Shiba Park

Shiba Park
Zōjō-ji and Tokyo Tower
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LocationMinato, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates35°39′23″N 139°44′54″E / 35.65639°N 139.74833°E / 35.65639; 139.74833
Area122,501.09 square metres (30.27068 acres)
CreatedOctober 19, 1873

Shiba Park (芝公園, Shiba kōen) is a public park in Minato, Tokyo, Japan built around the temple of Zōjō-ji.

The park is located between the Minato municipal offices and Tokyo Tower. Many of the footpaths in the park offer excellent views of Tokyo Tower, so the park is a popular spot for dates and appears in many television and film sequences. The Central Labor Relations Commission is located here.

Shiba Tōshō-gū shrine, an example of Tōshō-gū architecture, is also located in the park. A giant ginkgo tree, designated Natural Monument and believed to have been planted there by Iemitsu Tokugawa, can be found in the grounds of the shrine.[1]

Thomas Glover had his Tokyo residence here.[citation needed]

Some of the parkland was once the Ōkubo clan residence in Edo.[2]

Shiba Palace Garden (Shiba Onshi-koen), the grounds of the former Shiba Detached Palace, has become the property of the Municipality and is open to the public.[3] The Arisugawa gardens were purchased by the Imperial Household Agency in 1875. The land has since been donated for public use and enjoyment.[2]

A tree that United States President Ulysses S. Grant planted at the park is still growing there today.[citation needed]

  • 1920
    1920
  • Utagawa Kuniaki II
    Utagawa Kuniaki II

Education

Onarimon Elementary School (御成門小学校) and Onarimon Junior High School (御成門中学校) - the former is in Shibakoen

Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.

Shibakoen 1-3-chōme and 7-10-ban of 4-chōme are zoned to Onarimon Elementary School (御成門小学校) and Onarimon Junior High School (御成門中学校). Shibakoen 1-6-ban of 4-chōme are zoned to Azabu Elementary School (麻布小学校) and Roppongi Junior High School (六本木中学校).[4]

Shiba Junior and Senior High School [ja], a private school, is in Shiba Park.

Minato City Library operates Minato Library in Shibakoen.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Shiba-Toshogu no Icho". Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  2. ^ a b Ōkubo clan garden in Edo, purchased by Imperial Household Agency in 1875
  3. ^ Park in Minato
  4. ^ "港区立小・中学校通学区域一覧表（令和4年4月以降）" (PDF). City of Minato. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  5. ^ "Minato Library". Minato City Library. Retrieved 2023-01-18. 3-2-25 Shiba Koen, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0011

See also

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