ADACHIKU
Adachiku (足立区; -ku) is a special ward
located in the northern part of Tokyo,
Japan. The ward is separated into two
areas: a small strip of land between the Sumida River and Arakawa River and
a larger area north of the Arakawa River. It was founded on 15 March 1947.
The ward is bordered with cities of Kawaguchi, Hatogaya, Soka and Yashio in
Saitama and Katsushika, Sumida, Arakawa and Kita in Tokyo.
As of 2003, the ward has an estimated population of 621,848 and a density of
11,688.87 persons per km˛. The total area is 53.20 km˛.
The Adachiku Land Transportation Office is located here, and automobiles
registered at this office bear Adachi number plates.(1)
Adachiku Map - Source (Kirkpatrick)
Adachiku Temples and shrines
Nishiarai Daishi
Nishiarai Daishi, located in Nishiarai,
is a temple for Buzan branch of Shingon School. Its formal name is Gochisan
Henjoin Spjiji (Sojiji Temple). This is one of the Tree Great Temples in
Kanto region as well as Kawasaki Daishi and Sano Apotropaic Daishi, and a
great number of people annually visit the temple at the beginning of the New
Year.
Adachiku Parks
Toneri Park
Toneri Park is a metropolitan park
located in Toneri. It is divided into East and West by a highway, Ogubashi.
The West site has sports facilities such as an athletic stadium (the middle
class), tennis courts and baseball grounds. The East site offers places
where you can get close to nature, such as a big pond, water park and bird
sanctuary. A part of the East site is now under construction.
The park is far from the train station
and you need other transportations such as buses to access it. However,
Toneri Park Station on the new-transit-style Nippori-Toneri line will open
close by, and a rail yard of the line is now being constructed under the
ground within the East site.
Higashi Ayase Park
Higashi Ayase Park is a metropolitan
park that straddles the border between Ayase and Higashi Ayase. It contains
Tokyo Budokan. Within the park, there is a Japanese garden which has a wide
variety of plants. It also has sports facilities such as baseball and
gateball grounds.
Toshi Nogyo Park (Urban
Agricultural Park)
Toshi Nogyo Park, located in Shikahama,
is run by Adachi ward. Officially, it is a part of Kohoku Park. It is
located near the point Shiba River and Arakawa River meet, and its South end
faces a green space on the Arakawa river area. It is one of the
agricultural parks all over Japan, which enable the citizen to enjoy natural
environment, to learn and understand planting, gardening and agriculture,
and to relax themselves. There are fields, orchards, greenhouses and other
facilities that aim to show firming technique having been adopted in the
suburb of Tokyo. There are also facilities for families such as lawn spaces
and play equipment.
There is a rest house near the entrance
on the Arakawa riverbank side. The rest house is on the point where Arakawa
cycling road and Shibakawa cycling road meat, and many of those who like
cycling rest there.
There is no admission fee. It is
closed early in the morning and late at night. It is closed all day on some
days such as year-end and new-year holidays.
The park is far from the train station,
so you need to take a bus for the public transport. There is a bus running
from Nishi Arai Station to the park. The park is about five-minute-walk
south of the bus stop Shikahama 5 on Kawaguchi Station line (Shikahama-Ryoke)
and Akabane Station line (to Nishi Arai Station by way of Arakawa Bridge).
There is a parking space for cars and sightseeing buses under the Kawaguchi
line of Metropolitan Expressway, and Shikahamabashi Exit and Higashi Ryoke
Exit are the nearest to get there. The parking space is also close to
Kannana road.
Sumidagawa River - Adachiku Tokyo Japan by
Kirkpatrick
Adachiku Halls and cultural
facilities
Tokyo Budokan
Tokyo Budokan, located within Higashi
Ayase Metropolitan Park, is a sports facility run by Tokyo Lifelong Learning
and Culture Foundation. The Tokyo Budokan has an avant-garde building
designed by a famous architect Kijo Rokkaku. It includes places for martial
art and Japanese archery, and training rooms. It is much less famous than
Nippon Budokan.
Address: 3-20-1 Ayase Adachi Tokyo
Galaxy+City
Galaxy+City is a generic term for
series of cultural facilities in Kurihara. It used be run by Adachi
Lifelong Learning Promotion Centre, but the management was took over to
Youth Centre of Adachi Board of Education on 1 April 2005. It contains two
main facilities: Nishi Arai Culture Hall (theatre) and Adachi Children’s
Science Museum. There are also event halls, cafes and others.
Theatre 1010
Theatre 1010 was named as it is because
the number 1010 and the name of the theatre’s location are homonyms in
Japanese.
Adachi Historical Museum
Adachi Park of Living Things (in
Motofuchie Park)
Adachiku Local Food Specialties
Bunka Frai
Bunka furai is a deep-fried dish, which
is mainly made of flower and gum syrup. It is cooked in much the same way
as schnitzel. It is skewered by a chopstick or a stick, and served with
dripping amount of sauce. It tastes like a hum cutlet without hum. Venders
of bunka furai have their secret recipe for the sauce.
It was originally cooked without gum
syrup. Mr. Hasegawa then improved it and sold it at a night-stall. Frai
means fried dish, and ‘bunka” was added to it, influenced by naming that was
popular at that time.
It started to be sold from around 1955,
and became popular among children in downtown Tokyo. In accordance with the
price fluctuation, the price of bunka frai raised from 5, 10, 15, 30, 50,
100 yen, up to 150 yen. In the summer festival season at its peak,
festivals were held everyday from 1 August to 31 August all over Tokyo, in
which the bunka furai was always sold on the street. Its birthplace is
Adachi ward, and it was sold at a vender in one of the Tree Great Temples in
Kanto region, Nishi Arai Daishi, until recent years. However, the vender
closed down as the inventor of the bunka frai, Mr. Hasegawa, retired.
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(1) (Article based on
Wikipedia article and used under the
GNU Free Documentation License)
(Remaining part of article based on Japanese
Wikipedia article,
translated by Japanese Lifestyle and used under the
GNU Free Documentation License)
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