Tokyo Stroll Supplement: Ōta Ku

This page is for locations in the Ōta Ku area of Tokyo. This neighborhood is not part of my book Tokyo Stroll.

For information on Tokyo Stroll and this web supplement see Tokyo Stroll Supplement home page

For users of the Organic Maps, Maps.Me and Google Maps apps the items below have bookmarks you can import into those apps to make navigation easier.
Instructions and links are on the Viewing Locations in Organic Maps, Maps.Me, Google Maps, or Google Earth page.

Some entries on this page may include a note that says "Description to be added soon ." These entries are for items I felt should be listed even if the description is not ready to assist those who wish to plan a trip. When possible I included a link to an official web page, I suggest also doing web searchs for more information.

Official pages for each of the ku of Tokyo will have sections of interest to visitors. These will likely be labeled as dealing with culture, tourism, or events.
Ōta-ku official site: https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/index.html

Anamori Inari Jinja (穴守稲荷神社)

Founded by Suzuki Yagoēmon in the early 19th century to help protect the local villagers against floods caused by levee breaches. The original location was within what is now Haneda Airport, after WWII the shrine was relocated when the airport was expanded. The shrine became popular due to a story of a man being healed there, so popular that train line to Shinagawa was originally established to carry people going to the shrine. The Anamori Inari is considered a good one for aviation and travel safety. EVENTS: In late August there is a lantern festival with around 300 illustrated lanterns displayed.
ACCESS: The nearest station is Anamori-Inari Station on the Keikyu Airport Line. Enter the grounds from the east (main entrance), west or south sides. WEB: http://anamori.jp/

Haneda Jinja (羽田神社)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Otorii Station (Keikyū Airport Line)
WEB: https://www.hanedajinja.com/index.htm

Happy Ferris Wheel / Shiawase no kanran-sha (幸せの観覧車)

On the Tokyu Plaza rooftop Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Kamata Station (JR Keihin-Tohoku Line, Tokyu Tamagawa Line, Tokyu Ikegami Line)
WEB: https://kamata.tokyu-plaza.com/kamataen/

Heiwa No Mori Park / Heiwa No Mori Kōen (平和の森公園)

Aka Peace Forest Park Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Heiwajima Station (Keikyū Main Line)
WEB: https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/park/heiwanomori.html

Ikegami Honmonji (池上本門寺)

A Buddhist temple founded near the end of the 13th century Honmonji is an administrative center of the Nichiren school. Originally Honmonji was a private temple, Hokkedō, on the estate of Ikegami Munenaka, a vassal of the Kamakura shōgunate. Nichiren himself died at the estate while on a trip to what is now Ibaraki Prefecture. Nichiren was cremated here and interred at the temple Kuonji on Mount Minobe in Yamanashi prefecture. Ikegami donated part of his estate after Nichiren's death, this included the Hokkedō, to Nichiren’s disciples. In time the complex grew and the name was changed to Ikegami Honmonji. The amount of land in Ikegami's donation was 69,384 tsubo, which is the number of Chinese characters in the Lotus Sūtra.

The temple buildings were built during the Edo Period. The oldest five-story pagoda in the Kantō region is on the grounds and listed as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. It was completed in 1608 as a donation of Tokugawa Hidetada, the second Tokugawa shōgun. The Large stone stairway to the grounds has 96 steps and was a donation of Katō Kiyomasa the daimyō of Higo. The octagonal kyōzō, sūtra repository, is from 1784. On the west side of the complex is a red pagoda, the Tahōtō, built on the site of Nichiren’s cremation.

During the firebombing of Tokyo on April 15, 1945 much of the complex was destroyed. The main gate, the two pagodas, kyōzō, were not harmed. Niōmon was restored in 1977 The main hall, the Shakaden was built in 1969 and the Reihōden was also constructed.

The temple graveyard has the graves of many notable persons such as Oman no Kata one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's concubines and the nurse of Tokugawa Hidetada. There are also many graves belonging to women of the Kishū branch of the Tokugawa. A famous 20th century grave is that of Rikidōzan the professional wrestler.

During the Boshin War the imperial army took over the temple complex for their headquarters in preparation to attack Edo. The shōgunate negotiator Katsu Kaishū came here to arrange the surrender of the city with Saigō Takamori head of the imperial troops. Their negotiation took place in the temple garden, the Shōtōen. The Shōtōen is at times opened up for public viewing.
EVENTS: Oeshiki festival October 11 to 13
ACCESS: Ikegami Station on the Tōkyū Ikegami Line or Nishi-Magome on the Toei Asakusa Line
WEB: https://honmonji.jp/index.html

Ikegami Plum Garden / Ikegami Baien (池上梅園)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Ikegami Station (Tokyu Ikegami Line)
WEB: https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/park/ikegamibaien.html

Jissōji (實相寺)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Ikegami Station (Tokyu Ikegami Line)
WEB: http://www.ikegamijissouji.jp

Jonanjima Seaside Park / Jōnanjima Kaihin Kōen (城南島海浜公園)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Ryūtsū Center Station (Tokyo Monorail)
WEB: https://seaside-park.jp/park_jonan/

Kamata Hachiman Jinja (蒲田八幡神社)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Keikyū-Kamata Station (Keikyu Main Line, Keikyu Airport Line)
WEB: https://www.kamatahachiman.org

Kamata Onsen (蒲田温泉)

Tattoos are allowed, they sell t-shirts.Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Keikyū-Kamata Station (Keikyu Main Line, Keikyu Airport Line), Zōshiki Station (Keikyū Main Line)
WEB: https://kamata-onsen.com

Kōjiya Shopping Street / Kōjiya Shōtengai (糀谷商店街)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Kōjiya Station (Keikyū Airport Line)
WEB: https://www.koujiya-shop.com

Kumagai Tsuneko Memorial Hall / Kumagai Tsuneko Kinenkan (熊谷恒子記念館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Nishi-Magome Station (Toei Asakusa Line)
WEB: https://www.ota-bunka.or.jp/facilities/kumagai

Magome Bunshimura (馬込文士村)

Aka Magome Writer's Village Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Ōmori Station (JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line)
WEB: https://www.magome-bunshimura.jp

Nishi-Rokugō Park / Nishi-Rokugō Kōen (西六郷公園)

Giant monsters made from tires. Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Zōshiki Station (Keikyū Main Line)
WEB: https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/park/nishirokugou.html

Nitta Jinja (新田神社)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Musashi-Nitta Station (Tokyu Tamagawa Line)
WEB: https://nittajinja.org

Ōmori Furusato no Hamabe Park / Ōmori Furusato no Hamabe Kōen (大森ふるさとの浜辺公園)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Ōmorimachi Station (Keikyū Main Line)
WEB: https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/park/oomorifurusatonohamabe.html

Ōmori Nori Museum / Ōmori Nori no Furusato-kan (NNN)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Heiwajima Station (Keikyū Main Line)
WEB: https://www.norimuseum.com

Ōta City Tourist Information Center / Ōta-ku Kankō Jōhō Center (大田区観光情報センター)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Keikyū-Kamata Station (Keikyu Main Line, Keikyu Airport Line)
WEB: https://tokyoactivity.com

Ōta Ku Katsu Kaishū Memorial Museum / Ōta kuritsu katsu kaishū kinen-kan (大田区立勝海舟記念館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Senzoku-ike Station (Tokyu Ikegami Line)
WEB: https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/hakubutsukan/katsu_kinenkan/index.html

Ozaki Shirō Memorial Museum / Ozaki Shirō Kinenkan (尾崎士郎記念館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Ōmori Station (JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line)
WEB: https://en.ota-bunka.or.jp/facilities/ozaki

Pura Mall Umeyashiki Shopping Street / Pura mōru Umeyashiki shōten machi (ぷらもーる 梅屋敷商店街)

Aka Umeyashiki Shopping District Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Umeyashiki Station (Keikyū Main Line)
WEB: https://www.umeyashiki.com

Senzoku Hachiman Shrine / Senzokuike Hachimangū (洗足池八幡宮)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Senzoku-ike Station (Tokyu Ikegami Line)
WEB: http://www.tokyo-jinjacho.or.jp/ota/5395/

Senzoku Ike Benzaiten (洗足池弁財天)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Senzoku-ike Station (Tokyu Ikegami Line)

Senzokuike Park / Senzokuike Kōen (洗足池公園)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Senzoku-ike Station (Tokyu Ikegami Line)
WEB: https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/park/senzokuike.html

Showa Living History Museum / Shōwa no Kurashi Hakubutsukan (昭和のくらし博物館)

Aka Showa Era Lifestyle Museum Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Unoki Station (Tokyu Tamagawa Line), Shimomaruko Station (Tokyu Tamagawa Line)
WEB: https://www.showanokurashi.com

Tamagawa Sengen Jinja (多摩川浅間神社)

Founded in the Bunji Era (1185-1190) of the Kamakura Period by Hōjō Masako as she had followed her husband Minamoto no Yoritomo to the area when he was on a campaign. She stopped here to treat a foot injury and one day climbed Kamenokoyama, the shrine is at the sourthern part of the mount, to view Mt Fuji and pray. Sengen shrines are devoted to the worship of that mountain. The kami enshrined here is Konohanasakuya-hime, the goddess of Mt Fuji. There is an observation deck with good views of the Tamagawa and Mt Fuji. In the Shin Godzilla (Shin-Gojira) movie the location of command post along the Tamagawa is at Tamagawa Sengen
EVENTS: Annual festival June 1
ACCESS: Tamagawa Station on the Tōkyū Toyoko, Tōkyū Meguro, and Tōkyū Tamagawa lines.
WEB: https://www.sengenjinja.info

Tamagawadai Park / Tamagawadai Kōen (多摩川台公園)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Tamagawa Station (Tokyu Toyoko Line, Tokyu Meguro Line, Tokyu Tamagawa Line)
WEB: https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/park/tamagawadai.html

Tamakawadai Park Tumulus Exhibition Room (多摩川台公園古墳展示室)

The park this building is in is built on a series of kofun, ancient burial mounds for high ranking people, that were constructed here between the 4th and 7th centuries. This small museum is about the kofun in the area. The exhibition room has a reproduction of whet the inside of a mound would be like plus various objects found in them.
WEB: https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/hakubutsukan/kofuntejishitsu.html

Tokyo Port Wildbird Park / Tōkyō Kōyachō Kōen (東京港野鳥公園)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Ryūtsū Center Station (Tokyo Monorail)
WEB: https://www.tptc.co.jp/park/03_08

Zōshiki Shopping Street / Zōshiki Shōtengai (雑色商店街)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Zōshiki Station (Keikyū Main Line)
WEB: https://www.zoushiki.net