【Tokyo Tamachi Keio University Mita Campus and Keio Nakadori Shopping Street】

【Tokyo Tamachi Keio University Mita Campus and Keio Nakadori Shopping Street】 🏫Keio University Mita Campus One winter morning, I took a walk around Keio University Mita Campus and refreshed myself with its beautiful architecture and serene atmosphere. 📍Location: 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345 🚈Access 8-minute walk from Tamachi Station (JR Yamanote Line / JR Keihin-Tohoku Line) 7-minute walk from Mita Station (Toei Asakusa Line / Toei Mita Line) 8-minute walk from Akabanebashi Station (Toei Oedo Line) 🛍️🍜Keio Nakadori Shopping Street A popular spot not only for Keio University affiliates but also for local office workers and OLs, featuring bars and lunch spots. It has most of the stores necessary for daily life in Minato Ward, blending retro charm with an active shopping street vibe. 👔Sato Textile Trading Co., Ltd. Clothing Department "A tailor-made gentlemen’s and student uniform shop with a 100-year history alongside Keio Gijuku and its students. Recommended by Keio alumni, it prides itself on attentive service you won’t find at mass retailers." 📍Location: 5-24-10 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo ☀️Seasonal Event☀️ 8th Keichu Festival 【Date & Time】 Saturday, July 26, 2025, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM *Rain or shine 【Venue】 Architecture Hall Event Venue 【Contents】 ・Watermelon splitting game 　First 400 participants (free for junior high school students and younger) ・Children’s festival 　First 400 participants (free for junior high school students and younger) ・Clown show ・Appearance of KON-ta and Pii-kun ⛩️Ganryuinari / Chanokiinari Shrine 📍Location: 5 Chome-26-9 Shiba, Minato City, Tokyo 108-0014 💞Recommended because: History of Keio Nakadori Shopping Street Keio Nakadori is a dining street located in Shiba 5-chome, Minato Ward, Tokyo. Various shops line a narrow alley about 3 meters wide connecting JR Tamachi Station and Mita Street. Geographically, the road runs east-west from Mita 2-chome to Shiba 5-chome, then bends southeast at the point leading to Tamachi. At the crossroads just inside from Mita Street stands the "Chanoki Inari" shrine, and near the Tamachi side is the historic site of the Mizuno Kanmotsu residence, where the Akō rōnin committed seppuku. Chanoki Inari is a small Inari shrine beside Keio Nakadori. The enshrined deity is Inari Okami, who governs food and clothing, and is believed to bring blessings for family safety, agriculture, industry, commercial prosperity, skill improvement, and safe travel. The Mizuno Kanmotsu residence site was the secondary residence of the Mizuno family, lords of the Okazaki domain in Mikawa Province. Only a stone lantern remains today. When Mizuno Tadayuki was lord, nine Akō rōnin who attacked Kira Yoshinaka’s residence during the Genroku Akō incident were held here awaiting the shogunate’s judgment and ultimately committed seppuku on February 4, 1703 (March 20, 1703) at this residence. The site is located in front of a clinic at the southeast bend at the end of the shopping street from Mita 2-chome toward Tamachi. The actual residence was about 50 meters north of this location. ⛩️Shibaura-myōhō-inari-jinja Shrine 1 Chome-13 Shibaura, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0023