Warum der Umweg sich lohnt
Created around 1700, this strolling garden translates scenes and emotions from classical Japanese poetry into hills, paths and water.
Was sonst in der Nähe liegt
Die nächstgelegenen Orte, über die wir geschrieben haben, mit Luftlinie von hier.
1.6 km
Mori Ogai Memorial Museum
The museum occupies Kanchoro, the former home where Mori Ogai spent three decades and wrote works including The Wild Geese and The Boat on the Takase River. Ogai also held poetry gatherings here that attempted to bridge rival literary groups, attracting figures such as Akiko Yosano, Takuboku Ishikawa and Mokichi Saito.
1.8 km
Yanaka Ginza
A 170-metre shopping street of the old «shitamachi» with about 60 family shops, cat statues and the «sunset stairs» at its top.
1.9 km
Nezu Shrine
Its richly decorated 1706 buildings, azalea garden and tunnel of red torii offer one of Tokyo's best-preserved Edo-period shrine settings.
2.3 km
Yanaka Cemetery
This atmospheric cemetery contains the grave of the last Tokugawa shogun and preserves the quiet, temple-filled character of old Yanaka.
2.6 km
University of Tokyo Red Gate (Akamon)
The 1827 vermilion gate built by the Maeda lords to receive a shogun's daughter as a bride, now the symbol of Japan's top university.
2.7 km
Sanshiro Pond
This former daimyo-garden pond acquired its everyday name from Soseki's novel Sanshiro. In the book, the inexperienced student Sanshiro first encounters the mysterious Mineko here, and the fictional meeting became so famous that it displaced the pond's formal name in popular speech.
Mit den Geschichten ablaufen
Diese Adresse ist eine Station von vielen. Unsere Routen und Quests verbinden sie zu einem Weg, der vor Ort aufgeht.