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
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Earth

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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

Reference : Ochanomizu

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Hiroshige 広重
source : 　morikawa


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. Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957) .


Ochanomizu in snow


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Woodblockprint. Around 1932


Shotei Hokuju 昇亭北寿
source : 　hatsuzawa


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Kuniyoshi, Utagawa 歌川国芳
source : 　commons.wikimedia.org


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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




- - - - - 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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