Shimizudani Park

Shimizudni Park is located on the other side of the road from Hotel New Otani.
There's a monument for Toshimichi Okubo, statesman at Meiji Restoration since he was assassinated near here.

There's a pond of spring water and the park was built around the monument.
"Shimizu" means spring water and "dani" means valley.

Also, there's a ruin of water pipe made of stone in Edo era.
Surprisingly, Tokyo had water supply system 400 years ago.

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<The Nearest Station>

Akasaka Mitsuke station on Marunouchi Line / Ginza Line
(M13/G05/Tokyo Metro)

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Hotel New Otani Japanese Garden

Hotel New Otani in Akasaka Mitsuke has a nice Japanese garden.
This place used to be a villa of feudal load Kiyomasa Kato wno's famous for his tiger hunting in Korea.
Ii family took over this place in Edo era and transferred to Prince Fushimi at the end of Edo era.

After World War II, Yonetani Otani, the founder of Hotel New Otani bought this place and re-developed this Garden.

Hotel was open in 1964 for Tokyo Olympic Games.

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<The Nearest Station>

Akasaka Mitsuke station on Marunouchi Line / Ginza Line
(M13/G05/Tokyo Metro)

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Toyokawa Inari Temple

Toyokawa Inari Temple in Akasaka Mitsuke is Tokyo branch of Toyokawa Inari in Aichi prefecture.
Toyokawa Dakini Shinten, a guardian god is defied here. He rides on a white fox.

Usually Inari is shrine, but this Toyokawa Inari is temple.
They have guard foxes instead of guard dogs.

Also, they have many fox statues in the area.
Believers of Toyokawa Inari are feudal loads in the age of war period and it becomes popular among common people in Edo era.

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<The Nearest Station>

Akasaka Mitsuke station on Marunouchi Line / Ginza Line
(M13/G05/Tokyo Metro)

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