EDO - Akasaka Tamachi district

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2017/10/akasaka-district.html

- Akasaka Kiribatake 赤坂桐畑 district, "paulownia fields"
- Akasaka Hitotsugi choo 赤坂一木町 / 一ツ木町 Hitotsugi district
- Akasaka Tamachi 赤坂田町 Tamachi district, "district of fields"

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Akasaka Tamachi 赤坂田町 Tamachi district, "district of rice fields"
Minato ward, Akasaka first to third district






赤坂地区旧町名由来板

The area borders
. Tameike, 赤坂溜池町 Akasaka Tameike district .
Minato ward, Akasaka first to third sub-district
tameike 溜池 irrigation pond, "dammed pond", Akasaka Pool

After draining the swamp around 1635, rice paddies and fields were developed, giving the name to the area.

Akasaka Tamachidōri　赤坂田町通り Akasaka Tamachi-dori street
a modern shopping street with many restaurants.


One famous resident of the district was the statesman
. Katsu Kaishu 勝海舟　(1823-1899) .

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