Kanda Myojin Shrine is a Shinto shrine that has long history.
In the Edo period, Kanda Myojin was revered as the center place to pray for local gods in Edo (old name of Tokyo) by the feudal military government.
The shrine has been popular with the local people, and the festival of the shrine is regarded as one of the three great festivals in Tokyo.
If you have visited the Imperial Palace Outer Garden from Tokyo station through Gyoko street, you must have seen the turret.
The Imperial Palace is located on the site of Edo castle.
Tatsumi turret, also called Sakurada-Niju turret (Sakurada-two story turret), is one of the three existing turrets of former Edo castle.
It was damaged in the Great Kanto Earthquake(1923), and restored.
Fully bloomed Japanese iris at Ninomaru Garden in the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace.
This iris field is small, but it is excellent and looks stunning in the beautiful garden.
Yodobashi-Akiba is a branch of Yodobashi Camera that is a large-scale electric products retail store.
It was opened in 2005 and has been a land mark in the east side of Akihabara area.