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Introduction and location:
Kita ward is one of the 23 wards of Tokyo, located in central Tokyo. The neighborhood is known as Kita City. It is also familiar to the foreigner as Kita Tokyo that has numerous tourist spots.
Kita Tokyo is one of the most valuable wards in Tokyo Metropolitan.
Population:345,063
Area:20.61 km2
The Japanese word ‘Kita’ means ‘North.’ As it is named Kita, this ward is located in the north of Tokyo.
To the north, Kawaguchi and Toda in Saitama prefecture, east, south and west Adachi, Arakawawa, Itabashi, Bunkyo, and Toshima.
Besides, it is famous that Arakawa River, Sumida River, Shakujii River, and Shingashi River, four significant rivers run through the Kita ward.
What you are looking for:
If you plan to visit Tokyo, you will probably be eager to find out hotels, restaurants, tourist spots, and tourist activities in Kita Tokyo.
However, if you want to find out about hotels, restaurants, tourists, spots, and tourist activities in Kita, you can find the links below-
The most famous and reasonable hotels, restaurants, tourist spots, and tourist activities are in Kita City.
Parks in Kita ward:
Asukayama is a public park in the Kita ward. There are three museums in the Park; the Kita City Asukayama Museum, the Paper Museum, and the Shibusawa Memorial Museum.
The Shibusawa Memorial Museum is dedicated to Shibusawa Eiichi, a Japanese industrialist, known as ‘the father of Japanese Capitalism.’
Besides, he is the founder of the first modern bank regarding joint-stock ownership in Japan.
There is one more Park in Kita that tourists like to visit is Ukima Park. It has a pond known as Ukima Pond; many windmills on the shores of the pond.
Besides, Kyu-Furukawa Gardens designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty, and Nanushi-no-taki Park worth mentioning as Tokyo tourist attractions.
Oji Shrine is one of the ten famous shrines in Tokyo. It is located in the Kita ward, established in 1185-1333 during the Kamakura Period.
The Shrine is related to foxes. The foxes are believed to be the messengers from heaven protecting the crops.
Besides, Oji Shrine is famous for Hatsumode (New Year prayer) and weddings.
But Oji Inari Shrine, 5 minutes far from Oji Shrine is famous for Hatsumode fox masks parade. The people who join in the Hatsumode or New Year parade wear fox masks that fascinate visitors.
The most exciting thing here is a ginkgo tree that is believed to be 700 years old behind the main tori gate.
There are two universities here, Tokyo University of Social Welfare and Tokyo Seitoku University.
Food and restaurants:
Besides, you may like to taste Japanese style food. There are many famous restaurants in the Kita Tokyo area.
However, never forget to make a booking online because Kita is a business and tourist spot; without making a booking, you may not be able to get seats in the restaurants.
You can find different types of restaurants here.
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