 Most viewed - Shinagawa-ku 品川区 |
JR Shinagawa Station, Takanawa Entrance on the west side. 品川駅 高輪口331 views
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JR Gotanda Station, east entrance 五反田駅241 views
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Honden main hall of Shinagawa Shrine, one of Shinagawa Ward's major shrines. Dedicated to Amenohirinome-no-Mikoto, Susano-o-no-Mikoto, and Uganome-no-Mikoto. 236 viewsNear Shin-Bamba Station North Exit on the Keihin Kyuko Line from Shinagawa Station.
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Route 1 in Higashi-Gotanda217 views
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Near the entrance to the Tokaido Road is this tourist info booth. Free pamphlets (English included) and maps of Shinagawa-juku.207 views
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Entrance to the Tokaido Road at Shinagawa. Short walk from Shinagawa Station.206 views
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JR Gotanda Station, east side204 views
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Site of Shinagawa-juku's Honjin. 品川宿 本陣198 views
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JR Gotanda Station as seen from Keihin Kyuko Gotanda Station.196 views
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Shinagawa-juku along the old Tokaido Road looks like this today. In the old days, it looked like this.191 views
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Near Shinagawa Station is this poor little shrine called, Takayama Inari Shrine, encroached on all sides by urban development. 高山稲荷神社190 views
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Way to the old Tokaido Road at Shinagawa. It was around here where Godzilla first set foot on Japan, in the first Godzilla movie.188 views
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Route 1 in Nishi-Gotanda toward TOC.187 views
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Daiichi Keihin highway. One road which replaced the Tokaido Road.184 views
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JR Gotanda Station and Tokyu, road to Sony HQ184 views
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JR Gotanda Station, east side182 views
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Aomono-Yokocho Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line. This must be one of the ugliest train stations in Tokyo. The old Tokaido Road goes further beyond, but I stopped here.178 views
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JR Gotanda Station, east side178 views
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JR Gotanda Station, east entrance 五反田駅175 views
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JR Gotanda Station, east side171 views
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Shinagawa Shrine faces Daiichi Keihin, a major highway.170 views
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Sight from the shrine's hill. Keihin Kyuko train runs parallel to the old Tokaido Road in Shinagawa.164 views
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Shinagawa Shrine torii at street level.162 views
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JR Gotanda Station, west side being completely redeveloped.157 views
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JR Gotanda Station, east side154 views
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Daiichi Keihin highway in front of the shrine and Shin-Bamba Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line.149 views
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JR Gotanda Station, west side being completely redeveloped in April 2007.146 views
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Pine tree at Shinagawa-juku's Honjin. The pine tree came from Tsuchiyama-juku in Koka, Shiga Prefecture.143 views
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High-rise modern hotels have long replaced the old inns at Shinagawa-juku, the Tokaido Road's first post town during the Edo Period.142 views
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Daikokuten, God of Wealth, Farmers, Agriculture, and Rice. He stands on bales of rice.142 views
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Sign explaining about the pine tree. Tsuchiyama in Shiga Prefecture was the 49th post town on the Tokaido Road.137 views
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A convenience store and condominium now at the location of Dozo Sagami, a secret meeting place of Ito Hirobumi and other Imperial loyalists seeking to oust the Tokugawa government during the Bakumatsu period. 土蔵相模跡135 views
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I went on a Sunday when most of the shops were closed. Blessing in disguise because I got to see the ukiyoe art on their shutter doors.135 views
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Shinagawa Shrine 品川神社134 views
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It is unfortunate that no one thought about preserving this historic stage town on the Tokaido Road. Tokyo may be too urban to have a long road of traditional buildings.132 views
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The ukiyoe art are all related to Shinagawa.129 views
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Message in English129 views
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Isshinji Temple, associated with the god of longevity, Jurojin.129 views
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Hinkai Park123 views
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Police box looks traditional.122 views
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Torii120 views
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Rest stop119 views
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Painting shutter art. Looks like a pine tree.117 views
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Isshinji Temple is a branch of Narita-san.117 views
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Memorial for knives.117 views
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Sightseeing marker115 views
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Shinagawa beer114 views
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Site of Shinagawa-juku's Honjin. 品川宿 本陣113 views
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Second torii112 views
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Rest stop (a bench).111 views
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Monument says that the practice of visiting all the seven shrines for the Seven Gods of Good Fortune started here.111 views
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Ebara Shrine. Near Shinagawa bridge and adjacent to cherry-lined Meguro River on the left. 荏原神社110 views
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Shinagawa-juku road marker108 views
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Traffic sign for Tokaido Road.108 views
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Shinagawa Bridge and Meguro River.108 views
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Honden main hall, Shinagawa Shrine108 views
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Honden main hall, Shinagawa Shrine108 views
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Map of the walking route along Shinagawa-juku.107 views
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Kappa107 views
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Shinagawa-juku famous spot marker. It reads "Kyu-Tokaido no Nigiwai" meaning "Full of People on the Tokaido."106 views
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Still just modern buildings in Shinagawa-juku, looking like any ordinary street in Japan.106 views
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More shutter art.106 views
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Road to Shinagawa Shrine.106 views
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Looks like a former police box (koban) next to Shinagawa Bridge.106 views
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Site of Shinagawa-juku's Honjin. Seems to be used for parking bicycles... 品川宿 本陣105 views
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Bridge to Ebara Shrine.105 views
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Third torii104 views
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Other shukuba (post towns), especially in the rural areas, have been successful in making their buildings look traditional. But Shinagawa was a total failure in this regard.103 views
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Isshinji Temple gate sign102 views
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Ebara Shrine also holds the Sanno Festival in early June.102 views
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Marker for "New 100 Views of Tokyo."102 views
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Kaguraden for sacred dances.102 views
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Shinagawa Bridge, with a small park on the bridge. 品川橋101 views
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Shinagawa Bridge over the Meguro River. After Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo, this was the next major bridge to cross on the Tokaido. 品川橋101 views
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Honden main hall, Shinagawa Shrine100 views
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Bridge to Ebara Shrine with cherry blossoms.99 views
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These frequent signs saying "Tokaido Shinagawa-juku" try to remind you that you're in Shinagawa-juku.99 views
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If they could even build one traditional-looking building here, more tourists would come. But the most traditional-looking building is this public toilet.99 views
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More pine trees. This one came from Oiso in Kanagawa Pref.99 views
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Shinagawa-juku Honjin marker.98 views
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Cherry blossoms along the Meguro-gawa River.98 views
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Meguro River as seen from Shinagawa Bridge. The river served as the boundary between Kita-Shinagawa (northern Shinagawa) and Minami-Shinagawa (southern Shinagawa).97 views
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The shrine is associated with Ebisu, the god of fishermen (notice the fishing pole) and good fortune.97 views
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The only other traditional things you see are pine trees. This one came from Hamamatsu in Shizuoka.97 views
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Sign explaining about Shinagawa-juku. There were 1,600 buildings and a population of 7,000. The town was right on the waterfront which used to exist before the land reclamation.96 views
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"Kita-Shinagawa Koko Kara"96 views
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Ebara Shrine torii96 views
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Unfortunately, there are no post town buildings except for numerous shrines and temples.96 views
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Cherry blossoms96 views
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Ebara Shrine torii and bridge.94 views
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Ebara Shrine and priest94 views
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Ebara Shrine is only one of many shrines and temples in this area.90 views
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JR Shinagawa Station, Takanawa Entrance on the west side. 品川駅 高輪口81 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Shinagawa-juku (2nd post town on the Tokaido) from his "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road" series. 74 views
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JR Shinagawa Station, Takanawa Entrance on the west side. 品川駅 高輪口62 views
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Isshin Tasuke (一心太助) fictional Edo Period fishmonger was the ideal Edokko.36 views
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Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七, ca. 1667–1683), literally "greengrocer Oshichi", was a daughter of the greengrocer Tarobei who lived in the Hongo neighborhood of Edo at the beginning of the Edo period.36 viewsShe was executed for attempting to commit arson. The story became the subject of joruri plays.
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Before newspapers, they passed out news flyers called kawaraban in the Edo Period for major events and notices. She gave out festival flyers.35 views
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Candy vendors. The people parading in these costumes are all ordinary people who paid ¥15,000 to ¥30,000 for the privilege. To cover the makeup and costume fees.35 views
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The liveliest part of the parade. These people were offering candy to spectators like they did in the old days.32 views
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The problem with this parade is that they don't identify who's who. I have a list of Edo Period characters in the parade and I can identify the major ones, but not this one with the bare shoulder. 32 views
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Wearing black and red is Nezumi Kozō (鼠小僧) (1797–1831), a Japanese thief and folk hero who lived in Edo during the Edo period.31 views
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At the head of the costume parade was Mito Komon. On the left in kimono is Andrijana Cvetkovik, Macedonian Ambassador to Japan. She's holding her country's flag. The Macedonian Embassy is in Shinagawa. On the right is someone from Brazil30 views
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In late Sept., Shinagawa holds the annual Shukuba Festival highlighted by a small parade of people wearing Edo Period costumes (江戸風俗行列). 29 views
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This is the Honorary Shinagawa Police Chief for the day, voice actress and impersonator Ayano Fukuda (福田彩乃).29 views
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Gama no abura or Toad's Oil28 views
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Police on white motorcycle.e.27 views
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Shinagawa Mothers Association27 views
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This is a komuso, a Zen monk who went around playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute while wearing a basket on the head. This is how they meditated and begged. Ninja famously disguised themselves as komuso.27 views
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Small park had food booths.27 views
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Flea market27 views
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The parade is led by these Buddhist monks chanting in front of a local temple.26 views
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The parade is also part of a traffic safety campaign. 26 views
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Local school band.26 views
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"Beware of investment fraud"26 views
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"Beware of dangerous drugs"26 views
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Shinagawa Joshi Gakuin26 views
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PR for the latest Godzilla movie. There were Godzilla movie posters and flyers all over the place. I had to ask why. Found out that in the first Godzilla movie in the 1950s, Shinagawa was where Godzilla first set foot on Japan (near Shinagawa Station).26 views
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Shinagawa Station on the Keihin Kyuko (Keikyu) Line.26 views
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Shinagawa Station on the Keihin Kyuko (Keikyu) Line.26 views
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Local cheerleaders.25 views
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Students from a kimono school.25 views
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Students from a kimono school.25 views
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Folk performances at a small park.25 views
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Kita-Shinagawa Station on the Keihin Kyuko (Keikyu) Line.25 views
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Shinagawa Station on the Keihin Kyuko (Keikyu) Line.25 views
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Shinagawa Station on the Keihin Kyuko (Keikyu) Line.25 views
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Modern Dance Company, Seagull24 views
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