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An information center that tells tourists from Japan and overseas about the attractions of Chuo City, Tokyo. Please feel free to drop in.

■Address:2-2-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Located on 1BF and part of 1F in KYOBASHI EDOGRAND) ■TEL:03－6262－6481 ■Opening hours: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. ■Open:365 days a year ■HP https://centraltokyo-tourism.com

Ningyocho

3F Kyobashi Plaza, 1-25-3 Ginza, Chuo-ku, 104-0061 TEL 03-6228-7907 Tsukuda Chuo City Tourism Association website Tsukishima www.chuo-kanko.or.jp

Issued in October 2019

表 -A Advice when travelling through Please be sure to use this Chuo City convenient form of transportation in Chuo City♪ As its name suggests, Chuo City is located near the center of the 23 special wards of Tokyo. It is a linear region that spreads along the right bank of downstream from the Ryogokubashi Bridge. Most of its terrain has few differences in altitude as it was ● Chuo City Community Bus“Edo Bus” formed by landfill projects that have been going on since the Edo period. Taking the Edo Bus is a convenient and affordable way of In addition to the Exit at JR Tokyo Station, which is the sightseeing in Chuo City at just \100 for adults and children gateway to the land, Chuo City also has the Tokyo City Air (free for preschool-aged children). It departs every twenty Terminal in Hakozakicho, , which is the gateway to the minutes from the Chuo City Office and has both a south loop sky. and north loop. Transit IC cards can also be used to get The subway is useful for those who want to see all of Chuo City. onboard. 9 train lines travel extensively throughout the city and stop at a Contact: General Affairs Subsection, Environmental Policy total of 29 stations. There are also plenty of buses that you can Section, Environment, Construction and Public Works take to various destinations. However, it is highly recommend that you walk whenever Department, Chuo City ☎ 03-3546-5413 possible and take your time enjoying all of the sights in Chuo City. This way, you can be sure to enjoy new surprises, pleasant ● Community Cycle discoveries, and delicious food. Here, the 37 towns of this great city will be introduced in five Community cycles have become even more convenient in the divided areas. 23 wards of Tokyo as they can be currently be crossed over between the 10 wards of Chuo, Chiyoda, Minato, Koto, , Bunkyo, Shinagawa, Meguro, Ota, and . Cycle ports can also be found in 690 locations (as of June 2019) and Bakurocho they are scheduled to continue increasing in number. Those who register can borrow community cycles at cycle ports and The symbol Nihonbashi Ningyocho of Chuo City can return them at any cycle port in the 10 wards. Please direct your inquiries to the below for details on how to register, fees, Hakozakicho etc. Kayabacho Contact: ☎ 0120-116-819 Kyobashi Shinkawa Hatchobori webサイト 二次元バーコード Shintomi This symbol represents Ginza Minato Irifune the cycle port in the map♪ webサイト Tsukuda Akashicho 二次元バーコード

Tsukishima Smoking in public (on the streets, at parks, etc.) Tsukiji Kachidoki and littering are prohibited in Chuo City!

Toyomicho Harumi ■Main forms of transportation from major cities ■Access (to major stations) Narita Yamanote Line ■Train JR About 13 min. on JR Chuo Rapid Line Shinjuku Sta. Tokyo Sta. N’ EX About 21 min. on Toei Oedo Line About 4 min. Shinjuku Sta. Tsukijishijo Sta. Tsukishima Sta. Ginza-itchome About 13 min. on Tokyo Metro Ginza Line About 3 min. Asakusa Sta. Nihombashi Sta. Ginza Sta. Shinjuku

About 21 min. on Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line About 3 min. JR Chuo Line Ikebukuro Sta. Ginza-itchome Sta. Tsukishima Sta. Tokyo About 60 min. on JR Narita Express (N’EX) Narita Airport Tokyo Sta. T-CAT Shimbashi Nihombashi About 36 min. directly on Rapid Keikyu Line About 70 mins. or Toei Asakusa Line by Keisei Access Express Shibuya Ginza Haneda Airport Nihombashi Sta. Narita Airport Higashi-Ginza Shinagawa ■Bus (please note that there may be delays depending on traffic conditions.) Tsukijishijo Tsukishima About 80 min. by Limousine Bus (T-CAT) Narita Airport About 80 mins. by Limousine Bus, Keisei Bus Tokyo Sta. Ginza Line Toei Oedo Line Keikyu Line Haneda About 30 min. by Limousine Bus Tokyo City Air Terminal (T-CAT) Toei Asakusa Line Yurakucho Line JR Line, Narita Express (N'EX) Haneda Airport Keisei Access Express Limousine Bus About 30 min. by Limousine Bus Tokyo Sta. Chuo City event guide

Month Day Event Name Event and locations Host Contact 3 Hakone Ekiden long-distance relay race See the goal approaching as you cross Nihonbashi Bridge! Kanto Athletic Union｠ 03（5411）1488 5 Hatsu Suitengu（first fair of the year at Suitengu Shrine） The 5th of every month is a special day that is related to a deity. This day was particularly lively. Suitengu Shrine 03（3666）7195 Visiting Suitengu Shrine, Chanoki-jinja Shrine, Koami-jinja Shrine, January Nihonbashi Shichifukukai, 1～7 Tour of the Seven Gods of Luck in Nihonbashi Suginomori-jinja Shrine, Takaradaebisu-jinja Shrine, 03（3668）1080 Kasama Inari-jinja Shrine, Suehiro-jinja Shrine, and Matsushima-jinja Shrine. General Affairs (Koami-jinja Shrine) 2nd Sunday Cold-water bathing festival The purification of the body and soul by entering a tank of ice water. Teppouzu Inaji-jinja Shrine 03（3551）2647 Teppouzu Inaji-jinja Shrine 03（3551）2647 This is a ritual for warding off evil spirits that has Namiyoke-jinja Shrine 03（3541）8451 been held since ancient times. An annual event Suitengu Shrine 03（3666）7195 3 End of Winter Festival where men and women whose Chinese zodiac sign Suginomori-jinja Shrine 03（3661）5462 February matches the one from the current year perform a Kasama Inari-jinja Shrine 03（3666）7498 traditional bean-scattering rite. Branch temple, Zenkoji Temple ───── Tsukishima Kaiun Kanzeon ───── Community Developme Middle of the month (every other year) Chuo City Snow Festival A snow event held at Akatsuki Park. Community Projects Subsection, 03（3546）5338 The first one was held in 2007. Nowadays, it is one 1st Sunday of the month Tokyo Marathon ───── ───── March of the most important marathons in the world.

Early Sunday of the month Famous Bridge of Spring, Nihonbashi Festival Various events at the far end of the bridge. Nihonbashi-Meikyou 03（3546）5328 April Early time of the month Flower Festival A celebration in tribute to the birthday of Gautama Buddha on April 8. Tsukiji-hongwanji Temple 03（3541）1131 Early time of the month Grand Teppozu Inari Shrine Festival (held once every three years) The Kagura dancing and parade of imperial carriages are must-see attractions. Teppouzu Inari-jinja Shrine 03（3551）2647 Ginza Willow Festival/Golden Parade A grand parade and a wide variety of events. Ginza Willow Festival Executive Committee 03（3562）0838 5 Suitengu Shrine Festival The ritual begins at 11 a.m. in prayer for good harvests. Suitengu Shrine 03（3666）7195 Kanda Festival (the grand festival is held every other year) One of the three big Edo festivals.In Chuo City, the procession goes across Nihonbashi. ───── ───── May Middle of the month Grand Suginomori Shrine Festival (held once every three years) A huge portable shrine weighing about 1.4 tons is carried through the streets of Uji during this festival. Suginomori-jinja Shrine 03（3661）5462 Tokyo Port Festival An outdoor water pageant at Harumi Wharf. Tokyo Minato Festival Committee 03（5500）2585 End of the month Koami-jinja Shrine Grand Festival The portable shrine of the main shrine is carried once every five years. Koami-jinja Shrine 03（3668）1080 Azuma Dance See extravagant and sophisticated performances given by geisha entertainers of Shinbashi. Tokyo Shinbashi Kumiai 03（3571）0811

Sanno Festival (the grand festival Imperial carriages with golden Chinese phoenixes being carried and Hie-jinja Shrine 03（3581）2471 Early time of the month is held every other year) progressing through the streets of Nihonbashi, Kyobashi, and Ginza. June Tsukiji Lion Festival (the grand festival is held once every three years) Lion masks are carried through the streets of Tsukiji like portable shrines. Namiyoke-jinja Shrine 03（3541）8451

Middle of the month An ancient ritual where participants purify themselves by passing Namiyoke-jinja Shrine 03（3541）8451 Cogon grass ring passage until end of the month through large rings made of materials such as Japanese bloodgrass. Koami-jinja Shrine 03（3668）1080 2nd Saturday and Sunday of the month Tsukishima Kusaichi Market A market of Bon items filled with the downtown Shitamachi atmosphere. Tsukishima Nishinaka Kyoeikai 03（3531）0076 July Shopping District Promotion Association 4th Sunday Washing of the famous bridge, Nihonbashi An event for beautifying Nihonbashi Bridge. Nihonbashi-Meikyou 03（3546）5328 1st Monday to Wednesday of the month Ceramic Market The ceramics market, which is a traditional downtown area summer event. Setomono Market Executive Committee 03（3666）5666 Holiday Promenade "the Yukata de Gin-bra" An event to enjoy cool summer in Ginza Committee of Events Held Throughout Ginza ───── Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple Evening Bon Dance A bon dance festival at Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple for cooling off. Tsukiji-hongwanji Temple 03（3541）1131 Early time of the month An octagonal portable shrine is brought out to the sound of August Tsukuda Festival / Sumiyoshi Shrine Festival (held once every three years) Tsukuda-bayashi music during the main festival. Sumiyoshi-jinja Shrine 03（3531）3500 Noh Play Konparu Festival Noh theater is performed on the street on the 7th. Ginza Konparu Street Society 03（3572）2738 Summer Festival Rows of summer stalls are set up at a tug of war festival. Chuo City Shopping Streets Federation｠ 03（6228）7905 Middle of the month Fukagawa Hachiman Festival(held once every three years) Portable shrines cross Kiyosu Bridge and head off to Hakozaki and Shinkawa. Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine 03（3642）1315 Friday/Saturday in late August Chuo City Oedo Festival and Bon Dance Bon dancing and festive days with the Chuo Ward dance song at Hamacho Park. Oedo Festival Executive Committee 03（3546）5336 Chuo City Tourism and Market Fair A festival where events are held at various locations in Chuo City Tourism Festival 1～Late November Opening Event 03（3546）5328 Chuo Ward, showing the appeal of autumn in the ward. Organizing Committee Lottery sale (middle to end of the month) Tenten Festival A traditional event of Ningyocho where half of Ningyocho-oodori Avenue is closed to automobile traffic. Ningyocho Shopping Street Cooperative 03（3666）9064 Early time of the month Events such as plant fairs are held on a special day that is related to a Tsukishima Nishinaka Kyoeikai Yoridori-midori greenery market deity at the Tsukishima Nishinaka Shopping Street. Shopping District Promotion Association 03（3531）0076 Takaradaebisu-jinja Shrine 19～20 Nihonbashi Ebisuko Bettara Fair An autumn tradition where Bettarazuke pickles are sold. Bettara Market Preservation Association 090（4674）7071 Juvenile Subsection, Cultural Chuo City Children's Festival A day of fun and play for children. Affairs and Lifelong Learning Section 03（3546）5304 Middle of the month Puppet Market A market named after Ningyocho with various doll exhibitions, shops and more. Ningyocho Shopping Street Cooperative 03（3666）9064 Tsukiji Outdoor Market Commercial October Tsukiji Autumn Festival Enjoy the flavors of Tsukiji at the Tsukiji Outer Market. District Promotion Association 03（3541）9466 Nihonbashi / Kyobashi Festival“Oedo Kakki Parade” A grand parade held on Chuo-dori Avenue. Nihonbashi / Kyobashi Festival End of the month 03（3561）7348 Market of products from around the world A produce market lined with famous products from all across the country. Executive Committee An event for contributing to the promotion and development of industry Chuo City Industrial Culture Late October～early November(every other year) Chuo City Industrial Culture Exhibition in the ward as well as education for young people. Exhibition Executive Committee 03（3546）5328 AUTUMN GINZA A major event held in Ginza. Committee of Events Held Throughout Ginza ───── Cultural Promotion Subsection, Late October～ Chuo City“Marugoto” Museum All of Chuo Ward becomes a museum. Events are held in each area. Cultural Affairs and Lifelong Learning Section 03（3546）5345 Middle November Flower Carpet Harumi A flower art performance with drawings made of flower petals. Harumi Island Triton Square 03（3531）2810 Commerce, Industry and Tourism Subsection; Grand Chuo Ward exhibition of flavors and skills in the heart of Tokyo Introducing and selling special and famous products at familiar shops in Chuo Ward. Commerce, Industry and Tourism Section 03（3546）5328 Ningyocho / Day of the Rooster (Matsushima-jinja Shrine) Matsushima-jinja Shrine 03（3669）0479 Day of the Rooster The rakes serving as lucky charms for good business are famous. Tsukiji / Torino-ichi (Namiyoke Shrine) Namiyoke-jinja Shrine 03（3541）8451 November 11～16 Nishi-hongwanji Temple Founder Memorial A memorial service for founder Shinran Jonin. Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple 03（3541）1131 End of the month Koami-jinja Shrine Doburoku Festival Doburoku is passed out in thanks for a good harvest. Koami-jinja Shrine 03（3668）1080 5 Year-end fair at Suitengu Shrine Returning old talismans in thanks for a safe year. Suitengu Shrine 03（3666）7195 December 27～29 Yagenbori New Year's Offerings Market / Grand Year-end Unloading Market Products such as clothes and sundries are sold at bargain prices. Yagenbori Fudoin Temple 03（3866）6220 An ancient ritual where participants purify themselves by passing Middle of the month～January 10 Cogon grass ring passage through large rings made of materials such as Japanese bloodgrass. Namiyoke-jinja Shrine 03（3541）8451 Ueno Route Bakuro- Kanda Sta. yokoyama Sta. Shinjuku Line Kodenmacho Sta. Sobu Line Shin- nihombashi Sta. Inner Circular Route Line 5 Ozu Washi Museum (Shuto Expressway) Chuo Line Tohoku, Joetsu Shinkansen Edo-dori Ave. Nihonbashi 6 7 Mitsui Main Building / The Main Building of the Head Office Mitsukoshimae Sta. Mitsui Memorial Museum Otemachi Sta. of the Bank of Japan COREDO Muromachi 12 9 Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store / Currency Museum 3 Mitsukoshi Theater Ningyocho Sta. Otemachi Sta. Mitsukoshimae Sta. 8 Kidai Shoran picture scroll ❶ Nihonbashi Bridge, Tokiwabashi Gate ruins 11 2 The birthplace Hanzomon Line Otemachi Nihonbashi Bridge, Road Marker 1 Road Marker C-3 Sta. of the Nihonbashi MFish Market u Suitengumae (important national cultural asset) Nihombashi COREDO Nihombashi k o Sta. Sta. j im Nihonbashi Bridge is said Nihombashi Sta. a R Tokyo Sta. o to have first been built in Mita Line u Fukagawa 10 Nihombashi Takashimaya te Route 1603. The following year, it Nijubashimae Yaesu-dori Ave. Kayabacho Tozai Line Sta. Ginza Line served as the starting point Sotobori-dori Ave. Sta. Chuo-dori Ave. of the five routes of Edo and Kayabacho Sta. Eitai-dori Ave. Tokyo Sta. became the center of Japan Showa-dori Ave. and the symbol of Edo's Chiyoda Line prosperity. When entering Kyobashi Sta. the Meiji period, the center Yamanote Line Asakusa Line Inner Circular Route Eitai Line (Shuto Expressway) Shin-ohashi-dori Ave. Bridge of the bridge was specified Yurakucho Takaracho Sta. Sta. Keiyo Line Hatchobori Sta. as the starting point of the national routes, and a plate reading “Road Origin Marker of Ginza- 4 National Film Archive of Japan itchome Sta. Japan” is still fixed there. The bridge that stands today is a double-arched stone bridge that was completed in 1911. The “Nihonbashi Tourism Information” was also opened Tokiwabashi Gate ❽ Kidai Shoran picture scroll C-3 at the flower area on the west side of the Minamizume A replica of the Kidai Shoran picture in July 2017. Next to it stands the Nihonbashi Yurai no Hi ruins C-2 monument. (important national cultural asset) scroll stretches seventeen meters on the wall of the underground It was an important outer gate that concourse at Mitsukoshi-mae ❺ Ozu Washi Museum ❷ The birthplace of the led to the Otemon Gate in front of Station on the Tokyo Metro Line. Edo Castle. Today, only the stone The Kidai Shoran is a picture scroll C-2 Nihonbashi Fish walls of the Masugatamon-style that depicts the prosperous culture On display here are materials such Market C-3 gate remain. This gate was called as valuable antique writings that that the townspeople enjoyed The Nihonbashi Uogashi is said to Asakusaguchi and Oteguchi and was have been gathered ever since the in the Edo period on the eastern have started when seafood known as one of the five entrances separation from Matsuzaka in the side of the grand road (today's products were lined up on itabune to Edo as it served as an entrance Ise province and starting of the Chuo-dori Street) from Nihonbashi boards to be sold. There is a on the way to locations such as paper wholesaling business in Edo. to Imagawabashi around 1805. monument reminding us that there Nikko and Oshu, passing through was an Uogashi in Nihonbashi Asakusa and Senju. before it was burned down during the Great Kanto Earthquake and relocated to Tsukiji. Next to the The Main Building of monument is a statue designed the Head Office of after Princess Otohime, signifying all the Bank of Japan of the fish in the sea that are residents of Ryugu Castle gathering C-2 at Nihonbashi. (important national cultural asset) The Main Building of the Head Source: Nihombashi-Meikyou Office of the Bank of Japan is a stone structure of Neo-Baroque ❾ Nihonbashi architecture, built in 1896. It is ❻ Mitsui Main Building C-2 said to have been designed after Mitsukoshi Main Store / (important national cultural asset) the National Bank of Belgium by (important national cultural asset) Designated as an Important National architect Kingo Tatsuno after Cultural Asset in 1998, this structure having inspected the architecture Mitsukoshi Theater C-3 represents the early Showa period of various banks in the West. It is It began when the Echigoya drapery and is well worth seeing with its made of masonry bricks three floors opened in Nihonbashi during the Corinthian columns outside and above ground and one floor below Edo period. It then declared itself grand space with Doric columns and ground, and is characterized by its a department store in 1904 and open ceiling on the first floor. solid design surrounded by other became the first department store structures. The Main Building of the in Japan known as the Mitsukoshi Head Office of the Bank of Japan Gofuku Store. The world's first was built where the gold guild was theater in a department store then ❸ Currency Museum C-3 located in the Edo period. opened in 1927 under the name A museum that lets you study all "Mitsukoshi Hall". about money with displays covering 10Nihombashi everything from ancient Japanese money to the birth of the current Takashimaya C-3 yen, as well as currency and rare (important national cultural asset) moneys of the world. It became the first department store to be designated as an Important ❹ National Film Archive National Cultural Asset in 2009. of Japan C-4 Designed by Teitaro Takahashi in 1933, it was newly built to include ❼ Mitsui Memorial Film used in Japanese and foreign cooling and heating throughout the Museum C-2 movies and other movie-related items are on display, included in building. It underwent extension work A museum with about 4,000 projects, and screened. by Dogo Murano after the war and is excellent works of art of Japan and evaluated as an architectural structure other areas of Asia gathered since that is an inseparable entirety. the Edo era by the Mitsui Family. 4 Newel post of Takaracho Sta. ❸ Shinbashi Enbujo Yurakucho Sta. Kyobashi Bridge Saiwai Inari-jinja Shrine a Theatre B-6 Ginza- Keiyo Line itchome Sta. 5 Monument Based on the songs, dances, Hibiya Sta. of Ginza No Yanagi b Ginza Inari-jinja Shrine and dance theaters of Kyoto Ginza Sta. and , it was opened in Ginza Marunouchi Line Gas Lamps of Ginza Ryuko Fudoson-jinja Yurakucho Line 1925 to improve and present f Hodo Inari-jinja Shrine 6 Shrine c the skills of Shinbashi’s Ginza Sta. Asahi Inari-jinja Shrine geishas. In addition to Ginza Yonchome Intersection 1 Ginza Shusse Jizoson Shintomicho e d Sta. Azuma Dance performances given by Shinbashi’s geishas in early i Seiko Inari-jinja Shrine g ❶ Ginza Yonchome Yamanote Line, Azuma Inari-jinja 有楽町線 Tokaido Line summer every year, this theater Ginza LineShrine Kabukiza Theatre Chuo-dori Ave.Higashi-Ginza Sta. 2 holds a wide variety of Intersection B-5 Kakugo Inari-jinja Shrine Kabuki Inari Daimyojin Shrine k Toyoiwa Inari-jinja performances such as Kabuki and The intersection of Yonchome, Shrine h j Hibiya Line new school theater. which is the symbol of Ginza. The Asakusa Line Wako Clock Tower is known as the Shimbashi Sta. Tsukiji Sta. Showa-dori Ave. landmark of Ginza. Shinbashi Enbujo 3 Akatsuki Park Shimbashi Theatre Sta. Harumi-dori Ave. Shimbashi Sta.

Tsukijishijo Sta. Oedo Line

Ginza Haccho-jinja Shrine tour ❹ Newel post of

a Saiwai Inari-jinja Shrine B-4 …… Ginza-itchome (Namiki-dori St.) Kyobashi Bridge B-4 (cultural asset of the city) b Ginza Inari-jinja Shrine B-5 …… *Normally closed to the public. It is said that the Kyobashi and Nihonbashi bridges were both built in the same year (1603). They were On the roof of MATSUYA GINZA c Ryuko Fudoson-jinja Shrine B-5 …… made of wood during the Edo ❷ Kabukiza Theatre B-5 period but became stone arch Here, Kabuki plays are presented all d Asahi Inari-jinja Shrine B-5 …… Daiko Asahi Bldg. bridges in 1875 and then iron throughout the year and, as its bridges in 1901. They were name suggests, is the main theater dismantled during the landfill for Kabuki. The original theater first e Ginza Shusse Jizoson(cultural asset of the City) B-5 … Ginza Mitsukoshi 9F projects at Kyobashi River, which opened in 1889. It was a plush took place over the course of forty Western-style wooden structure f Hodo Inari-jinja Shrine B-5 … Enter an alley from Ginza Renga-dori St. years from 1963. There are three that was at the forefront of its stone newel posts that still remain time. It was then destroyed during today on the walkway of Chuo-dori the war and rebuilt in 1951. The g Azuma Inari-jinja Shrine B-5 … Azuma-dori Ave. / Miharakoji Street. The two with the Giboshi 5th Kabukiza, which opened in April ornaments were made in 1875. 2013, carried on the exterior and h Kakugo Inari-jinja Shrine B-5 … Ginza Six Rooftop interior of the much-loved 4th Kabukiza as it became the face of ❺ Monument of the GINZA KABUKIZA complex i Seiko Inari-jinja Shrine A-5 … *Normally closed to the public Ginza’s Yanagi B-5 facility, which is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, a theater When Ginza Brick Street was house, and the Kabukiza Tower, Enter an alley from Ginza Suzuran-dori St. completed, it was lined with j Toyoiwa Inari-jinja Shrine A-5 … which is an office tower. On the planted trees such as pine trees, fifth floor of the tower is the Right side of the entrance maple trees, and cherry trees. k Kabuki Inari Daimyojin Shrine B-5… “Kabukiza Gallery”, which is a to the Kabukiza Theatre However, all but the willows died. cultural facility themed on Kabuki, Since then, willows have and the rooftop garden above the disappeared from Ginza several theater house. times due to road-widening projects and fires, but have returned to cover the streets with green once again thanks to the effort of the local residents.

❻ Gas Lamps of Ginza B-5 Ryuko Fudoson-jinja Shrine Kakugo Inari-jinja Shrine Four restored gas lamps are lit at the Gas Lamp Street in Ginza Sanchome. They commemorate the eighty-five gas lamps that lit the streets of Ginza during the Meiji period. Ginza was a pioneering town in the age of cultural enlightenment, but the shift from paper lanterns to gas lamps must have come as a surprise to many Ginza Shusse Jizoson Kabuki Inari Daimyojin Shrine people back then. 隅 田 川

Yaesu-dori Ave. Kayabacho Sta. Ｓｕｍｉｄａgawa- Tozai Line ohashi Bridge Eitai-dori Ave. Mita Line Tokyo Sta. Chiyoda Line Kyobashi Sotobori-dori Ave. Sta. 4 Eitai Bridge Takaracho Sta. Asakusa Line Yurakucho Shin-ohashi-dori Ave. Hibiya Ginza- Expressway Hatchobori Sta. Oiwa Inari Tsukiji Sta. 12 Sta. itchome Sta. Tamiya-jinja Shrine Keiyo Line Ginza Sta.

Teppozu Inaji-jinja 6 Water gauge Ginza Line Shrine 10 Ginza Sta. Chuo-dori Ave. at Reiganjima Tide Station Seiko Inari-jinja Shrine 9 Teusler Memorial House Shintomicho Sta. 7 Tsukiji Catholic Church Higashi- Showa-dori Ave. Tsukuda- ❶ Hama-rikyu Gardens A-7・B-7 Tokaido Line ginza Sta. ohashi Bridge Toyoiwa Inari-jinja Shrine (designated as a Place of Special Scenic Beauty /Special Historic Spot) Shimbashi Sta. HibiyaTsukiji Line Sta. Aioi Bridge A garden that was a Shogun family villa and still Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple 2 8 Chuo Historical Museum / Planetarium retains some remnants of the Daimyo garden, Shimbashi Sta. Akatsuki Park (Time Dome Akashi) with a seawater pond and duck hunting site. It 5 11 Monument for the site

Tsukijishijo Sta. Tsukiji Outer Market of“The Beginning of Dutch Studies” was a falconry spot of the Shogun family in the Yamanote Line Yamanote Kachidoki Bridge Tsukishima Sta. Yurakucho Line early Edo period, and was called Kofu Hama-yashiki when Lord Tsunashige of the Kofu Namiyoke-jinja Shrine 3 Sta. domain received it as a residence from the fourth Shogun, Ietsuna. It later became a Yokosuka Line Harumi-dori Ave. Shogun family villa named Hama-goten when Ienobu became the sixth Shogun. In 1870, it was then placed under control of the Imperial Household Ministry and served Kiyosumi-dori Ave. 1 Sumida as a garden for the Imperial Household under the name Hama-rikyu. Finally, it became Tsukiji-ohashi River Higashinaka-doriTsukishima Ave. Sport Park Hama-rikyu Gardens Bridge Oedo Line Shin-tsukishima Park open to the public after the war, and designated as National Special Place of Scenic Kachidoki Sta. Reimei Bridge Beauty and Special Historic Spot in 1952. Harumi Bridge ❺ Tsukiji Outer Market C-6 ❷ Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple The Tsukiji Outer Market, which C-6 (important national cultural asset) thrives as the wholesale town of A branch of Nishi-hongwanji Temple Monument for the ❽ Chuo Historical Tsukiji, is lined with about 400 in Kyoto, which was built in 1617. shops that offer not only fresh Museum / Planetarium C-6 The monks’ quarters were located site of “The Beginning seafood products, but other near Yokoyama-cho at first, but (Time Dome Akashi) products related to eating and of Dutch Studies” C-6 relocated to Tsukiji in 1679 after Includes a regular exhibition room for drinking as well. (cultural asset of the city) regional materials, a planetarium, and they burned down in the Great Fire city resident gallery. It is a facility for ❻ Teppozu Inari-jinja of Meireki. The Main Hall, which was The mansion of the Okudaira Family those interested in interacting with damaged during in the Great Kanto of the Nakatsu Domain in Buzen Shrine D-5 subjects such as history, art, and Earthquake, was redesigned by Province (today's Oita Prefecture) astronomy. (cultural asset of the city) Chuta Ito and rebuilt in 1934 as an was once located here, where the ancient Indian-style stone structure. domain physician and Dutch scholar It was called “Minato Inari” during the Edo period as it was located in front of It was designated as an Important Ryotaku Maeno translated the ❾ Teusler Memorial House National Cultural Asset in 2014. Dutch medical book “Anatomische the river near Inari Bridge at a “minato Tabellen” and published “The New C-6 (port)” where foreign cargo vessels Book of Anatomy”. The great deal (cultural asset of the city) passed, but was later relocated to its ❸ Namiyoke-jinja Shrine C-6 current spot when the foreign settlement of effort that went into this is Built as a guardian shrine for the completion Teusler Memorial House was built in in Tsukiji was established. The "cold described in “Beginning of Dutch of the landfill project of Tsukiji from 1658 to 1933 as a home for missionaries of water bathing ritual", which worshippers Studies” by Genpaku Sugita. 1661, which was difficult due to ocean Saint Luke's International Hospital. participate in for purification and good waves. The rainwater bowl and male/female The two-storey structure is made of health, is held every January. The Grand lion heads at Namiyoke-jinja Shrine are reinforced concrete characterized Festival is also held in May. Oiwa Inari by its pillars and beams on the registered as Tangible Assets of Folk Culture Tamiya-jinja Shrine outside and stately wooden interior in the ward. The lion festivals of this shrine and stairway. It was relocated and have been famous since the Edo period, and D-4 restored in 1998, but still shows during the main Tsukiji Lion Festival, which is what it was like when it was held every three years, one of the two grand A shrine that was built in 1879, originally built. lions are carried through the Tsukiji area which carries on the tradition of along with a portable shrine. Oiwa, who is the main character in the play “Tokaido Kaidan”. The stone gate next to the main 10Water gauge at Reiganjima hall remains the same as it was Tide Station D-5 when it was built in 1897. The (historic site of the city) hundred times marker stone on the ground, which was dedicated by the The mean sea level of Tokyo Bay ❼ Tsukiji Catholic 4th Udanji Ichikawa, who played observed at the water gauge at Oiwa at the Naniwa-za in Osaka, is Reiganjima Tide Station, which was Church D-6 the oldest hundred times marker installed at the mouth of Sumida (cultural asset of the city) stone in the ward, and is registered River in 1873, was the standard Established at the foreign settlement as Tangible Assets of Folk Culture when determining altitudes in the in Tsukiji in 1874 following the Tokyo area. The current Reiganjima ❹ Eitai Bridge E-4 in the ward along with the stone churches in Nagasaki and Yokohama. (important national cultural asset) gate. Gauging Station was relocated The original structure was built in roughly thirty-six meters 1878, but rebuilt in 1927 in the style Said to have been built in commemoration downstream in 1994, with its of the Greek Parthenon with of the fiftieth birthday of the fifth Shogun symbolic column placed at the old inspiration from La Madeleine in Tsuneyoshi Tokugawa, it used to be site. Paris, as it was burned down in the located 150 meters upstream from where Great Kanto Earthquake. it stands now. The bridge that stands today is an arch bridge that was built in 1926. When it is lit up, it is magnificent, with blue lights as the sun sets. Iwamotocho Sta. Kanda River Ryogoku Sta.

Hibiya Line

Ryogoku Bridge Mukojima Route Bakurocho Sta. 5 Yokoyamacho / Bakurocho / Horidomecho Wholesale District Ueno Route Ningyocho Kanda Sta. Higashi- Bakuro- nihombashi Sta. Oedo Line Jisshi Park 7 Sobu Lineyokoyama Sta.

Kodemmacho Sta. Sumida River Ｓｈｉｎ- nihombashi Sta. 9 Bettara Market f Hamacho Sta. Takarada-Ebisu-jinja Kasama Inari-jinja Shrine Edo-dori GinzaAve. Line h Shinjuku Line Shrine Suginomori-jinja g 2 Meijiza Theater ❼ Jisshi Park D-2 ❶ Suitengu Shrine E-3 Mitsukoshimae Sta. Shrine Hamacho Park Morishita Sta. Suehiro-jinja Shrine A park built at A shrine that is a branch of the main COREDO Muromachi Asakusa Line e Shin-ohashi Ningyocho Sta. Bridge the ruins of the shrine of the same name in Kurume Mitsukoshi 4 Amazake-yokocho St. Denmacho City, Fukuoka Prefecture for the safe 8 Mitsukoshimae Sta. Ogannonji Temple / Jaihouse ruins. delivery of children, avoidance of Cast-iron bodhisattva head Matsushima-jinja Shrine d Within the park a Koami-jinja Trick Clock Towers floods, and business activities related Inne 3 Takahashi r Circ ute Shrine 1 Suitengu Shrine are many historic to water. The Suitengu Shrine of (Shut ular Ro Bridge Tozai Lineo Exp way) b Chanoki-jinja Shrine Kiyosu Bridge landmarks such ress c Kiyosumi- Nihombashi was established when COREDO Nihombashi Suitengumae Sta. 6 shirakawa Sta. as the copper lord Yorinari Arima of the Kurume Nihombashi Sta. Kokucho Domain requested the division of the Takashimaya Toki-no-Kane deity of the shrine with his residence e Bell, the in Mita (today’s Minato Ward) in Edo. Mukojima Route n Li Yaesu-doriChuo-dori Ave. Ave. Kayabacho Denmacho on Sta. Eitai-dori Ave. Sumidagawa-ohashi m Toki-no-Kane Bell Bridge FukagawaH Routeanzo Jailhouse ruins, a monument ❷ Meijiza Theater E-2

Showa-dori Ave. Inner Circular Route Shin-ohashi-dori Ave. commemorating Katsusaburo (Shuto Expressway) It first opened as the Kishoza Theater Kineya, and a monument for the site in 1873. It has since changed its name of Shoin Yoshida’s last days. to Hisamatsuza, Chitoseza, and finally Tour of the Seven Gods of Luck in Nihonbashi to Meijiza in 1893. ❸ Trick Clock Towers D-3・E-3 Fukurokuju and Benzaiten a Koami-jinja Shrine D-3 ………… Trick clock (gods of fisheries and prosperity) towers on Ningyocho-dori Street, designed Hoteison after fire watch b Chanoki-jinja Shrine E-3 ……… (god of wealth and happiness) towers. There is Monument for the site of also a trick clock tower designed Benzaiten Shoin Yoshida’s last days after the c Suitengu Shrine E-3 ……………… (god of learning and art) comical storytelling performances of ❽ Ogannonji Temple Edo. Daikokushin d Matsushima-jinja Shrine E-3…… (god of prosperity in business) / Cast-iron bodhisattva ❹ Amazake-yokocho St. E-2 head D-2・3 Amazake-yokocho St. is a small street Bishamonten The cast-iron bodhisattva head at that stretches 250 meters from east e Suehiro-jinja Shrine E-2 ………… Ogannonji Temple is believed to to west and is lined with famous and (god of wealth and good luck) have been made during the long-established shops that offer Kamakura period. It is fifty four products such as tsuzura baskets. centimeters in facial width and a Amazake-yokocho St. is named so for f Kasama Inari-jinja Shrine E-2 … Jurojin (god of longevity) designated cultural asset of the the Amazake shop named Owariya, city. It was originally at which was located at the entrance of Shin-Kiyomizudera Temple in the street in the early Meiji period. Kamakura, but there was a fire Ebisujin disaster in the Kamakura period and g Suginomori-jinja Shrine D-2 …… only the head could be dug out (god of prosperity in business) from the ruins. It was removed from ❺ Yokoyamacho / Bakurocho / Kamakura following the ordinance Horidomecho Wholesale District E-1 Ebisujin to separate Shintoism and h Takarada-Ebisu-jinja Shrine D-2 Buddhism, and finally enshrined at A famous wholesale district for fabric, (god of prosperity in business) its current location in 1876. clothes, and daily houseware. Knickknack shops were opened here during the Edo period for travelers registered at accommodations in Bakurocho and for people who went to Edo for trials of lawsuits. There are many establishments that do not serve non-professionals, but there are some where anyone can shop.

❻ Kiyosu Bridge F-3 (important national culturalasset) A bridge that was planned as part of a Koami-jinja Shrine Chanoki-jinja Shrine recovery project after the Great Kanto Earthquake, and built in 1928. Its design is modeled after a suspension bridge at the ❾ Bettara Market D-2 Rhine in Cologne, Germany. A stylish autumn tradition that has been passed down since the Keicho period. It is a lively event that is held every year on October 19 and 20 where the area between Takarada-Ebisu-jinja Shrine to Suginomori-jinja Shrine is lined with Kasama Inari-jinja Shrine Suginomori-jinja Shrine stalls that sell Bettarazuke pickles. 佃島の盆踊り Monzen- Ginza Sta. d Chuo-ohashi Bridge nakacho Sta. Paris Square Oyokogawa River Hibiya Line 8 Asakusa LineShintomicho Higashi- Oedo Line ginza Sta. Sta. Tsukuda-ohashi 3 Sumiyoshi-jinja Shrine Tsukuda Ginza Line ｃ Tsukiji Sta. Bridge 4 Etchujima Sta. Tsukudajima - home of tsukudani Harumi-dori Ave. Aioi Bridge Shimbashi Sta. The strength stones of Tsukishima Tsukijishijo 6 Tsukuda Namiyoke Inari Sta. Kachidoki Daimyojin Shrine Bridge Tsukishima Sta. Keiyo Line Shiodome Sta. ｂ Canal 2 Tsukishima ❹ Tsukudajima - home of ❶ Harumi Wharf C-9 Nishi Naka-dori Street Toyosubashi Bridge Hama-rikyu Gardens Kiyosumi-dori Ave. Yurakucho Line tsukudani D-6 A gateway of the sea through which a Tsukiji-ohashi Harumi Bridge Bridge Kachidoki Sta. Tsukudani got its start in the Edo many ships of the world pass, serving Reimei as a port for international trade. 5 Bridge 7 Flower Carpet Harumi period when fishermen who came over from Tsukuda Village in the There is an observation deck at Harumi Sumida River Grave of Ikku Jippensha Settsu Province (today's Osaka) Passenger Boat Terminal, which a Reimei-ohashi Toyosu Sta. overlooks the Tokyo Bay Area, where the Bridge Harumi-ohashi Bridge began to eat it as a form of Takeshiba Sta. preserved food. Today, there are Tokyo Port Festival is held every May. three tsukudani shops that have (scheduled to be closed in July 2020) Chuo Incineration Plant been carrying on this tradition since Shinonome the Edo period. a Toyosu-ohashi Bridge Bridge Shin-toyosu Sta. Harumi Wharf 1 Yurikamome Shinonome Canal

a Tsukiji-ohashi Bridge / Reimei-ohashi Bridge / Toyosu-ohashi Bridge Bridges between Shimbashi and Toyosu on Kanjo Route 2, which is under maintenance by Tokyo, spanning Sumida River, Asashio Canal, and Harumi Canal. ❷ Tsukishima Nishi ❺ Grave of Ikku Jippensha Naka-dori Street D-6 Kachidoki Bridge b C-7 Nishi Naka-dori Street is a shopping (important national cultural asset) (cultural asset of the city) street with the arcades on both sides lined with old-fashioned shops. It is A double-leaf bascule bridge that was built in 1940 and labeled the most The grave of Jippensha Ikku(1765- often referred to as “Monja Street”, prominent moveable bridge of the East at the time, but was closed down 1831), who wrote Tokaido as there are many Monjayaki at the end of 1970. Hizakurige, is located at Toyoin restaurants here. The Tsukishima Temple on Mount Shinen. Ikku, who Kusaichi Market is held in July with was born in Sunpuu, was an author many outdoor stalls on festive days. c Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge of puppet theater under the pen name Chikamatsu Yoshichi and It was built in 1964 to replace "Bridge of Tsukuda", which had been a wrote plays when he came to Edo in landmark for over three hundred years since the Edo period. This led 1794. Engraved on the left side of to the landfills of Tsukuda River, which flowed between Tsukudajima the tombstone is the famous death and Tsukishima, making the two islands contiguous. poem, “I'm leaving the world with the ashes of incense. Good-bye”. d Chuo-ohashi Bridge Constructed in 1994 with the redevelopment of the Tsukuda district. At the footing center of the bridge upstream is “The Messenger” by Ossip Zadkine, which was sent from Paris in commemoration of the friendship between Sumida River (Tokyo) and the Seine (Paris).

❼ Flower Carpet Harumi D-7 ❸ Sumiyoshi-jinja Shrine An event that is held at Harumi E-6 Island Triton Square from late ❻ The strength stones of October to early November every Enshrining a guardian deity that year. It is the flower festival in Italy's Tsukuda Namiyoke Inari oversees the Tsukudajima-Tsukishima Genzano City that is held area, and shared with Sumiyoshi-jinja Harumi-style, presenting flower art Daimyojin Shrine D-6 Shrine in Osaka. The water ablution with carpets of flower petals. (cultural asset of the city) pavilion and ceramic sign on the grounds are cultural assets of the ward. In It is said that fishermen in the Tsukuda addition to the annual celebrations, this Kachidoki Bridge district competed with each other in festival, which is held every three years, strength by lifting stones until around is where objects such as a lion head the time of the (cultural asset Great Kanto Tsukuda Namiyoke Inari of the ward) Earthquake. Daimyojin Shrine and an octagon There are shaped currently three portable shrine ❽ Paris Square E-5 of these (cultural asset The Paris Square and its monument strength stones of the ward) lined up next to are at the hydrophilic Ishikawajima are carried out the gate at Park, which uses the upper part of of the shrine Tsukuda the super levee of Sumida River. It and Namiyoke Inari transported on was founded in return for the Tokyo Daimyojin Chuo-ohashi Bridge a boat. Square that was created in Paris. Shrine. TOKYO CHUO CITY

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Issued in October 2019