7/30/2008

Ochanomizu

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Ochanomizu - "Water for Tea"
御茶ノ水 / 御茶の水 / お茶之水 / 御茶ノ水

***** Location: Tokyo, Chiyoda ward Japan
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Explanation


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Ochanomizu (Japanese: 御茶ノ水. 御茶の水)
is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan.
It extends from the Yushima section of Bunkyo-ku to the Kanda section of Chiyoda-ku. Meiji University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Juntendō University all have main campuses in the area. Ochanomizu Station on the Chūō Line is the transport hub of the district. Prior to the Great Kantō earthquake, Ochanomizu University was also there; after the earthquake, it moved to its present location in the Ōtsuka neighborhood of Bunkyo-ku. Ochanomizu is also the location of the Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nicholai-dō).

Ochanomizu is famous for its many musical instrument stores, as well as ski and snowboard shops located a short walk from the station; it is known as the "go-to" district for bargain-conscious musicians and sportsmen.

O-cha-no-mizu literally means "tea water", after the nearby Kanda River from which water was extracted to make the shogun's tea during the Edo period.

Ochanomizu Station is convenient to access Yushima Seidō, Yushima Tenjin, and Kanda Myōjin.
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Kanda River

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Hiroshige 広重
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. Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957) .


Ochanomizu in snow


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Woodblockprint. Around 1932

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Shotei Hokuju 昇亭北寿
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Kuniyoshi, Utagawa 歌川国芳
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Yushima Seido 湯島聖堂



Bakufu school at Yushima Seido (Ochanomizu, Tokyo).
Confucianism was taught to the sons of bakufu samurais.

Edo Period:
source : www.grips.ac.jp/  Pre-conditions for Industrialization


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- - - - - Founder of Yushima Seido:
. Hayashi Razan 林羅山 (1583 – March 7, 1657) .

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Kanda Myoojin 神田明神 Shrine


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HAIKU


切凧のくるくる舞やお茶の水
kire tako no kuru-kuru mau ya ocha no mizu

broken kite dancing
'round and 'round...
Ocha-no-Mizu


Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue


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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .


. Chiyoda ku 千代田区 Chiyoda ward .

reikon 霊魂 soul of a dead person
Once a samurai living in Ochanomizu killed his servant and the servant's angry soul begun possessing the man.
He had a miko 神子 shrine maiden come and perform rituals, but the shrine maiden took a knife and killed the samurai.


The same legend is told in
. Bunkyō 文京区 Bunkyo ward .


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4 comments:

Unknown said...

一茶の頃のお茶の水はどんな感じでしょうか?いろいろ想像させてくれますね。
タコは何処から上げて居たのでしょうか?
面白いですね。

sakuo

Gabi Greve - Darumapedia said...

Yushima 湯島 Yushima district  
and Ochanomizu print by Hiroshige
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2015/10/yushima-district.html
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Gabi Greve - Darumapedia said...

EDO - the Kanda district
Most of the sights are located around 御茶ノ水 Ochanomizu station, in northern Kanda.
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御茶ノ水 / 御茶の水 / お茶之水 / 御茶ノ水 .
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Kanda
https://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2015/10/kanda-district.html
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Gabi Greve said...

The name Ochanomizu came from a high-quality spring
which was used to make tea for the Shogun in the early Edo period.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/06/chiyoda-ward.html
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