Secret Tokyo Guide

Pierre Mustiere was born in France in 1976, but has lived in Tokyo since 1998. He has a keen interest in the city's history and is always curious to learn more about it. At weekends he often wanders around little-known corners of the Japanese capital in search of a forgotten bridge, an obscure alley, or a hidden shrine or garden, to discover (or rediscover) parts of this metropolis that he thought he knew. Although working in a completely different field in his day job, for his own pleasure he has qualified as a National Guide-Interpreter ( ) and is also licensed as a Tokyo City Guide ( ). Yoko Kera ( ) comes from the island of Sado in the Sea of Japan. She moved to the capital to study at the prestigious University of Tokyo (Todai), and is more interested in the city's hipper sites and the latest international influences than in its past. Pierre and Yoko are married and have one daughter.

• Minato / Chiyoda / ChuoCRIMINOLOGY SECTION OF MEIJI UNIVERSITY MUSEUM 16PILLARS INDICATING THE SAKUMA BRIDGE SITE 17TRAIN OBSERVATION PLATFORM 18STATUETTE OF DAIKOKUTEN AT MINOBU-BETSUIN 20KOKUCHO BELL 21PASONA GROUP URBAN FARM 22COMMEMORATIVE STONE AT W. ADAMS' RESIDENCE 24NIHONBASHI UOGASHI MEMORIAL 25MEMORIAL TO THE HEAD OF TAIRA NO MASAKADO 26CHINREISHA 28PILLARS OF YASUKUNI MAIN GATE 29STATUES OF ANIMALS KILLED IN WARTIME 29TAKARAKUJI DREAMKAN 30TOKYO METROPOLITAN POLICE MUSEUM 31OKUNO BUILDING AT GINZA 32MEMORIAL TO OLD GINZA 33TSUKUDA PARK'S LIGHTHOUSE TOILETS 34NISHI-NAKA-DORI NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH POST 35KACHIDOKI BRIDGE PYLON 36PASSAGE OF NISHI-GINZA JR CENTER 38FRENCH DOOR OF TAIMEI MUNICIPAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 39YURAKUCHO'S GODZILLA STATUE 40RUNIC STONE IN HIBIYA PARK 41FOX STATUES OF TOYOKAWA-INARI TEMPLE 42MOUNT ATAGO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN 44NHK MUSEUM OF BROADCASTING 45FORMER OMOTESANDO PLATFORMS ON THE GINZA LINE 46TOUCHABLE EXHIBITION ROOM, MINATO CITY LOCAL HISTORY MUSEUM 47TAKANAWA CENTRAL PASSAGE 48ARIMASUTONBIRU HOUSE 49SEISHIN JOSHI GAKUIN SCHOOL GATEWAY 50REMAINS OF ODAIBA CANNON BATTERIES 52Ota / Shinagawa / MeguroMEGURO SKY GARDEN 56WHITE-BRICK MEMORIAL OF TOGOSHI-GINZA 57PALM 57STATUES OF GOHYAKU RAKAN-JI 58WHALE BURIED AT KAGATA SHRINE 60SHINAGAWA-SHUKU 61TORII OF THE TOYOKAWA-INARI AT JIYUGAOKA 62NAVAL VILLAGE 63A VENETIAN CANAL IN TOKYO 63SENZOKU-IKE PASSAGE 64TOKODAI BLOSSOM 65REMAINS OF SUZUGAMORI EXECUTION SITE 66WILD BIRD PARK AT TOKYO PORT 68FLOWER HALL AT OTA MARKET 70OMORI NORI MUSEUM 72HANEDA MOVABLE BRIDGE 74JIZO AT HOJOIN TEMPLE 75PIO 76Setagaya / Suginami / NakanoBRONZE MONUMENT TO GUNDAM 80PHILOSOPHICAL BUILDINGS OF TETSUGAKUDO PARK 82ENTRANCE TO NAKANO PRISON 84NAKANO BROADWAY RESIDENCE 85PEARL CENTER STATUETTES 86ASAGAYA ANIME STREET 87IRORI AT SUGINAMI HISTORICAL MUSEUM 88SACRED HALLS OF RISSHO KOSEI-KAI 90LA PORTA IZUMI NO MON AND MIND WAA RESIDENCES 92FORMER RESIDENCE OF TOKUTOMI ROKA 96SOSHIGAYA PARK'S TWO NOTORIOUS HOUSES 98MANEKI-NEKO AT GOTOKU-JI 99ULTRAMAN DI SOSHIGAYA-OKURA 100OTHER TRACES OF ULTRAMAN 101ROTATING BUDDHA OF OKURA 102GODZILLA STATUE AT THE ENTRANCE TO TOHO STUDIOS 103FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MUSEUM 104BIORIUM 105WAYMARKER AT OYAMA-DORI 106SETAGAYA MUSEUM OF HISTORY 107TOWERS OF KOMAZAWA WATER SUPPLY STATION 108STATUES OF SAZAE AND HER FAMILY AT SAKURASHINMACHI 110HASEGAWA MACHIKO ART MUSEUM 111THE SANDO AT HISATOMI-INARI SHRINE 112 GALLERY OF THE MEMORIAL AT KOMAZAWA OLYMPIC PARK 114EDAN MALL FUKASAWA 115KUHONBUTSU STATION 116TODOROKI GORGE 117TUMULI ON MUSASHINO'S HILLSIDES 118KIMURA BUDOEN AND CHICKEN RUN 119UNDERNEATH TAMAGAWA-DAISHI TEMPLE 120Nerima / Itabashi / KitaTAKASHIMADAIRA ANTI-SUICIDE BARRIER 124YAKUSHI NO IZUMI GARDEN 125GREAT BUDDHA OF TOKYO 126COMMEMORATING AKATSUKA CASTLE 127HIKARIGAOKA DANCHI 128KOIZUMI CATTLE 130SOBA-KUI JIZO OF KUHON'IN 132SHINGYOJI 133OBSERVATORY AT NERIMA TOWN HALL 134TOSHIMA-BENZAITEN 135EKODA'S FUJIZUKA 136TOKIWADAI AND ITS CULS-DE-SAC 138DAGASHI-YA GAME MUSEUM 139FOOTPATH OF KIRIGAOKA DANCHI 140KOYAMA-SHUZO BREWERY 141AKABANE HACHIMAN 142ARAKAWA MUSEUM OF AQUA 144IWABUCHI LOCKS 146NAKANOSHIMA 147KYU-FURUKAWA TEIEN GARDENS 148MOUNT ASUKA PLAQUE 149REMAINS OF JUJO MUNITIONS FACTORY 150COMMEMORATING THE SECOND ARSENAL'SPOWDER CRUSHER 152NOGUCHI INSTITUTE 153REMAINS OF ITABASHISHUKU 154ENKIRI ENOKI 156Shibuya / ShinjukuWASEDA EL DORADO 160TSUMAMI-KANZASHI MINI MUSEUM 162HAKONE-YAMA 164ICHIGAYA FISH CENTER 166NAITO-SHINJUKU DIORAMA 168TAISO-JI'S ENMA STATUE 169GUNKAN HIGASHI-SHINJUKU 170TOYAMA HEIGHTS, AN AGEING VILLAGEIN THE YAMANOTE HILLS 171FOUNTAIN FOR HORSES AT THE EAST EXIT OF SHINJUKU 172MYSTERIOUS PILLARS OF LUMINE EST 173RURIKOIN BYAKURENGEDO 174PONIES IN YOYOGI MUNICIPAL PARK 176HARAJUKU IMPERIAL DOCKS 177SENDAGAYA TUNNEL 177UPSTREAM ON THE SHIBUYA RIVER 178KOKUGAKUIN MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY 180BUILDING NO. 1, AOYAMA TECHNICAL COLLEGE 182TOKYO BRANCH OF MIKI CORPORATION 183DAIKANYAMA E-SUNFLOWER 184TOKYO MOSQUE 186Edogawa / Katsushika / AdachiTONERI IKIIKI PARK 190HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER IN KITASHIKAHAMA PARK 191IKO ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK 192IKO TEMPLE VILLAGE 193JIZOS OF NISHIARAI-DAISHI 194TOBU-DAISHI LINE 195REMAINS OF SENJU SHUKUBA 196BRONZE STATUES OF KOCHIKAME CHARACTERS 198JIZO STATUE ALL TRUSSED UP 200PARK ON THE BANKS OF THE HIKIFUNEGAWA 202KATSUSHIKA CITY MUSEUM 203STATUES OF CAPTAIN TSUBASA 204STATUE AT CHIKUSA CELLULOID FACTORY 206SHIBUE PLAYGROUND 207STANDING STONE OF TATEISHI 208TATEISHI NAKAMISE 209SHOGAN-JI PLANETARIUM 210GIANT DAMS ON THE EDOGAWA 212TOWER HALL FUNABORI OBSERVATORY 214ZENSHINSHA 215GATES OF THE OLD LOCK OF KOMATSUGAWA 216NAKAGAWA FUNABANSHO MUSEUM 217Bunkyo / ToshimaWESTERN GRAVES AT SOMEI CEMETERY 220SUGAMO PRISON MARKER STONE 222LABYRINTH OF 6-OTSUKA AND 5-HIGASHI IKEBUKURO 223LOURDES 224CHINZANSO ESTATE 226BASHO RESIDENCE 227BOTANICAL GARDENS AT TOKYO UNIVERSITY'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE 228KOISHIKAWA ANNEX, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO MUSEUM 229BLIND ENMA STATUE AT GENKAKU-JI 230TOKYO WATERWORKS HISTORICAL MUSEUM 232MON TILES OF THE AKAMON AT TODAI 234PHANTOM STEPS AT YAYOI 235Arakawa / Taito / SumidaTRAMCARS ON THE ARAKAWA LINE 238ARAKAWA YUEN'S BRICK WALL 240OKU STATION TOILETS 241GRAVES OF DISSECTED BODIES AT YANAKA 242BINBO GA SARU STATUE 243ABANDONED STATION OF KEISEI HAKUBUTSUKAN-DOBUTSUEN 244KOREAN BUSINESSES IN MIKAWASHIMA 245KAN'EIJI-SAKA 245FACE OF THE GREAT BUDDHA OF UENO 246CENOTAPH FOR THE ANIMALS OF UENO ZOO 248THE POLICE STATION AND MAILBOX AT UENO ZOO 249MUMMIFIED KAPPA ARM AT SOGEN-JI 250BURNED TREES AT SENSO-JI 252YOKOAMICHO PARK 254LAKE OF THE FORMER YASUDA GARDENS 256SUMIDA HERITAGE MUSEUM 258SHIRAHIGE-HIGASHI DANCHI 260THE SEIKO MUSEUM 262IMADO SHRINE 264MEMORIAL TO YOSHIWARA PROSTITUTES AT JOKAN-JI 266JOE'S STATUE AT SAN'YA 268CONVERTED TAMANOI CAFES 269REMAINS OF KOZUKAPPARA EXECUTION SITE 270KotoKATORI-JINJA SHRINE AT KAMEIDO 274MONUMENT IN THE PLUM ORCHARD 275REMAINS OF ONAGIGAWA CARGO TERMINAL 276CENTER OF THE TOKYO RAIDS AND WARDAMAGE 278HAYAGRIVA OF KOTO 279SOCIAL HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL PREMISES ON KIYOSUMI AVENUE 280KIYOSUMI GARDENS: FOUNDED BY MITSUBISHI 280LAND SUBSIDENCE OBSERVATION CENTRE AT MINAMISUNAMACHIA 281STAGING OF THE ENMA STATUE AT FUKAGAWA ENMADO 282 FUKAGAWA FUDOU-DOU FACADE 284EITAIBASHI 285MEIJI MARU MUSEUM SHIP 286DAIGO FUKURYU MARU 288NEW SPORTS PARK AT TATSUMI NO MORI 290TATSUMI DANCHI 291ABANDONED BRIDGE OF HARUMI 292TOKYO CUSTOMS INFORMATION CENTRE 294VIEW OF THE OI WATERFRONT FROM AOMI MINAMI-FUTO PARK 295CHUO-BOHATEI LANDFILL 296PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE GATE BRIDGE 297