Restaurant in Mito serves 'Mito Komon' ramen

Restaurant in Mito serves 'Mito Komon' ramen

MITO, Japan - A restaurant in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, offers ramen noodles, shown in this undated photo, duplicating what Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628-1700), a prominent Japanese feudal lord known as "Mito Komon," is believed to have eaten. The ramen is served with five spices.

40-yr-old Japanese drama 'Mito Komon' to end

40-yr-old Japanese drama 'Mito Komon' to end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor Kotaro Satomi, playing the leading role of TV period drama series ''Mito Komon,'' looks pensive at a press conference in Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. in Tokyo on July 15, 2011, held to announce the termination of the series in December 2011. The 40-plus-year-long drama won popularity with its moralistic story; the protagonist based on real character Tokugawa Mitsukuni punishes evildoers at the conclusion of each episode.

Minatogawa Shrine

Minatogawa Shrine

Located about 200 meters north of JR Kobe Station in Chuo Ward, Minatogawa Shinto Shrine is dedicated to Kusunoki Masashige, who killed himself here after being defeated by the Ashikaga clan in the Battle of Minatogawa in 1336. The building in the centre is the praying hall, and the one behind it is the main hall. This photograph was apparently taken in the first half of the Meiji Period. A stone monument erected by Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni in 1692 still exists.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐43‐0]

A stone bridge at Mito Garden

A stone bridge at Mito Garden

Mito Garden is present-day Koishikawa Korakuen Park, designated as a Special Scenic Place and Important Historic Site by the Japanese government. This is the chisenkaiyu style garden started by the first lord of the Mito Clan, Tokugawa Yorifusa and completed by the second lord Mitsukuni. The bridge is named Engetsukyo (Full Moon Bridge), because the reflection of the bridge resembles the full moon.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐31‐0]

Koishikawa Korakuen Garden

Koishikawa Korakuen Garden

Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is a typical chisen-kaiyushiki garden with a large pond and rock landscape. The construction was started in 1629 by Tokugawa Yorifusa, the first lord of Mito Clan, and was completed by his successor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni (Mito Komon). The old tree on the left appears to have been planted when the garden was built.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐30‐0]

40-yr-old Japanese drama 'Mito Komon' to end

40-yr-old Japanese drama 'Mito Komon' to end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor Kotaro Satomi, playing the leading role of TV period drama series ''Mito Komon,'' looks pensive at a press conference in Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. in Tokyo on July 15, 2011, held to announce the termination of the series in December 2011. The 40-plus-year-long drama won popularity with its moralistic story; the protagonist based on real character Tokugawa Mitsukuni punishes evildoers at the conclusion of each episode. (Kyodo)