Throughout the Edo period, the city of Edo, facing the castle of Chiyoda, prospered as "the knee of Kokata-sama (general conquering general)".
More than 140 years have passed since the Edo Shogunate ended.
Now, where is the place in Chuo-ku where you can enjoy the feeling of a general?
In Chuo-ku, you can see the remains of the castle in Chiyoda around Tokiwa Bridge in the northwest of the ward.
However, when it comes to the feeling of a general ...
What about here?
"Hamarikyu Garden"
It's a former shogun's residence.
In the early Edo period, it was a falconry field of the Tokugawa Shogunate, where reeds were growing all over.
It seems that the construction began in 1654 when Kofu, the younger brother of the 4th Shogun Iezuna, Tsunashige Matsudaira, built a beach mansion.
Later, Tsunashige's child became the 6th Shogun Ienobu, and the mansion came to be called the Shogun's annex "Hamagoten".
It is said that in the era of the 11th Shogun Ienari, it was almost created to its current state.
Chisen-kaiyu garden.
The tide pond, which draws the seawater of Tokyo Bay, also changes the taste of the garden due to changes in the water level due to the rise and fall of the tide.
Yes, it's the depth of a Japanese-style garden.
If you look at the "300 Years of Pine" related to the 6th Shogun Ienori and taste matcha at "Nakajima's Ochiya", you will feel like a general.
The dock for Shoguns, which was able to come and go along the castle and waterway of Chiyoda, is the "Shogun Go Upground".
It is said that this is the place where the 15th Shogun Yoshinobu escaped Osaka Castle and landed after the battle of Toba and Fushimi.
If you take a water bus and enter the garden from the "General's Upground", this is a general.
You may be immersed in a great mood that moves the world for a day.
How about it? It's just like a general.
Oh, if you look at Taiga drama series's "Tenshoin Atsuhime", the general seems very hard!
