensed Guide Interpreters.
    [Show full text]
  • D. Ueno / Okachimachi Area Tanaka Sudare Nc
    新三河島駅 西日暮里（六） 荒川（一） 水神大橋 田端（三） 田端（一） 荒川区役所前駅 西日暮里（一） 南千住（一） 荒川（三） 堤通（二） 荒川一中前駅 西日暮里（二） 三河島駅 南千住駅 東日暮里（六） 本駒込（五） 南千住（五） 墨田（二） 三ノ輪橋駅 C 16 東日暮里（二） 西日暮里駅 東日暮里（一） JY JK NT 08 33 02 道灌山通り 1 西日暮里（三） 東日暮里（三） 南千住（三） 千駄木（四） 不忍通り 三ノ輪駅 6 Arakaa City 本駒込（三） 千駄木（三） 4 13 Minowa (2) H 19 東日暮里（五） Meiji-dori 千駄木（五） 11 東日暮里（四） 墨田（一） 本駒込（一） 吉祥寺 7 谷中銀座商店街 Minowa (1) 3 12 Nihonzutsumi (2) 10 Shirahige-bashi 日暮里駅 根岸（五） Kiyokawa (2) 12 JY JK JJ NT 谷中（三） 07 32 02 01 Hashiba (2) ote-dori 12 1 Tamahime Inari-jinja Shrine 谷中（五） Obake Jizo 東向島（四） 千駄木駅 谷中（七）天王寺 国道四号（昭和通り）5 Nihonzutsumi (1) 9 根岸（四） Ryusen (3) 9 8 下谷警察署 竜泉（二） 荒川区 （改築中） 10 C 13 15 谷中霊園 14 5 8 千駄木（一） 13 2 7 千駄木（二） 11 7 4 12 下谷（三） Yoshino-dori Kiyokawa (1) 2 尾久橋通り 4 三島神社 6 4 8 12 13 Tobiudouson 11 Hashiba (1) 堤通（一） 5 うぐいす通り 9 Higashi-asakusa (2) 本駒込駅 尾竹橋通り 14 金杉通り Industrial Training enter キッテ通り 8 根岸（二） 根岸（三） 6 Hashiba-rojin-ukushikan 14 10 4 11 西徳寺 言問通り Asakusa-mozozukuri workshop 15 へび道 竜泉（一） Sanyabori Park herry Blossom iewing Spot 7 谷中（四） hokokuji Temple 3 9 上野桜木（二） 上野桜木（一） 13 Senzoku (4) 下谷（二）10 14 9 谷中（二） 谷中（六）16 Senzoku (3) Jikatabashi-dori 1 16 Imayoshiyanagi-dori 5-1 Hashiba-dori 10 28 Hashiba-dori 小野照崎神社 Otori-jinja Shrine 18 寛永寺 Higashi 6 -asakusa (1) 6 キッテ通り 鶯谷駅 Imado (2) 根岸（一） 18 26 19 15 向丘（一） 3 15 Hanazono-dori 5 14 金美館通り 27 2 3 6-1 17 JY 入谷駅 千束（二） 谷中（一） 06 16 入谷（ 14-1 8 白山駅 根津（一） 5 JK 14 入谷（一） 31 Asakusa (5) 4-1 Kokusai-dori 東向島（一） 上野桜木（ 一 ） H 5 18 二） Umamichi-dori 根津神社 Asakusa Oima Edo-iriko ShopUmamichi-dori 入谷鬼子母神眞源寺 17 15 7 下谷（一） 6 Taito29 City Cicular Route Bus Imado (1) 言問通り 東京国立博物館 Komatsubashi-dori Monozukuri Shop and Ateliers MEGURIN 5 18 文京区 D.
    [Show full text]