Zoshigaya Cemetery is a public cemetery established in 1874 and operated by Tokyo Municipal Government. The site area is 115,000 square meters and many personages including Soseki Natsume were buried in the cemetery.
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Kishimojin Shrine was established in 1578 on the site and the main hall in the photo was built in 1664. The shrine was crowded with local people celebrating Shichi-Go-San festival, cerebrating children’s seven, five and three years of age.
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Japan Women’s University, the oldest women’s university in Japan, is located within ten-minute walk from Zoshigaya Station. Below is a photo of the entrance of the university’s student house. My mother, born and raised in a rural area of Yamagata prefecture (where TV drama character “Oshin” was born), came to Tokyo and lived in the student house from 1959 to 1963.
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There are many sacred placed for animation enthusiasts in Tokyo. Below is a photo of one of such places, filmed in the last scene of “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.”
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