Tokyo

The grove shows the result of a decision designed not for opening day, but for several generations.

Here, the river find will continue in the veneration of three founders beside a Buddhist temple.

It shows how an ordinary pedestrian strip temporarily becomes a state road.

The finale connects the story of a popular monument with the daily expectation of meetings at the station.

Here, the lower passageways and the closed storehouse above them connect the movement of pilgrims with the story of rescued books.

This is where the story begins of who restored Asakusa’s lost buildings, and why.

It will reveal how a medieval warrior was turned into a monument of the Meiji era.

Explains why a former military parade ground became a business center beside the palace.

This stop shows how public land was preserved above commercial floors.

This point explains why trade became part of the route to the sacred site, rather than a later tourist addition.

The route concludes with the story of a restored garden that became the site of a breeding experiment.

This stop shows how moving temple figures changed the gate's name, but not the gate itself.

This stop will show what exactly can return to the same address after a building has been completely demolished.

It connects the gates’ defensive design with the family drama of the last Tokugawa.

It will explain two bridges, one confused name, and the consequences of a New Year’s crush.

Here, the route separates the fate of the burned building from the fate of the hidden sacred image.

The former riverbed will explain the bends in the pedestrian path between Harajuku and Shibuya.

The finale returns the route to the Sumida River and shows how city residents secured a permanent connection between the two banks.

Here, the route moves from a planned grove to a movement invented by the street's visitors themselves.

It will show the price that post-fire Edo refused to pay for the castle’s chief symbol.

The first boundary of the route introduces the theme of precisely restoring a lost form.

It will connect the layout of the main station with a turning point in parliamentary politics.

It brings together monuments to two imperial weddings within a single water ensemble.