- This is the Togo Temple.
- Is this temple related to Heihachiro Togo?
- The place was his second home.
- I looked at this gate by a movie.
- Akira KUROSAWA's Rashomon.
- Is this the stage of the his movie here?
- The form is similar.
- But it is the other thing.
- I was disappointed.
- There is a slope near here.
- What is the name of the slope?
- Sad slope.
- Why do you know?
- It is written there.
- What is sad?
- Because They failed in construction of Tamagawajosui.
- Tamagawajosui is not near.
- They dug to here.
- But they struck the soft soil.
- What is soft soil?
- It is the volcanic ashes.
- How did the construction turn out?
- They can't form a river, because the volcanic ashes suck water.
- They had to remake that schedule.
- Wasted money.
- What did they do?
- A government official took the responsibility.
- He commit hara-kiri.
- Oops.
- This is in Edo Period.
- He murmured I am sad.
- Is it Sad slope origin?
- There is no evidence.
- It is a made-up story of somebody.
- Who is it to have made Tamagawajosui?
- Tamagawa brothers.
- They were given the family name of this work.
- Did they not commit harakiri?
- They didn't.
- It is Tadaharu Ina to have committed harakiri.
- In the work of Sonoko Sugimoto of the novelist.
- Is it a novel?
- Fiction?
- Tadaharu Ina existed.
- But he didn't commit harakiri.
- Did he say I am sad?
- No.
- Who said I am sad?
- A geologist analyzed it. and he said..
- They can't construct the river to here.
- Why slope grieve?
- It is mystery.
- It's the women who are sad.
- Is there a legend of tragedy women around here?
- There is a woman who jumped into the swamp near Nishi-Kokubunji.
Related spot
- Osamu Dazai
He is a famous writer. He committed suicide with a lover in Tamagawa Josui Water Supply. - Heihachiro TOGO
He played an active part in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904. Togo's fleet have defeated the Baltic Fleet. - Spiral well
The Musashino plateau is fragile. It is difficult to make a well. They need to dig the large hole to the clay layer. - Asazuma love story
This pond's name is Pond of the mirror. In old days, Woman saw herself in this pond.