Old temple-town lane in a residential area, the zelkova-lined approach leading to Kishimojin where handmade markets are held
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Zoshigaya Station's platform sits 33.8 meters underground. Coming up from Exit 1, you're right in front of the Toden Arakawa Line's Kishibojimmae stop. From this exit, cutting through the shopping street along Kishimojin-dori is the shortest way to Kishimojin Hall. The zelkova trees lining the approach to the Kishimojin main gate and the large ginkgo tree on the grounds are both marked as natural monuments on Toshima City's green map.
This temple town has a long history: after Kishimojin came to be enshrined here, tea houses opened up one after another. The handmade crafts market held on the grounds of Kishimojin Hall is scheduled, in principle, for the third Sunday of every month, closed in August and canceled in rain; Otori Shrine holds its market at the same time. It started in 2006. Within Zoshigaya, aside from along the main roads, the rest is residential land.
From our street photos, greenery ranks 67th among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranked item for this neighborhood. In Zoshigaya 1-chome there's a house built in 1907 as the residence of an American missionary, now called the Zoshigaya Former Missionary House, the oldest surviving modern wooden Western-style building in Toshima City. Public transit includes the Fukutoshin Line and the Toden, ranking 89th among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo.
Zoshigaya Cemetery is in Minami-Ikebukuro 4-chome, which isn't named Zoshigaya in its town name, but it's included in this neighborhood; Minami-Ikebukuro 1- through 3-chome belong to the Ikebukuro neighborhood. Healthcare ranks 213th among 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo.
Takada is sandwiched between the lowland along the Kanda River and the Mejiro upland, so there are many slopes, one of which is a famously steep slope in Tokyo. From our street photos, buildings rank 277th, also toward the lower end. The Zoshigaya section of the Ring Road No. 5-1 is still undergoing underground road construction; shaft digging will continue in fiscal 2025, and a pedestrian overpass is also planned.
According to legend, in 1561 Yamamura Tan'emon dug a statue of Kishimojin out of a well in what is now the Mejirodai area; it wasn't until 1578 that a thatched hall was built on the current site. The main hall was donated in 1664 by the lawful wife of Asano Mitsuakira, lord of Hiroshima Domain.
During the Edo period, Mejirodai 1-chome within this neighborhood was mostly home to daimyo residences. The ground there was solid, so it escaped the Great Kanto Earthquake and wartime destruction, and the narrow lanes have survived to this day. When the new address system was implemented in 1966, Zoshigaya's town area was divided up among Mejirodai, Minami-Ikebukuro, and other towns, which is why the cemetery ends up not being in Zoshigaya.
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