Official
Tsukiji Reservoir
Diplomatic relations with the United States began in 1854 with the Japan-US Osamu Treaty. In 1856, a consulate was opened in Shimoda, and Townsend Harris was appointed as a consulate. In 1859, the consulate moved to a settlement in Sekinai, Yokohama, and at the same time the convoy was opened in Azabu. In 1863, the building of the mission was moved to Kannai in the wake of a fire. From 1874 to 1890, the mission moved to the settlement of Tsukiji. After that, I moved to Akasaka and became an embassy in 1906.
Tsukiji had a settlement from 1869 to 1899. Unlike the settlement in China, the settlement in Japan seems to have not been a complete "outside jurisdiction", but it seems that the consular jurisdiction was granted and it was practically a "foreign country in Japan". The area was 10 hectares (approximately 30,000 tsubo), so it seems that about 6 holes of golf could be made. There are about 300 people in up to 9 countries. A foreigner lived there.
The American Embassy was located on the site of the current St. Luke's International Hospital. In addition to the mission, there were many Christianity mission halls, which taught language and Western studies in a private school. Many famous universities and schools currently near Tokyo have started here. This time, I spent an hour visiting the monument.
"Remaining Chuo-dori", where the Tsukiji Catholic Church is located, is home to Futaba Gakuen (Catholic), Kanto Gakuin (Baptist), and Xiaosei Gakuen (Catholic). If you go further, you will find monuments of Rikkyo Jogakuin (Protestant), Rikkyo Gakuin (Protestant), and Women's Gakuin (Protestant). On the street in front of St. Luke's Tower, there are monuments of Jogakuin (Protestant/Dissiple school) and Aoyama Gakuin (Mesogist). There is a monument of Meiji Gakuin (Protestant) a little further away.
In addition to this, there is a monument to Keio University in front of the old building of St. Luke Hospital, which began in 1858 before the settlement. In the same place, there is a monument of "The Beginning of Dutch Studies". Here is the Nakayashiki of the Nakatsu clan, which translated "Tarheranatomia" and a translation book was published in 1774.
The Tsukiji settlement was the center of Japanese learning from late Tokugawa shogunate to Meiji. If you look at the history of each university or school in detail, you will often notice that relatives and acquaintances have learned at the school they were born from here.