Ieyasu came here to collect the water, the best in the Kantō for tea.
The spring that feeds the pond supplied Edo's aqueduct with ten thousand tonnes of water a day, and Tokugawa Ieyasu came in person to collect some for tea, calling it the best in the Kantō. Opened in 1917, it was Japan's first suburban park.
A metropolitan park straddling Musashino and Mitaka; in full 井の頭恩賜公園, ‘park of the imperial gift’. At its centre is Inokashira Pond, where the Kanda River rises. The park is divided into several sections: in the 西園, across the road, is the Ghibli Museum of Mitaka.
ℹ️ Public park, always open.
🚉 Inokashira-koen · 5 min walk
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In the third episode the main characters meet Kanshi here, disguised as a dog; the exact shot is the path along the left bank of the Kanda, inside the park. No official statement places the series in Kichijōji, but the surveys agree and the ending sequence goes round the neighbourhood.
Sources: animepilgrimage.com · ajin-movie.com · xn--cck5dwcs95z8mb.com · ja.wikipedia.org
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Kichijōji400 mphoto by ITA-ATU · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kichijoji Park Road400 mphoto by nobuto_m · CC BY-SA 3.0
Kichijoji Station — north exit500 mphoto by Nesnad · CC BY 4.0
Harmonica Yokochō500 mphoto by Stephen Kelly · CC BY 2.0