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First, leave Chuo-ku government office and in 4 or 5 minutes to the ruins of the clam riverbank where the Momoi Dojo was located. During the late Tokugawa shogunate period, Ryoma and Hanpeita Takechi of his hometown went to this dojo of Kagami Shinmeichiryu, one of the three major dojos in Edo. Kyobashi Park and Kyobashi Plaza, just off here, have the Chuo-ku Tourism Association, the home of our correspondents. Ryoma, who used to go to Sadakichi Chiba Dojo in Kita-Shinichi-ryu, was traveling back and forth around here.

Sadakichi Chiba Dojo was located one street away from Sugimori Shrine in Nihonbashi Horidome-cho. Ryoma, who descended to Edo for the first time in March 1853, seems to have entered during this stay. You may have been praying for your sword to improve at the nearby Sugimori Shrine. Chiba Dojo has been relocated several times, and when Ryoma came to his second visit, he moved to Okemachi. The display board is located on the border between Chuo-ku and Chiyoda-ku, just before the International Forum.

From here, cross Kyobashi, which Ryoma would have crossed many times, and head toward Ginza. After passing Kabukiza, there was a school in Shozan Sakuma near the power development building in Ginza 6-chome. Shozan of Matsuyo clansman, one of the leading military scholars in late Tokugawa shogunate, served as the president of the clan's school, laid the foundation for Western studies, and taught many disciples in Kibiki-cho. There were 253 men, including celebrities such as Yoshida Shoin, Kaishu Katsu, Jinnosuke Kawai and Kakuma Yamamoto, and Ryoma also been here for six months since December 1853. The knowledge and skills gained in Edo through swordsmanship and artillery are impressive to think that they have been cultivated here in Chuo-ku. On this day, looking at the pedometer, it was 18,000 steps.

References Walk the Edo and late Tokugawa shogunate with a cut-out picture

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