James Richardson

James Richardson

James Richardson is a writer and Japan enthusiast. After living and working in Tokyo for over a decade, he shares his insights on Japanese society, culture, and current events.

Kameido Tenjin Shrine

Kameido Tenjin Shrine

Kameido Tenjin Shrine is a Tenman-gu shrine located in Kameido, Koto Ward, Tokyo.

A Tenman-gu shrine is a Shinto shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane (a famous scholar, poet and politician of the Heian period) who is worshipped as the deity of academics, scholarship and learning.

Jindai Botanical Gardens

Jindai Botanical Gardens Chrysanthemum Show

Jindai Botanical Gardens was originally a nursery growing trees for Tokyo's roads, but after the war it was opened to the public as Jindai Green Space.

In 1961, the name was changed to Jindai Botanical Gardens, and it opened as the only botanical garden in Tokyo at the time.