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Tokyo's Higashi-Mukojima area: Big ginkgo tree towers over visitors

A big ginkgo tree at Mukojima-Hyakkaen Garden, a traditional flower garden in Tokyo's old downtown of Higashi-Mukojima, towers over visitors on May 30, 2015. The tree survived the Great Tokyo Air Raid on March 10, 1945, near the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's Higashi-Mukojima area: Garden in heart of metropolis

A volunteer guide (L) explains on May 30, 2015, about the attractiveness of the Mukojima-Hyakkaen Garden, the only surviving flower garden from the Edo period (1603-1867) in Tokyo's old downtown of Higashi-Mukojima, dubbed a land of cultural figures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cherry trees at Mukojima

Although not visible here, Sumida River is on the left. This is the view from Boku-tei (riverbank) facing upstream. There are many famous historical places at Mukojima such as Ushijima Shinto Shrine (also called Ushi-no-Gozen), Chomeiji Temple which is famous for its sakuramochi (cherry-flavoured rice cakes), Mokuboji Temple, site of Umewaka Mound, Kofukuji Temple with its statue of Hotei, and Mukojima Hyakkaen (Hundred Flower) Park. Yaomatsu Restaurant and the Kototoi Dumpling Shop opened here in the early Meiji Period. Mukojima was a popular among the cultural elite. Same as photograph #2654.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐4‐2]