Nishi Ward History Walk Michi Hodogaya Road

Hodogaya Road was used for traffic between Tobe Village and Hodogaya-juku. This road passes through Kurayamizaka, turns left at the Nishimaecho intersection, exits Ganjoji Monzen, passes through the Fujidana district shopping street, crosses the JR Tokaido Line, and joins the Tokaido on Daimon-dori, Iwamacho, Hodogaya-ku.

Kubocho 35-1

There are five stone Buddhas called "Amazake Jizo" in the premises of the private house.
In the past, Kubocho had Jizo, which would always benefit if prayed during tooth decay, childbirth, or inexhaustible times, and offered amazake to thank you for fulfilling your desire. This seems to be Amazake Jizo, but there is no assurance that the current Jizo was at that time.
There is also a theory that one of them is "Jizo without neck". According to the story of the elder, Jizo was broken and benefited from betting. The gamer prayed to Jizo before the bet, took his neck on his fuselage and placed it on the pedestal. If he won the bet, he returned his neck to thank him, and if he lost, he did not return his neck. One day, local people named it "Jizo without neck" ("Kanagawa Shimbun-sha"), dated August 21, 1996 (1996)
※Jizo is enshrined next to a private house, so worship and tour are quiet.

Around Fujidana, the Hodogaya Road, which runs from the Tokaido Hodogaya-juku to the opening port Yokohama, was a major transportation hub. From the beginning of the Meiji era, there was Suzukiya (currently around the Fujidana branch of the Bank of Yokohama), and wisteria flourished throughout the eaves of this store. This Fujidana is the origin of the place name. Later, Fujidana was adopted as a streetcar stop, and in 1928 it became a street name. The Fujidana was destroyed by the war, but was restored by local hands in April 1977. This is the current Fujidana.

3-290, Nishitobecho

Ganjoji Temple (Ganjoji) is an old temple that is said to have been built during the astronomical period at the end of the Sengoku period. Until it was moved to its current location in the Meiji era, it was under Kurayamizaka.
According to the temple biography, Gyoki Bodhisattva once remembered thirst in this area, and was led by a turtle and healed his thirst with Shimizu. It is said that this place was called Ho Kameyama. There is a tomb of Ryozo Hiranuma (15th and 16th The Mayor of Yokohama), who was said to be the mayor of sports, Kiyotsugu Shimizu and Kazuma Mamiya, executed in the Kamakura incident at the end of the Tokugawa period (two British officers were killed in Kamakura).
※In the hall under the gate of Ganjoji Temple, there are three Jizo statues that have been in Ganjoji since ancient times, Kitamu Jizo near the Fujidana intersection, and Iwagame Yokomachi. I have.

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The precincts on the north side of Nishi Ward Office are about 3,600 m2. A small oasis surrounded by large trees such as ginkgo and zelkova. According to the company biography, it was founded in Hakuho 3 (652) and celebrates the spirit of the god of Izumo Taisha Shrine, Takamei Omi (Onamuchinokami). Takashi Omi is the lord of the great power (Okuninushinomikoto), famous for his myths such as the white rabbit of Inaba.
On the precincts are Tenjin Shrine, Inari Shrine, Sanno Shrine, Shrine Shrine ("Oshamoji-sama" located on Kurayamizaka), Itsukushima Shrine, Asama Shrine, Mimine Shrine, and Prince Shotoku. There are also Furuki and zelkova designated by the city.
The current shrine is made of reinforced concrete rebuilt in August 1956 (1956), and has won the first part of the Kanagawa Prefectural Architectural Competition in the same year.

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