I have been living in Tokyo since 2013. There are some
monuments of ancient times of Tokyo, there are still many more under Tokyo.
As a historical fact, cities were built on remnant layers of
ancient cities. The first version of the city is the one on the lowest layer,
then after a certain period of time a new city was built on this layer and this
goes on and on. Finally now, we live in modern Tokyo which is on the surface.
When there are some construction works, and excavations, if
it is digged deep enough to build buildings or metro lines, people come across
those old layers and remnants of historical cities. Thanks to the archaeologies
those are well preserved.
On a daily basis, I don’t pay attention to the historical
layers of the city. There is one station that I know makes you consider that.
The Ichigaya station in center of Tokyo, has an historical
corner. It is just on the way of daily commuters. It is also in a subway when I
am underground and I have a glimpse of an ancient layer.
That layer was from Edo period (1603-1868), the place that I
am walking on, the area was a samurai residential area during Edo period…
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There are some rocks once used as a wall, some paintings about how it looked like at that time, there is a map on the floor with samurai family names and territories, there is also a model of modern Tokyo, just above the samurai residents.
Wow samurais were here.
Cheers,
Ece
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