A Walk around Nezu Jinja / 根津神社の散歩

And now for my main walk.  This is the entrance to Nezu Jinja.

さて、散歩のメインの目的地、根津神社。ここは入り口です、

Torii to Nezu Jinja / 根津神社の鳥居

Most likely the mikoshi storage buildings / 多分神輿の倉

A bit of history about Nezu Jinja.  

Here is bit more information for you temple and shrine enthusiasts.

http://www.japan-i.jp/explorejapan/kanto/tokyo/yanaka-nezu-sendagi-hongo/d8jk7l000002rmbt.html

I can tell you that the shrine was built in 1706.

No, this is not the main shrine.  

これは本殿ではありません。

Do you see the turtles on the rocks in the foreground?

前の岩に亀たちがみえますか？

Shinkyo / 神橋

Sakuramon / 桜門

Karamon / 唐問

Honden / 本殿

Seido Toro (Seido-style Japanese lantern) / 青銅灯篭

Komainu / 狛犬

Entrance to Otomo Inari Jinja / 乙女稲荷神社の入り口

That's a lot of torii / 鳥居がどの位あるかね

How far does this continue? / どこまでつづくか？

Otome Inari Jinja / 乙女稲荷神社

Komagome Inari Jinja / 駒込稲荷神社

Lazy turtle catching a ride on a carp? / 怠けの亀が鯉におんぶ？

I really liked this area.  Unfortunately, it seems I missed taking a picture of one more item of interest - the "Bungo Ikoi no Ishi", a rock where writers such as Natsume Soseki and Ogai Mori were said to have sit and thought of ideas for their novels.

個人的この辺りは好きですね。残念ながら、もうひとつの有名な場所の写真を撮り忘れました。それは“文豪憩いの石”。夏目礎石や森鴎外がこの石に座って、いろんのアイディアを考えたと言われてる。

Nezu Cafe / 根津カフェ

My walk around Kumano Jinja, Chuo Park, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building was not my main destination.  That was more of a pre-walk.  My actual destination was Nezu and Nezu Jinja.  I was planning on having lunch at a place that was featured on a popular television program in Nezu.  Unfortunately, the restaurant is closed on Thursdays so I settled on this cafe before checking out Nezu Jinja.  The menu featured a spaghetti grautin (or I suppose it would be called a spaghetti casserole in English) that looked promising so that it what I ordered.

この間の熊野神社、中央公園と東京都庁の散歩はメインではありませんでした。もう一ヶ所が本当の散歩目的地。それは根津。根津神社はもちろんですが、テレビで紹介されたレストランも気になって、そこでランチ食べるつもりでした。でも木曜日はその店の定休日でした。その変わりにここの「根津カフェ」に変更。メニューにスパゲティグラタンがあっとので、それを注文。

Served with bread (which is hiding in the background).

パンも付いてます！

Bon Appetit!


いただきます！

A Walk around Kumano Shrine, Chuo Park, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Part 4) / 熊野神社、中央公園と都庁の散歩 （パート４）

Chuo Park is also located right across the way from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building  (which has twin towers) and going to the observatory at the top is free.  I've gone up before but since it was close I decided to check it out again!

中央公園は東京都庁の直ぐ近くなんで、また行ってきました。上まで登るのもタダだし、眺めも良い。

This is the Tokyo Metropolitan Goverment Building.

ここが東京都庁。

Tokyo Governor still trying to get Tokyo to be a future Olympic site.

石原知事がいまでも東京を五輪の街を望んでますね。

West Shinjuku Skyscrapers / 西新宿高層ビル

Interesting art piece / 面白いアートのオブジェ



The following pictures are views from the top of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.

下記の写真は東京都庁の展望から撮ったものです。

Tokyo is definitely a concrete jungle!

The tall building on the left is the Shinjuku Park Tower.  The tall building to the right is the Tokyo Opera City Tower.

左側の高層ビルは新宿パークタワー （２３５ｍ）。 右側の高層ビルは東京オペラシティタワー （２３４ｍ）。

The green area below is Chuo Park, you can also see the Shinjuku Niagara Falls as well.  The small cluster of buildings a bit to the left of that large yellow building is Kumano Jinja.

下にある緑は中央公園（新宿ナイアガラの滝も見える）。公園の角にいろんな建物がある場所は熊野神社。

That white triangular building in the middle of the picture is Nakano Sun Plaza.

写真の真ん中にある三角形の白い建物は中野サンプラザ。

Tokyo Sky Tree / 東京スカイツリー

I forget what that funky building in the foreground is.  (A couple of my blog followers informed me that the building is the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower - thank you friends!)

一番前にある建物はなんだか忘れた。

That building that looks like the Empire State Building is the NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building (240M).
You can see the Tokyo Tower to the right (next to the left of the tall black building).

ニューヨークのエンパイヤステートに似てるビルはＮＴＴドコモ代々木ビルです。東京タワーも写ってますよ（黒ビルの左側）。

Its very difficult to tell, but I tried to capture a picture with both the Tokyo Sky Tree and the Tokyo Tower.

超見にくいですが、東京スカイツリーと東京タワーが入る様な写真を撮りたかった。

Next, its off to lunch and my next area of walking.

次は昼食と新たな散歩場所。