Horigane no i

Horigane no i is a historic site in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Tokyo. Horigane no i is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine Tsukudo Shrine, as well as near the neighborhood Ichigaya-Funagawaramachi.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yasukuni Shrine and Tsukudo Shrine.

Yasukuni Shrine

Yasukuni Shrine

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Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 respectively, and the First Indochina War of 1946–1954. Yasukuni Shrine is situated 490 metres southeast of Horigane no i.

Tsukudo Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Tsukudo Shrine is a Shinto shrine.

Yūshūkan

Museum

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The Yūshūkan is a Japanese military and war museum located within Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo. As a museum maintained by the shrine, which is dedicated to the souls of soldiers who died fighting on behalf of the Emperor of Japan including convicted war… Yūshūkan is situated 420 metres southeast of Horigane no i.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ichigaya-Funagawaramachi and Wakamiyacho.

Ichigaya-Funagawaramachi

Neighborhood

Ichigaya-Funagawaramachi

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Ichigaya-Funagawaramachi is a neighborhood.

Wakamiyacho

Neighborhood

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Wakamiyacho is a neighborhood.

Fukuromachi

Neighborhood

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Fukuromachi is a neighborhood.

Horigane no i

Type: Historic site
Description: well in FUnagawaramachi, Shinjuku-ku
Categories: water well, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Shinjuku, Tokyo, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.69799° or 35° 41′ 53″ north

Longitude

139.74012° or 139° 44′ 24″ east

Open location code

8Q7XMPXR+52

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10153349449

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=water_well

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

“Horigane no i” goes by many names.

Japanese: “堀兼の井”
Japanese: “堀兼の井戸”
Japanese: “掘兼の井”

Notable Places Nearby

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