Jorenji Temple

Jorenji has Tokyo Daibutsu, great Buddha statue.
It's the third largest bronze casting seated figure statue of Buddha in Japan.

The largest one is in Nara and second one is in Kamakura.
Tokyo Daibutsu is about a half size of one in Nara.

The original temple was established around 1400 and used to be in Nakajuku in Itabashi.
In 1973, it's moved to current place due to road expansion.
Daibutsu was built in 1977.

There's the grave of Naomi Uemura who was famous adventurer.

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Shogetsuin Temple

Feudal Load Yoritane Chiba built Akatsuka castle in 1456 and decided a temple as his family temple in 1492. He donated land and changed the name of the temple to Shogetsuin.

This temple was acknowledged by Shogun and protected.

This place is known as the place gunnery practice was held at the end of Edo era.
Western style gunnery practice surprised feudal loads.

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Akatsuka Joshi

There's a hill beside Akatsuka Tameike Park.
There used to be a castle of Chiba family which was built in 1456.

There's nothing but a flat space on the top of the hill.
This hill is now a bird sanctuary with natural forest on the hill.

Chiba family fought with Toshima family in Shakujii castle and Shakujii castle fell.
Current Shakujii Park is where Shakujii castle used to be.

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Itabashi City Museum of Art

Itabashi City Museum of Art is the first city museum in Tokyo metropolitan 23 cities.
It's located on the other side of the pond in front of Itabashi City Local Museum in Akatsuka Tameike Park.

The Museum has collection of Japanese arts in Edo era, paintings by the artists related to Itabashi City.

Special exhibitions are held.

Every year there's exhibition of works from Bologna Competition of Arts for Picture Books.

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Varies by exhibitions

9:30-17:00        Closed on Mondays, Year end and New Year Holidays

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Itabashi City Local Museum

Itabashi City is one of metropolitan 23 cities in Tokyo and located in North West Tokyo.
Museum exhibits history, culture and life in this area.

Regular exhibitions are on the first floor and special exhibitions are on the second floor.

Since Itabashi was the first post station from Edo on Nakasendo road, the entrance of an old whorehouse is in front of the museum.

The first post station from Edo on main roads in Edo era was also known as 4 red-light districts.

* Itabashi (Nakasendo road)
* Senju (Nikko Kaido road)
* Shinjuku (Kushu Kaido road)
* Shinagawa (Tokaido road)

These places were called "side places" because there's Yoshiwara district near Asakusa in the center of Edo.

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Nishi Takashimadaira station on Mita Line (I27/Toei Subway)

<Admission>

Free of Charge

9:30-17:00        Closed on Mondays, Year end and New Year Holidays

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