Yotsuya

Prior to 1943, when Tokyo was still a city, Yotsuya was one of its wards and had definite boundaries, but it is less clearly defined today.

In 1634, with the digging of the outer moat around Edo Castle, many temples and shrines moved to Yotsuya.

The relocation of the temples and construction of the mitsuke brought settlements of workers, and following the devastating Meireki fire, many more people moved to Yotsuya, which had been spared.

The purpose was to board stray dogs as part of his policy of showing mercy to animals.

[2] Most area public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.

The kabuki play Yotsuya Kaidan took place there, as did the novel Teisō Mondō by Kan Kikuchi.

Yotsuya was the setting for the Shōtarō Ikenami historical novel Kenkaku Shōbai and the jidaigeki television series based on it.