A short 3Km walk
on the Sumida ku, around the Sky tree tower, all the visited parks and temples
provide an amazing frame to the newest Tokyo landmark.
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Starting from
Higashimukojima station, from the exit gate, walk along the train tracks until
you pass the Tobu museum, cross under the tracks and continue until you reach
the mukojima Mukojima-Hyakkaen garden.
The Mukojima-Hyakkaen
garden, a flower garden not a Japanese garden, is the only surviving flower garden
from the edo period, Hyakkaen mean garden with hundred flowers, the garden has
flowers blooming throughout the four seasons.
After
visiting the garden go back to the original route, and continue until you reach
Bokutei Street, go left and continue along the street until you reach a Y
intersection, continue to the left side on the smaller street and turn right on
the next street light, continue a few meters until you reach the Chomei-ji
temple.
On Chomei-ji
temple, according to the legend Tokugawa Ieyasu rested here after feeling sick
on one of his hunting trips, the temple priest mixed the medicine with the
premises well water, Ieyasu recovered and named the temple well Chomei water,
or long life water, the temple was renamed to honor this name.
Behind the temple,
there are two famous Japanese confectionary stores Chomei-ji sakura mochi and the
kototi dango.
Continuing
down the route next to Chomei-ji, there is the Koufuku-ji a Chinese stile
temple and a few meters down the route mimeguri jinja a beautiful Japanese
shrine.
Continue down
the street until reaching national route 6, take a left turn and continue along
the street until reaching the narihirabashi station, this is the closer you can
get to the sky tree tower at this moment, go back to the original route until
reaching the Sumida park.
After the
park walk towards the riverside and continue along the street until you reach
the headquarters of Asahi beer, cross to the other side of the bridge to reach
the final destination of Asakusa area.
