Around Akashicho, or around St. Luke International Hospital, there are many monuments commemorating the birth of the school.
The wind is still cold, but it is good to take a stroll while reading those inscriptions on a clear day.
First of all, the monument to the birthplace of Keio Gijuku along St. Luke Street (11 Akashi-cho)
The origin of Keio Gijuku is said to be derived from the Dutch studies school, which was opened by Yukichi Fukuzawa in the Nakayashiki of the Okudaira family of the Nakatsu clan in 1858.
Nearby, there are monuments of "Women's Academy", "Rikkyo Gakuin", and "Rikkyo Jogakuin" (10 Akashicho) around St. Luke's International University.
Near the Catholic Tsukiji Church, there is a monument of "Akisei Gakuen" (Akashicho 7) along the settlement Chuo-dori. There are monuments (1-5 Akashicho) and "Place of Shuyo Gakuen" (1-6 Akashicho) (1-6 Akashicho).
As you approach St. Luke's Tower, on the same side of the street, "Meiji Gakuin" (7-16 Akashicho), "Women's Seigakuin" (6-24 Akashicho), "Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Land" (6-26 Akashicho) There is a monument.
Near the west entrance of Akatsuki Park, there is a monument to the birthplace of Kogakuin University Gakuen (7-3-10 Tsukiji).
The reason why there are many mission-based schools is probably because this was a foreign settlement from the end of the Tokugawa period to the Meiji era.
In Chuo-ku, there are monuments that originated in schools everywhere, but this is the only area that is so dense.