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Beautiful Nakano (A walking course through the urban area of Nakano)

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Beautiful Nakano (A walking course through the urban area of Nakano)

Walking course from Nakano-Fujimicho to Nakano-Sakaue Station through the area adjacent to the new city center

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Nakano City, Tokyo

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Nakano city is located in the western part of Tokyo's 23 wards. It is especially famous for Nakano Broadway, known as the "holy land" of subculture, but it also has many other tourist attractions such as historic shrines and temples and gourmet food. While the area around Nakano Station is undergoing a "once in a century" redevelopment, the town is undergoing change, and the town is bustling with old-fashioned, friendly shopping streets, making Nakano a very diverse city. This diversity is also what makes it a city with a population of about 17,000 people from about 120 countries.

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Travel time: 45 minutes

Transportation

1
Nakano-Fujimicho Station
Nakano-Fujimicho Station

A station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line in Nakano Ward, Tokyo

13 minutes walk

2
Hongo Hikawa Shrine
Hongo Hikawa Shrine

It is said that it was built to protect Edo Castle when it was constructed in 1469. The deity enshrined there is Susanoo-no-Mikoto. During the Edo period, it was the guardian deity of the area that was once called Hongo Village. The Hongo Road Repair Memorial Monument in the precincts is registered as a tangible cultural property of Nakano Ward.

12 minutes walk

3
Yamamasa Soy Sauce Brewery Brick Wall
Yamamasa Soy Sauce Brewery Brick Wall

Nakano flourished from the Meiji to Taisho eras as a food industry centered on the brewing of soy sauce and miso and the production of buckwheat flour, and at the time Nakano's wealthy family, Yama Masaie, operated a soy sauce brewery on a vast plot of land. The original brick wall was built in 1899 (Meiji 32) and is an early Western-style brick structure from an era before cement, built using a method that combined traditional Japanese plaster techniques with French masonry techniques, evoking the fact that Nakano was a hub of the food industry. This wall is a relocated and restored portion of the original wall.

2 minutes walk

4
Hosenji Temple
Hosenji Temple

Founded by Minamoto no Yoshiie in the late Heian period, it is one of the largest temples in Nakano Ward. Statues of the Five Great Kings are enshrined here, with a statue of Acala from the Kamakura period at the center. Within the temple grounds are the "stone mill mound," which recalls the time when flour milling was thriving, the "Horie family graveyard," which enshrines influential people of the time who are said to have built the foundations for the development of Nakano Ward, and the "former Nakano Village Town Hall site." The "Red Seal Letter Heirloom of the Horie Family" and the "Five-Rin Pagoda" have been designated as tangible cultural properties by Nakano Ward.

10-minute walk

5
Joganji Temple
Joganji Temple

This Zen temple is well known for the story of how a poor horse seller named Suzuki Kuro became a wealthy man in Nakano after learning from the teachings of the Kannon Bodhisattva of Asakusa . The temple hosts a variety of events and activities throughout the year, and is open to the public. The Kannon Hall houses 100 statues of the Kannon Bodhisattva, which are found at temples in the Saigoku, Bando and Chichibu regions. The grave of Suzuki Kuro is a designated historic site by the Tokyo Government, the Jizo statue in the temple grounds is a registered tangible cultural property of Nakano Ward, and the Kawaan Sotei statue and the seated Shaka Nyorai statue are designated tangible cultural properties by Nakano Ward.

6 minutes walk

6
Nakano-sakaue Station
Nakano-sakaue Station

A junction or branch station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line and the Toei Subway Oedo Line.

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Nakano City, Tokyo

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Nakano City, Tokyo

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Nakano city is located in the western part of Tokyo's 23 wards. It is especially famous for Nakano Broadway, known as the "holy land" of subculture, but it also has many other tourist attractions such as historic shrines and temples and gourmet food. While the area around Nakano Station is undergoing a "once in a century" redevelopment, the town is undergoing change, and the town is bustling with old-fashioned, friendly shopping streets, making Nakano a very diverse city. This diversity is also what makes it a city with a population of about 17,000 people from about 120 countries.

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