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Fukagawa Edo Museum

The Fukagawa Edo Museum is a life-size reproduction of a Tokyo streetscape from the closing years of the Edo period. The re-creation goes to great lengths to show the lifestyles of the people at the time, right down to the homes they lived in and the daily goods they used.

Kiyosumi Teien Japanese garden

The grounds of Kiyosumi garden were originally the residence of an Edo era merchant and eventually changed ownership to a feudal lord who turned them into a garden.

Fire ceremony Fukagawa Fudou-dō temple

Goma purification is a fire ritual to purify guests and their belongings.The 30 minute ceremony is accompanied by the sound of powerful drums, trance-inducing chanting, and a deep sense of zen. Held as an offering to the God of Justice Fudōmyō-ō, the fire nourishes the god's strength to fend off evil.

Imperial palace

The Imperial Palace occupies the main part of former Edo Castle. The castle, first created in the mid-15th century, was massively enlarged at the turn of the 17th century by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. While Kyoto remained the country’s capital, from where the Emperors appointed the descendants of Ieyasu as Shoguns, Edo Castle, as the residence of the successive Tokugawa Shoguns, had served as the political centre of Japan for more than 260 years. It was handed over to the new government formed under Emperor Meiji in 1868. The castle’s remnants, such as moats, earthen and stone walls, watch towers and fortified gates are prominent features of the Palace.

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