- This is the Gotoku-ji Temple.
- You can make a wish to a cat.
- Cat?
- Maneki-neko.
- It mean a welcoming cat.
- Where is the cat?
- Here.
- Wow.
- When a wish comes true, you can put it here.
- Too much.
- Like a plants.
- Do you know legend of cat?
- I don't know.
- In 1630.
- When Naotaka Ii happened to pass by here...
- Suddenly rain began to fall.
- He took cover from the rain under a tree.
- A cat to beckon appeared.
- Scary. strange cat.
- I think so cute.
- He approached a cat.
- Lightning struck the tree.
- It was a narrow escape.
- The cat helped him.
- He takes shelter from rain in a temple.
- Naotaka contributed much money to temple.
- Here says Naosuke Ii.
- Naosuke Ii is a descendant of Naotaka Ii.
- Naosuke Ii was assassinated.
- Sakuradamon Incident in 1860.
- Why did they killed him?
- He ignored the voice of the Imperial Court and the nation.
- He tied up a trade agreement to USA dogmatically.
- With that as a cause?
- His oppression caused repulsion.
- And the Edo era dies out.
- The Meiji Restoration happens.
- Here was a castle in 1426.
- What is name castle?
- Setagaya castle.
- Is there the legend?
- Stronghold of the Setagaya Castle is Okusawa Castle.
- Okusawa Castle has Fringed orchis legend.
Related spot
- Fringed orchis
It is an emblem of Setagaya-ku. Princess Tokiwa committed suicide. and, This flower bloomed. - Foreign Girl Okichi
Townsend Harris is first Japanese American minister. When he got sick, he demanded a nurse from Japan. - Tsurigane pond of Soshigaya
In old days. A Buddhist priest dived into the pond with a bell. - Giant of Daita
Daidara-bocchi is the giant in Japanese mythology. The footprint of the giant is left in Setagaya-ku.