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On a sunny holiday, I visited the Hamarikyu Onshi Garden to enjoy the seasonal flowers.

From Yae-zakura to azalea Satsuki, the flower of the ward, the color and fragrance are rising vividly in the sunshine.

Special scenic spot, special historic site.

A luxurious time to put yourself in the blessed landscape.

 

I found it in the middle of the walk.

A miniature model of Ote-mon gate covered with copper plates in a corner of a resting place in Hanakien.

Well, was the entrance of Hamarikyu, which I went without being particularly conscious, a square?

Masugata is an effective facility for both defense and attacking at the tiger mouth of castle, with Koraimon and Yaguramon at right angles.

The enemy who has invaded the Masugata will be shot with guns and bows from the high position of the tower gate while hesitant on the curved path.

 

Why did you pass by without noticing that it was Masugata?

Because it was a facility away from the battle of the garden, and was just heading towards the desired flowers.

In addition, there were many sightseeing buses parked in the square, which was as large as other castles.

Internal method, 43m x 27m. It's a very large space.

 

Speaking of which, it is said that it also had the role of a castle because of its geographical location extending from Edo Castle to the sea.

It is about 2 km in a straight line from Edo Castle.

The Tsukiji River is connected by Ote-mon gate as Mizubori.

The stone wall that forms the foundation of the gate is a robust cut-off contact.

The garden, about 500m square meters, turns into a powerful defense facility that protrudes into the sea.

During the late Tokugawa shogunate period, a turret was built in the garden, and a naval base function was deployed at nearby Tsukiji Temple.

 

In today's Ote-mon gate, bridges, turrets, and gates have been burned down due to the Great Kanto Earthquake, so we must fully move our imagination from the stone walls where burnt marks remain.

The next time you come, pick up the stone walls that remain in the garden from old photographs, etc., and check the state of defense.

If you squeeze your imagination and feel tired, have matcha at Ochiyaya in Nakajima and spend a little relaxing time.