[Tokyo, Kita-ku, Tabata, a place associated with Ryunosuke Akutagawa, with its hillsides and numerous temples and shrines. Akagami Nioson]

[Tokyo, Kita-ku, Tabata, a place associated with Ryunosuke Akutagawa, has many temples and shrines. Akagami Nioson] ⛩️Tabata Hachiman-jinja Shrine 📍Address: 2 Chome-7-2 Tabata, Kita City, Tokyo 114-0014 ☸️🕉️Togakuji 📍Address: 2 Chome-7-3 Tabata, Kita City, Tokyo 114-0014 ⛩️Akagaminioson Akagami Nioson (Stone statue of Kongorikishi) 💞Reasons for recommendation: The red paper tag tied to the stone statue of Kongorikishi to pray for good health is something you can only see here. Depending on the season, there are yellow flowers, which give it a tropical feel. 📍Location: 2 Chome-7-28 Tabata, Kita City, Tokyo 114-0014 ✒️Tabata Memorial Museum of Writers and Artists 💞Reasons for recommendation: Tabata was a quiet farming village with scrub forests and fields until the middle of the Meiji era. However, when the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo University of the Arts) opened in Ueno, young artists gradually began to live there. In 1900, Kosugi Hoan (painter) moved in as a lodger, and in 1903, Itaya Hazan (ceramic artist) built a kiln in Tabata. Through this connection, Yoshida Saburo (sculptor), Katori Hidemasa (metal caster and poet), Yamamoto Tei (painter and printmaker), and others moved to Tabata one after another. A social gathering called the "Poplar Club" was also created, centered around artists, and Tabata became an "artist village" during the Meiji era. In the Taisho period, Ryunosuke Akutagawa (novelist) moved here in 1914, and Saisei Muro (poet and novelist) moved here in 1915. These two people were the center of Tabata's life, and others such as Sakutaro Hagiwara (poet), Kan Kikuchi (novelist), Tatsuo Hori (novelist), and Ineko Sata (novelist) also gathered here, and from the Taisho period to the early Showa period, Tabata came to have an aspect of being a "village of writers." Free admission. Check the website for opening hours. Opening hours: 10:00am - 5:00pm (entry until 4:30pm). Closed on: Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays). Days after national holidays (if the day after a national holiday is Saturday or Sunday, closed on the following Tuesday). New Year's holidays (December 29th - January 3rd). There may also be temporary closures due to changing exhibits, etc. 📍Location: 6 Chome-1-2 Tabata, Kita City, Tokyo 114-0014 There is a sign at the site of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's residence, and there are also monuments in Yokosuka City, where Akutagawa Ryunosuke had connections with the Naval Academy, and in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, where he attended Ryogoku Elementary School. 🚶🏻Yorakujizaka 📍Location: Tabata 1-chome, Kita-ku 💞Reasons for recommendation: "Yorakujizaka The name of this slope comes from Yorakuji Temple, which is located at the bottom of the slope. The "Tokyo Prefecture Village Chronicle" states that "It is located northwest of Yorakuji Temple, descends south, and is 25 ken long and 1 ken wide." Painter Sentaro Iwata, lacquer artist Tsuishu Yosei, metal caster Katori Hidemasa, and literary figure Akutagawa Ryunosuke all lived near this slope. In a letter, Akutagawa Ryunosuke wrote, "No matter where you go in Tabata, there are only yellow-white leaves. When night falls, you can smell autumn." March 1993, Kita-ku Board of Education, Tokyo" 🚶🏻Kaminosaka 📍Location: Tabata 1-chome, Kita-ku "It is located at the end of a complicated and narrow road in a residential area from "Fudozaka" near the south exit of JR Tabata Station. Upper Slope The origin of the name of the slope is unknown. Akutagawa Ryunosuke's residence was located on the west side of the slope. Akutagawa Ryunosuke lived here from 1914 and left behind many works. In addition, metalworker Katori Hidemasa, lacquer artist Tsuishu Yosei, and painter Iwata Sentaro lived near the slope. Akutagawa Ryunosuke wrote about the residence in a waka poem. In my garden, the green branches of the dried mountain twig stand in clusters, and a drizzle falls in the pot. March 1997, Kita-ku Board of Education, Tokyo" 🚶🏻Higurashizaka "Higurashizaka (Higurashizaka) is a slope about 180m long located in Nishi-Nippori 4-chome, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo [1]. From the side of the main gate of Kaisei High School facing Tokyo Prefectural Highway 457 Komagome Miyaji Line (commonly known as Dokanyama Street), turn left along the way and go up next to the Kaisei Gakuen grounds. 』 #Summer vacation #Domestic travel #International travel strategy #My travel plan #Summer vacation travel #Domestic seasonal places #Absolutely free travel #Walk around places associated with literary writers #Domestic travel strategy #Domestic travel #Comment corner