Japanese Gardens, Town Streets
Tenjin Street Store Association
The Tenjin Street Store Association is located along the front approach to Fudaten Shrine, where visitors come to pray for blessings to do well at school or prosper in business. Monuments of specters are placed at every turn along the shopping street. Especially famous are "Kitaro putting Medama Oyaji in his hand," "Lying Nezumi Otoko," "Neko Musume riding on Ittan-momen," and "Nurikabe sitting on a stump."
Directions
2-minute walk from the north exit of Chofu Station
Nearby Spots
Harmonica Alley
Harmonica Alley is a cluster of about a hundred stores and restaurants, some old and some new, arranged neatly together in the narrow lanes in front of the north exit of Kichijoji Station. The orderly alignment of shop fronts resembles the mouthpiece of a harmonica—hence the name. Harmonica Alley is a popular tourist spot with a unique and chic mood.
Directions
1-minute walk from north exit of Kichijoji Station
Nearby Spots
Keio Mogusaen Park
A Japanese garden with nostalgic Japanese scenery and vegetation of the four seasons.
The grove of 500 plum trees blooming between February and March is famous for its gorgeous plum blossoms.
Open: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (close at 4:30 PM on November and December), with charge
Closed: Wednesday (Thursday if Wednesday is holiday), opened every day during events
Directions
10 minutes from Mogusaen Station on foot or 10 minutes from Seiseki-sakuragaoka Station or Takahatafudo Station by taxi