#ichigaya

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Green Tile Wall, Ichigaya 市ヶ谷

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« Je vois aujourd’hui le Japon se vautrer dans une paix qui n’est rien d’autre qu’une lente mort spirituelle. Nous avons échangé nos épées contre des livrets bancaires et notre honneur contre le confort. Une nation qui craint de verser son sang pour ses idéaux finira par perdre toute capacité à ressentir quoi que ce soit. Nous devons réveiller le “Yamato-damashii” — l’esprit japonais — qui sommeille sous cette épaisse couche de matérialisme. »

— Yukio Mishima, tiré de son discours final au camp d’Ichigaya lors de sa tentative de coup d’État avortée, le 25 novembre 1970.

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横浜家系 てつ家（Tetsuya）「ラーメン」

✔️Store name / Menu

✔️Topping : 玉ねぎ

✔️Nearest : 市ケ谷駅

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Hachiman Shrine at Ichigaya, by Hiroshige II (Chimpei Morita)

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Green Tile Wall, Ichigaya Japan

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🐭🐟 Ichigaya Vibes: From Samurai Hills to City Life

Back in the Edo period, Ichigaya was super fancy—packed with samurai mansions and daimyo estates. Basically, it was the OG “Yamanote” highlands.

Fast forward to today, and the area still has that charm. Wander around and you’ll find quirky slope names like:

🐭 Nezumi-zaka = “Mouse Hill”

🐟 Unagi-zaka = “Eel Hill”

Each one is a little time capsule. Perfect for city walks, especially if you’re into places where history peeks out between convenience stores and cafés.

✨ And guess what? People actually live here in slick modern apartments. For example:

Built: 2017

Size: 42㎡ (2DK, cozy but very Tokyo)

Floor: 6th

Price tag: ~¥96,800,000 (yeah, Tokyo real estate is wild 🏙️💸)

Just 6 minutes to Ichigaya Station 🚉

So yeah—this is Ichigaya: where you can sip coffee in a stylish apartment while knowing samurai once strolled the same hills.

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Ichigaya Kamegaoka Hachimangu / 市谷亀岡八幡宮 by Kaoru Honda Via Flickr:

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IMGP8359 by Tohru NISHIMURA Via Flickr: Cleaning up. Ichigaya, Tokyo. PENTAX K-3 II + smc PENTAX-DA★55mmF1.4 SDM