Chiyoda City Trip Overview
The Oyama Highway was a popular tourist spot visited by travelers from the Edo period for praying for rain and good works.
Oyama has long been known as the rain-growing mountain that causes rain, and it is still crowded with people who “go to Oyama”.
Hundreds of years of still-surprising highways
We will guide you through a part of the Oyama Highway, where Sakai walked, comparing it with old photographs and maps.
The walking tour, which starts in the afternoon, starts from Akasaka Onchi, which is the starting point of Oyama Highway. Through the historic bridges and moats, Kii Kunisaka where the stage of youkai is set, samurai residences that suddenly appear between buildings, Aoyama, Shinto shrines and temples that became places of Shibuya, etc. Cross Follow the footsteps of former people and enjoy the night of Tokyo with snacks and drinks at one corner of Sangenjaya as the setting sun sinks.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Chiyoda City, Japan
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan
The Oyama Highway was a popular tourist spot visited by travelers from the Edo period for praying for rain and good works.
Oyama has long been known as the rain-growing mountain that causes rain, and it is still crowded with people who “go to Oyama”.
Hundreds of years of still-surprising highways
We will guide you through a part of the Oyama Highway, where Sakai walked, comparing it with old photographs and maps.
The walking tour, which starts in the afternoon, starts from Akasaka Onchi, which is the starting point of Oyama Highway. Through the historic bridges and moats, Kii Kunisaka where the stage of youkai is set, samurai residences that suddenly appear between buildings, Aoyama, Shinto shrines and temples that became places of Shibuya, etc. Cross Follow the footsteps of former people and enjoy the night of Tokyo with snacks and drinks at one corner of Sangenjaya as the setting sun sinks.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin, 1-4-7 Motoakasaka, Minato 107-0051 Tokyo Prefecture
In the seemingly small temple, many gods and Buddhas are enshrined. We have everything from fortune, health, interpersonal, craftsmanship, business prosperity, family safety, good wishes and good wishes! A lot of whales are scolded in the grounds, and the form is various. The scale is not so big, but I will introduce the place where the sacred air where seven gods and many other gods gather can be found.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Aoyama Baisouin Temple, 2-26-38 Minamiaoyama, Minato 107-0062 Tokyo Prefecture
A temple built at the crematorium site when Tokugawa Ieyasu Yasuhito, Oonaka Ookura Shoko Kosei died in 1643. It is said that the name of Aoyama is due to the fact that this Aoyama ruled the whole area.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Konno Hachimangu Shrine, 3-5-12 Shibuya, Shibuya 150-0002 Tokyo Prefecture
The origin of Shibuya, the origin of Shibuya in 1092, was founded by Kawazaki Motoya.
The shrine was built by the donation of the Kasuga Bureau (nanny) as a thank you to the 16th General Force of Tokugawa (Iemitsu).
Kinno Shrine is a shrine with a history of 400 years since the Kasuga Bureau built the shrine in 920 years since the Veterans of Minamoto Dynasty opened. Kinno Sakura is one of the Edo Sana’s cherry blossoms, which is the cherry tree planted by Minamoto Yoritomo that opened the Kamakura Shogunate.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Shibuya Crossing, 2 Chome-2-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya 150-0043 Tokyo Prefecture
One of the world’s largest intersections where up to 500,000 people travel on one day. The number of people crossing in one green light is said to be 3,000.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Kamimeguro Hikawa Shrine, 2-16-21 Ohashi, Meguro 153-0044 Tokyo Prefecture
There is a signpost on Oyama Road, built in 1812. Oyama-do was used by many people who went on stone-raising (visiting to Oyama) during the Edo period. In the precincts, stone monuments have been transferred from Meguro Motofuji, and a mountain trail called “Meguro Fuji” has been built.
Stop At: Ikejiri Inari Shrine, 2-34-15 Ikejiri, Setagaya 154-0001 Tokyo Prefecture
Ikejiri Inari Shrine was founded early in the Edo period 350 years ago.
There is no drinking water from the vicinity of “Toyokawa Inari” in Akasaka to Ikejiri village in the Oyama Kaido, and there is a “well without drowning” which people and farmers rely on, and this well water may drown in any drought. It was said that there was not.
Duration: 5 minutes
