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WAMARE菊川HOTEL

Away from the hustle and bustle of the city,

Please spend time with your loved ones.

Modern Japanese-style furnishings with warmth and a touch of nostalgia.

Even at a moment's notice, the Japanese-style rooms and
tsuboniwa garden will make you feel relaxed and enriched.

Accommodation in a luxurious space on the ground floor,

limited to only one group per night.

360° 3D Virtual Tours

Floor plan

Facilities

Kitchen
・IH system kitchen
・Microwave oven
・Tableware (including cutlery)
・Sponge
・Cooking utensils
・Refrigerator with freezer
・Electric kettle
・Detergent
・Rice cooker
・Kitchen cloths
Bathroom
・Bath towels/face towels
・Hair dryer
・Shampoo/conditioner
・Body soap
・Disinfectant
・Hand soap
・Washing machine
・Bathroom ventilator/dryer
Other
・Air conditioning
・TV
・Wi-fi

Spacious baths

Fully equipped with IH system kitchen,
crockery, washing machine, fridge and microwave

Washing machine available
Bedrooms: two sets of double-size Futon bedding

HOTEL information

Price From JPY 12,000 per room per night
(maximum capacity of 4 persons)
*Please consult us for more than 5 persons.
Check-in 3-10pm
Check-out by 11.00 am
Address 1-11-10/1F, Kikukawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Enquiries 03-6427-3156
Management company Minami Aoyama Real Estate Inc.
Japanese traditional inn business licence number: 2 Sumifuku Eisei Wa Dai 255 go.

Renovation work completed in March 2023
Families can concentrate on their work, including teleworking, when staying with us for longer periods.
For long-term bookings, please contact us via the link below.

As WAMARE KIKUKAWA HOTEL is limited to one group only and rents out one building,
you can spend your stay in peace and quiet without intermingling with other guests.
We hope you enjoy your stay.

Access information

Toei Shinjuku Line「Kikukawa」Station 4 minutes' walk

Toei Shinjuku Line「Morishita」Station 7 minutes' walk

Within walking distance of Kinshicho for eating out and shopping.

Kinshicho:15 minutes [on foot]

Shinjuku Station:20 minutes [direct train connection]

Shibuya Station:30 minutes [transfer by train]

Akihabara Station:15 minutes [transfer by train]

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Surrounding Sightseeing Spots

Tokyo Sky Tree
1-1-2 Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
10 mins bus ride to "Tokyo Sky Tree"

Asakusa
1-1-3 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
28 mins to "Asakusa" by train

Akihabara
1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
15 mins to "Akihabara" by train.

Sumida Hokusai Museum
2-7-2 Kamezawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
About 30-minute walk from hotel

Koto City Fukagawa Edo Museum
1-3-28 Shirakawa, Koto-ku, Tokyo
About 20-minute walk from hotel

Kiyosumi Gardens
3-3-9 Kiyosumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo
About 30 minutes from hotel

Kikukawa Historical Short Story

"Honjo" Kikukawa, where the atmosphere of the Edo period still lingers.

Until the early Edo period, this area was a marshy area, unsuitable for habitation. However, in 1657, when the Great Meireki Fire, the largest fire of the Edo period, burnt down the whole of Edo, the Shogunate started to relocate samurai residences to this area. The area known as Honjo, in the southern part of Sumida Ward, was then developed as a town mainly consisting of samurai residences.

The town of Kikukawa is located at the southern end of the Honjo area. The name "Kikukawa" was taken from the name of the river that flowed to the west of the town.
Although the name "Honjo" is no longer attached to the area, the custom of calling the area "Honjo Kikukawa", based on the name of Honjo, which has been familiar to the area since the old days, has taken root.

What's the Meireki Fire?

A girl dies of a love illness.
Her memento was a matching furisode (long-sleeved kimono) with the person she fell in love with. The kimono was resold and made its owner sick everywhere it went. The furisode has some kind of fate. The furisode, which were on fire, danced in the sky as if people were standing up, and covered the town of Edo with red flames.

The biggest fire of the Edo period, which led to the development of Kikukawa, and indeed the whole area, has been given the alias 'Furisode Fire' because of the above episode (although there are various theories as to the cause of the outbreak of the fire). The story became the subject of a historical drama, and was also written about in a novel by Koizumi Yakumo.

Historical figures with links to Honjo

Kira Uenosuke

Chushingura is popular both at home and abroad. The original setting of the Genroku Ako Incident was Honjo Matsuzaka-cho Park (the site of the Kira Uenosuke Residence) in this area.
In this incident, Ako Rōshi (a lordless samurai of Ako domain) attacked the residence of Kira Uenosuke in order to avenge the death of their feudal lord. It was a major incident that took place in a peaceful world without war, and combined with the fact that the Ako Rōshi found aesthetics in the 'bushido' of risking their lives to avenge their lord, it attracted the interest of many people at the time.
The incident soon became the subject of ningyo joruri (puppet theatre), and to this day various works based on the Genroku Ako Incident, including Chushingura, have been produced and enjoyed by many people.


Eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune

A spring tradition, cherry blossom viewing along the Sumida River. Fireworks displays on the Sumida River are a summer tradition. These events, which are familiar to Japanese and foreign visitors alike, were organised by the 8th Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, famous for his 'Abarenbo Shogun' (A Wild Shogun).
Hanami started when he planted cherry trees along both banks of the Sumida River for the enjoyment of the common people and recommended it as a place for cherry blossom viewing.
Fireworks festivals began as a memorial to the victims of the Kyoho famine and cholera, and as a means of dispelling the evil plague. Although Yoshimune's reforms led to a number of revolts and his image as a 'tyrant' has preceded him, he was also a 'great lord' who turned his attention to the lives of ordinary people in this way.

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