Soseki Park
Soseki Park was built on the site where Soseki Natsume spent the last years of his life, Soseki…
Yanaka Cemetery
The Yanaka Cemetery contains the graves of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Yokoyama Taikan (Japanese-style painting), Shibusawa Eiichi (called the father…
Obake Kaidan (Ghost Stairs)
Obake Staircase (Ghost Stairs) is a mysterious stone staircase near Nezu Shrine where it is said that the number of…
Matsuura no Kane
This is a piece of furniture that Nobumasa Matsuura Kawachi, the lord of the former Kogai Village, dedicated…
final resting place of Kawatake Mokuami
This is the final resting place of Kawatake Mokuami, a kabuki and kyogen playwright active from Edo to…
Site Of The Former Residence of Kobayashi Issa
This is the site of Kobayashi Issa’s former Edo residence. He was one of the most famous haikai…
Site of The Umeyashiki Plumb Garden
It was originally the villa of Iseya Hikoemon, a merchant in Honjo Uzumibori (present-day Sumida Ward), and came…