Kabuki and Meguro 3-Mysterious stories “Kasanegafuchi” and “Kasanezuka”-

In Meguro, there is a place closely related to the incident that became the subject of Kabuki. This time, it is a story related to the ghost story "Kasane Fuchi". Take the Tokyu Toyoko Line from Shibuya Station, get off at 3 Yumeji Station and go south for about 300 meters to Komazawa Street. Turn left at the intersection in front of Meguro Tax Office and go about 200 meters to Yutenji Temple . Yutenji is a disciple of Yutenshonin who worked on the Edo shogunate, which had constrained the construction of a new temple. We bought the end temple “Zenkyuin” and built it as a temple with the death […]

Japan’s first! Micro pig cafe “mipig cafe” (the second part)

The founder's wish is that "micro pig will be loved as a pet" Continue to report on mipig cafe! We interviewed the process of opening Micro Pig Cafe in Meguro. Mr. Minagawa, the founder who loves animals, has come to England for the purpose of "I want to keep a micro pig in Japan". In the United Kingdom, in a grazing style, we saw crowded pig-growing scenes and wanted to make a micro pig farm in the same style in Japan, and we carried out crowdfunding. As a result, we were able to import micro pig from the United Kingdom. Initially, I was thinking about contact with the general public […]

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Japan’s first! Micro pig cafe “mipig cafe” (the first part)

I went to a micro pig cafe! Pretty BGM in the pretty shop interior. I went to meet the pigs who live in such a relaxed home. Japan's first micro pig cafe "mipig cafe" (My Pig Cafe) has opened in Meguro 4th Street. A micro pig is a small pig with a weight of about 18 to 40 kg and a length of 30 to 100 cm. In the United Kingdom, it is accepted as a pet and a member of a family like a dog. Speaking of "pig", there may be a somewhat negative image, but the pig of mipig cafe is a friendly man and has a sweetheart […]

Kabuki and Meguro 2-Dates and Misawa Hatsuko-

Meguro has a deep connection to the events that have become the subject of Kabuki. This is a story about the Date Riot, which occurred in the early Edo period. From Nakameguro Station on the Tokyu Railway Toyoko Line, go 250 meters south of Yamate Street, and if you go 100 meters further beyond the traffic lights of nakameguro three-dimensional crossing, you will find “ShoshojiTemple”. Shogetsu-ji temple is the bodhi temple of the parents of Misawa Hatsuko. Kazuko Misawa is the wife of the third generation lord of the Sendai Clan, the wife of the wife other than the main wife, and is the real mother of the 4th clan […]

Enjoy a quiet time at the museum on a summer day!

This year has been a summer day with temperatures exceeding 30 ° C since May. Would you like to spend a quiet time at the museum on such a day? The Meguro Museum of Art is currently holding the "end of century Vienna graphic". Backed by the prosperity of printing technology and magazine media, which achieved remarkable development in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in Vienna, a great number of wonderful works have been born, including graphics, painting, architecture and sculpture. This time, the 300 pieces of graphics held by the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, and plaster sculptures by Richard Luksch, and furniture by Adolph Loth […]

Samma is limited to Meguro!

Rakugo "Meguro no Sanma" ends with "Samma is limited to Meguro", but you can eat the finest pike here in "Ma ・ Mezon". About 20 years in Meguro-ku Takaban, we will welcome you with "Sanma Rice Roll" on the sign menu. A sake boom is happening for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games. You can also enjoy carefully selected sakes here at "Ma ・ Mezon". Japan is in the season of rice planting, a raw material for sake. Let's spend a warm evening with delicious Japanese food and sake. Ma ・ Mezon University of Arts and Sciences

Spring flowers are in full bloom in Meguro-ku

In Meguro-ku, spring flowers such as azaleas, pansies and lupines are in full bloom. If you walk from Ikejiri Ohashi Station to Sugakari Park while looking at the fresh green Meguro River, you will see the beautiful roses of Mikimoto Co., Ltd. famous for Mikimoto pearl just near Sugakari Park. The rose flowers here are colorful and the number of flowers is a masterpiece. After enjoying the flowers, enjoy the smell of coffee at Starbucks , and at night, a wrestler Suzuki chans his cooking arm and eats a chanko pot at "Meshi Sakaba Suzuki chan " and sweats at a public bath "Cultural bath spring" How about refreshing it?