Kita City Access Map Kita City is located within 30 minutes of major areas in .

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Meguro Hamamatsucho Shinagawa Osaki About53min. Haneda Line Airport

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Kita City is a place where residents Kita City, the town of cherry blossoms, live peacefully, surrounded by the beautiful nature of its four distinct proudly presented by Tokyo; seasons. Although it is located in the giant metropolis of Tokyo, it f ind a spot for viewing cherr y blossoms soothes the soul with a relaxing flow of time and lets you feel the that is right for you. warmth of the local people. Be enchanted by some of the most The season of cherry blossoms in Tokyo lasts from beautiful cherry blossoms and au- March to April. Kita City particularly has many popular tumnal leaves in Tokyo, amazed spots for viewing cherry blossoms. There are many by traditional skills and customs, spots that have over a hundred cherry trees such as and experience daily Japanese life Asukayama Park, which has been very popular since at shopping areas and other loca- the , Shakujii-gawa River, which is lined with tions. Come and see another side cherry blossoms on both banks, and Metropolitan of Tokyo, which becomes more Ukima Park, which is known for its Japanese primroses. profound as you get to know it You can enjoy the overwhelmingly beautiful scenery during better and makes you want to the season when they are in full bloom. What separates Arakawa Riverside / Akabane Area (P06) come back again and again. those spots from other famous ones at the heart of the city is that they are relatively relaxing places where you can enjoy the scenery while being surrounded by nature. You may be able to find the perfect spot for you while taking a stroll as they can be found blooming at various parks and roads throughout the ward. Viewing cherry blossoms after the sun goes down is also a recommended activity. Their exotic beauty when lit up with devices such as paper AKABANE area Asukayama Park / Oji Area (P08) lanterns is a sight that you will never forget.

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TAKINOGAWA area Index Otonashi Shinsui Park / Oji Area (P08) Nanushi-no-Taki Park / Oji Area (P08) Feature Activities 01 SAKURA -Cherry Blossoms- Kita City, the town of cherry blossoms, proudly presented by Tokyo; f ind a spot for viewing cherry blossoms Sairen-ji Temple / Akabane Area (P06) that is right for you. 03 SHOTENGAI -Shopping Streets- Autumn is the best time of the year to view“October Plenty of shopping areas f illed with a ❽ kind human atmosphere! cherry blossoms”! Welcome to the living space of Tokyo. There are rare cherry blossoms that Areas bloom from October to December. They bloom on the three“October 05 Akabane Area Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Mount Asuka on a grand three-fold screen cherry blossom” trees that are planted (Shuncho Katsukawa/1781-1788), stored at the Kita City Asukayama Museum at Asukayama Park. They are different 07 Oji Area from the colorific cherry blossoms of It was roughly 300 years ago when the eighth shogun of the Edo Shogunate planted 1,270 cherry spring in that they are small rose-pink 09 Takinogawa Area trees at Mount Asuka in an effort to encourage the common people into viewing cherry blossoms. The beautiful cherry blossoms that bloom at the spacious foothills and the people flowers that can be enjoyed together Shimizuzaka Park / Akabane Area (P06) Shakujii-gawa Riverside / Takinogawa Area (P10) with autumnal leaves nearby. Back cover／Access Information who come to enjoy viewing them create a spring scene that has not changed since then. Jugatsu Zakura (Asukayama Park) / Oji Area (P08)

01 Enchanting SAKURA 02 iinngg Enncchahanntt ESHOTENGAI -Shopping Streets- Plenty of shopping areas filled with a kind human atmosphere! Welcome to the living space of Tokyo. Akabane Area / Maruken Suisan (P06) Try the famous Kita City Oden! To the people of Tokyo, Kita City is“the town to live in”. That is why so many shopping areas, which Oden is a potted dish where various ingre- sustain daily life, can be found here. Along the streets are shops that sell delicious prepared foods at dients are stewed in a soy-flavored broth. low prices as well as sundries shops that sell convenient items, and all kinds of other establishments There are many famous shops that serve this local favorite in Kita City. You can such as banks, book stores, produce markets, and coffee shops. Here, you can enjoy eating and shopping warm both your body and soul by selecting at various shops while taking in a nostalgic atmosphere. your favorite ingredients from among You can also feel a very human downtown atmosphere when interacting with the shop clerks as there are Edo vegetables (daikon radishes, burdock roots, and carrots), chikuwabu many privately-owned shops. There are also shopping areas that are representative bar districts of Tokyo, gluten tubes, deep-fried tofu pouches such as Akabane Ichibangai Shopping Street. Here, you can experience daily Japanese life by eating filled with rice cake, ground fish, and more. dinner and drinking together with people who are unwinding after a hard day’s work. Akabane Area / OK Yokocho Street (P06)

Also plenty of restaurants that Japanese people go to regularly! Japanese cuisine has been added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list and is gaining popularity all around the world. Famous Japanese foods include sushi, tempura, and tea ceremony dishes. However they are not normally consumed by Japanese people on a daily basis. Some Japanese meals for the common people are yakitori, stewed dishes, sashimi, broiled fish, hot pots, and set meals that include rice, miso soup, and side ingredients. And of course there is also fast food such as beef bowls as well as casual Italian, Span- ish, Chinese, and Korean cuisine. The shopping areas of Kita City have many restaurants where you can enjoy these common meals. Please be sure to enjoy them with drinks such as sake and shochu, as there are also many establishments that serve alcohol. Oji Area / Jujo Ginza Shopping Street (P08)

03 Enchanting SHOTENGAI 04 Oji Area / Jujo Ginza Shopping Street (P08) Enchanting Akabane Area - Kita City- 6 荒川 AKABANE area 7 Arakawa Akabane Sakura-zutsumi Field 5 Tokyo Metropolitan Akabane Ukima Park 4 Cherry Blossoms 11 Shopping Streets Ukimafunado Station Shingashi-gawa River Kita- ❹Tokyo Kita City Kanpachi-dori Ave. 3 Akabane Iwabuchi Station Fireworks Festival Akabane 赤 羽 Hachiman-jinja Shrine Some of the best fireworks in Tokyo. Held in either September or October every year near Akabanedai Park 2 The Akabane area can be reached from 1 9 the riverbed of in the locations such as Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, background of the Former Iwabuchi Water Akabane Ichibangai Shopping Street Akabane Suzuran-dori Shibuya, Akihabara, and Tokyo in just one Gate (Red Water Gate). Thousands of artistic Shopping Street Shimo Station train ride and can also be included as part fireworks are set off with music that is played synchronously for a spectacular presentation. Kirigaoka Akabane Park of your sightseeing tour of other areas. In Let Central Park Akabane Station 's t 10 front of JR Akabane Station are some of ry the best bar districts in Tokyo, where you 小豆沢公園 can enjoy typical Japanese meals such as Enjoy some shopping at a oden and yakitori for dinner. Another shopping district and take 8 a stroll along a riverbank. recommended activity is taking strolls at One of the representative places such as the riverbed of Arakawa bar districts of Tokyo! Akabane Inetsuke Rice Cake Nature Observatory Park River and parks filled with nature. Here, try Pounding Song you can be sure to experience a tranquil Let's You can eat rice cake on the First Day of t h e Horse each year in February at Dokanyama scenery of Tokyo that you cannot find at ❶Akabane Ichibangai Inari Shrine while watching a performance 清水坂公園 the heart of the city. o f the “Inetsuke Rice Cake Pounding Song” Shopping District which has beenpassed down A shopping district that runs about in the area for ages. Kawaguchi Ferry and Zenkoji Temple - one A fireworks festival that four hundred meters long north of of the Hundred Famous Views of Edo can be enjoyed in autumn! 東十条駅 the East Exit of JR Akabane Station. (Hiroshige Utagawa / 1857) Ferries that travelled during the Edo period along This is a recommended spot for you Arakawa River, which flows between Iwabuchi in Kita if you want to enjoy yourself at a bar City and Kawaguchi in . It was an district in Tokyo at night. There are important route that frequently transported people over forty izakayas crowded with Kannana-dori Ave. and cargo. If you stand on the riverbank, you can local residents, which serve dishes imagine the rows of boats that used to float here. such as oden, yakitori, seafood, and Stored by the National Diet Library. giblets cooked in a hot pot. y s tr Let'

The cherry blossoms in spring and red leaves in autumn here are beautiful ! ❼Arakawa Akabane ❺ Former Kyu-Iwabuchi Water Gate ❻ Tokyo Metropolitan Ukima Park Sakura-zutsumi Field

A water gate that protected people from the A park of water and vegetation that spreads out The quiet levee of Arakawa River, which is flooding of Arakawa River for ages. Although in front of JR Ukima Funado Station. Visitors can a nice place to take a stroll. About it is not used anymore, it is still affectionately enjoy fishing, playing in the water or relax as sixty-four thousand moss pink blossoms Le referred to as“Red Water Gate”. they view seasonable flowers and aquatic plants. bloom in spring on the roughly hundred t's try cherry trees that grow on the riverbed to ❷Akabane Baka Festival Interact with create a huge work of flower art. the local residents! A big event celebrated by all of Akabane every year in April or May. It has been held for over half a century since 1956 in commemoration of an event that took place about five hundred years ago. It features marching bands, dances, masquerades, and parades of portable shrines. Come and get one of these popular lucky charms! ❸Akabane Hachiman-jinja Shrine

Many railroad fans come to worship here in order to see bullet trains and local trains ❽ Akabane Nature Observatory Park ❾Maruken Suisan 10 Kogata Imado Ningyō (Clay Dolls) 11Edomoji & Takoe running back and forth from up close. It also attracts idol fans A park where you can come in contact A popular shop where you can enjoy oden Here, Yoshikazu Yoshida recreates clay dolls Kites were enjoyed by local residents of the because of its popular lucky with natural life such as plants of the four as you drink while standing at a table that have been endeared for over a hundred Edo period. This is the workshop of the charms, which have the“infinity” distinctive seasons, insects, and wild placed out at the front. Their specialty is years such as the“Marushime Cat”, which is world-famous Yasuo Shimura, who has sign on them. birds. There are also ponds and rice fluffy hanpen fish cake. the first“beckoning cat”, with techniques that succeeded the kite art skills of the old times. fields that use spring water. have been employed since the early days. 05 Enchanting Akabane Area 06 Perfect for trying out all kinds of foods! Enchanting Oji Area - Kita City- Kannana-dori Ave. Higashi-jujo Shopping Street OJI area Oji

They are convenient for Jujo Ginza Higashi-jujo Station travelling through Kita City! Shopping Street 6 14

13 王 子 Jujo Chuo Shopping Street The festival held in 豊川学校通り 商店会 Plenty of nature-abundant places for Jujo Station prayers for a good harvest is held every August at . strolls such as Asukayama Park, which has been a favorite spot for viewing Let's try Meiji-dori Ave. cherry blossoms since ancient times, as ❺Toei Arakawa Line 9

well as parks with waterfalls. The sounds of streetcars in Tokyo that go“cling cling” create a nostalgic 2 The peak can 名主の滝公園 Kitamoto-dori Ave. You can also discover the wide appeal of and old downtown atmosphere despite being in Tokyo. There are six 2 be reached easily Shozoku Inari-jinja Shrine by experiencing technology that with a free monorail ride! stops in Kita City and along the railroad are many famous tourist spots such as Oji Station and Mount Asuka. Oji Inari-jinja Shrine 7 can only be found here in the birthplace 11 of Western-style paper in Japan and L 12 et's 10 seeing culture such as traditional craft try Chuo Park Oji-jinja Shrine 8 arts and performances for the masses. Oji-ekimae Streetcars, which are rare in Tokyo, are Let 's try 1 Oji Station also a pleasant sight to see as they run 5 Sakae-cho along the tracks in rustic townscapes. ❶Asukayama Park 3 Asukayama Park was recognized in 1873 as the first public Asukayama 4 park in Japan. It presents beautiful flowers and scenery of the four distinctive seasons, and is crowded in spring with Asukayama Park visitors who come to view the cherry blossoms that bloom

on the roughly six hundred cherry trees. The kids' area, with Meiji-dori Ave. Oji Inari Shrine - The Thirty-six Views of the attractions such as the Toden streetcar and locomotive on Takinogawa itchome Eastern Capital display, is also popular with children. Takinogawa Park (Hiroshige Utagawa II / 1862) ❻Jujo Ginza Shopping Area

Oji Inari Shrine has been visited by many worshippers Toden Arakawa LineThis i s where you can since the Edo period. The canal that runs along the The largest shopping area in Kita City, which starts from JR Jujo feel a human downtown long walls and waterfall next to the stone steps can Station. It is well-reputed for its large selection of items and low atmosphere! no longer be seen, but the red walls, steep stone prices, and is crowded with local residents. There are also many Nishigahara yonchome stairs, elevated shrine pavilions, and stone walls in simple prepared foods on sale such as croquettes, so shoppers the background still remain unchanged. can enjoy trying out various foods while taking a glimpse of actual Stored by the National Diet Library. Japanese life from up close. Cherry Blossoms Shopping Streets try This line of people costumed et's as foxes is surreal! L y et's tr ❷Oji Fox Pageant L Traditional flavors that People wearing makeup and masks while costumed as foxes appear in Oji on the night of have been passed down New Year’s Eve each year. It is a New Year’s event based on a legend of foxes drawn on a for over thre e hundred year s since woodblock print. The parade marches from Shozoku Inari-jinja Shrine down to the streets of their opening! Oji, and finally to Oji Inari-jinja Shrine. It is a mystical event that can only be seen once a year. L et's try ❸Paper Museum ❼Hokutopia (17F Observatory Lobby) ❽Otonashi Shinsui Park ❾Nanushi-no-Taki Park 10Oji Ogiya

Oji is the birthplace of Western-style The observation lobby on the top floor A waterfront park with a beautiful line of A Japanese garden with four waterfalls An old established Japanese omelet paper in Japan. Asukayama Park has (17th floor) offers a beautiful view that cherry trees. It also includes features including the“male waterfall”, which is one shop that has continued making them by one of the world’s finest comprehen- includes sights such as Asukayama such as a picturesque bridge and lighting of the tallest waterfalls in Tokyo, as well as a hand ever since their opening in 1648. sive paper museums in the world and Park and the Tokyo Skytree. that give off a very Japanese atmosphere. nature-abundant environment with zelkovas, Their specialty is their thick-layered introduces the history and production Japanese maple trees, and more. Japanese omelet. Be amazed at ’ processes of paper. Visitors can anti-counterfeit technology! make postcards at the Japanese paper-making class (reception from 1 2：5 0 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.) on Saturdays Visitors can make Japanese paper. and Sundays every week.

❹Kyu-Shibusawa Garden

The remains of the residence of Eiichi Shibusawa, who is known as the“god of 11 Banknote & Postage Stamp Museum 12Ukiyoe & Mokuhanga 13Tokyo Tegaki Yuzen 14Shinohara Engeijo Theater banking”. The grass lawn that spreads across Asukayama Park is beautiful, and the A museum that is located adjacently to The workshop of Shinkichi Numabe, a Fabrics such as those for long-sleeved The oldest theater in Tokyo specializing in perfor- Bankoro cottage and the Seien Bunko library, the National Printing Bureau’s Oji Factory. nationally-certified craftsman of traditional kimonos are dyed with natural themes and mances for the masses. It is extremely popular which are designated Nationally Important The area where you can see for yourself arts. Famous woodblock prints are depicted traditional aesthetics of Japan, which are among local residents who come to enjoy mini Seien Bunko (Shibusawa Memorial Museum) Cultural Assets, are must-see sights. anti-counterfeit technology at work with with colors and expressions that can only drawn by hand. This is the workshop of shows, theater, and dance performances. your own bills is popular. be presented with woodblocks. expert craftsman Nobuo Sato. 07 Enchanting Oji Area 08 Go to a shopping area and find Oji Station s omething delicious Chuo Park to eat♪ Enchanting Takinogawa Area - Kita City- 10 8 Kajiwara Arakawa shakomae Sakae-cho Takinogawa Meiji-dori Ave. Asukayama

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Toden Arakawa Line The Takinogawa area lets you see the 9 daily lives of Japanese people up close in 1 Itabashi Station Nishigahara quiet residential districts that are yonchome Kyu-Furukawa Teien Garden distanced from the hustle and bustle of Nishi- Station the big city. You may want to visit spots 7 Around a hundred varieties of such as shopping areas, parks, temples 5 roses bloom here in the Shin-Koshinzuka Shimofuri Ginza and shrines that have been endeared by s pring and autumn! Shopping Street Tabata Station local residents for ages while feeling the The shops are close warmth of the people as time slowly Koshinzuka to each other because the 6 passes by. There are plenty of sights to streets are so Le narrow! see here including Kyu-Furukawa Teien, t's try y which is a garden famous for its roses. Let's tr You can also enjoy a slightly different Recommended by foreign sightseeing experience by seeing ❶Kyu-Furukawa Teien (Garden) teachers巣鴨新田 and students who know about Kita City! what it is like to be a ninja or watching Come see a Western-style building on a small hill that was Multinational students and students from abroad who banknotes being made. constructed about a hundred years ago, as well as beautiful study at Lycée français international de Tokyo and JET Western and Japanese-style gardens that are popular for Academy, which are located in Takinogawa, have their roses and autumnal leaves. Here, you can enjoy some placed the yellow“Le t’s try” arrow on recommended tea while taking in the four distinctive seasons of the garden tourist spots. Please be sure to visit and experience the sights, get in a graceful atmosphere. It was nationally designated Place TAKINOGAWA area to know the area, try out of Scenic Beauty in 2006. various foods, and feel the atmosphere.

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