MEGURO
Meguro Tokyo - Meguro Hotels, Meguro food, gardens, shrines and embassies.
Meguro is one of Tokyo's special wards located southwest of the Tokyo metropolitan centre. Meguro is a largely residential district, named after the Meguro River. Meguro Station isn't actually in Meguro Ward, it is actually in Shinagawa.
TOKYO MAP - MEGURO
MEGURO ATTRACTIONS
MEGURO DISTRICTS | |
Higashiyama is a district within the central Tokyo Ward of Meguro, where shell mounds (remains of shells left by humans) have been found that date back to the paleolithic period (10,000+ years old). | |
MEGURO TEMPLES | |
Taieizan Ryusenji Temple is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai Sect which is famous for its image of Achala with black eyes. Taieizan Ryusenji Temple is also referred to as Meguro Fudoson as it is in the Meguro Ward Tokyo. After the main hall burnt down in 1615, it was rebuilt by Tokugawa Shogunate in 1624. | |
MEGURO RIVERS | |
Meguro River Nakameguro is a particularly pretty location in cherry blossom season as the banks of the river at this point are lined with cherry blossom trees. Nakameguro is a District of the central Tokyo Ward of Meguro. | |
Author: Craig Fryer
