It was originally the villa of Iseya Hikoemon, a merchant in Honjo Uzumibori (present-day Sumida Ward), and came to be called Umeyashiki because of the many plum trees planted in the garden. The 8th Shogun Yoshimune also visited this place on his way back from hawking.

The area was so crowded as a holiday resort in the suburbs of Edo that it was even featured in Hiroshige Utagawa’s “Picture Book of Edo Souvenirs”.

In 1910, all the ume plum trees withered away due to flooding, and today only a stone beacon stands as a reminder of those days.

Site of Umeyashiki Kameido
Site of Umeyashiki Kameido
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Site of Umeyashiki Information

NameSite of Umeyashiki
梅屋敷跡
AddressNear 3-50-53 Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo

How To Get To The Site of Umeyashiki

15 minutes on foot from Kameido Station on the JR Sobu Line
About 10 minutes on foot from Higashi Azuma Station on the Tobu Kameido Line\

Where Is The Site of Umeyashiki?

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