Tokyo: Anjin-san’s House

As I have recently returned from a work trip to Tokyo I thought I would share another titbit from my trip this time last year with the Wife.

As I have mentioned many times on this blog one of, if not my actual favourite book of all time is Shogun by James Clavell.

Whilst the book itself is fiction, it is based heavily on the real life and experiences of English navigator WIlliam Adams and his relationship with the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.

So when visiting Japan I have made a point of visiting places that are linked to the book, I mentioned in a post a few weeks ago our day trip to the amazing Nikko, but the subject of this post was in Tokyo itself.

Whilst Adams was given his only land and titles in Yokosuka he also had a townhouse in Edo (Modern Tokyo) and today you can find a small plague that marks this near Nihonbashi.

https://goo.gl/maps/R8Pum52QmeFsXxCZ6

There are various other memorials to Adams around Japan but I have yet to visit those, but they are on my list for future visits.

If you are a fan of Shogun or in fact the Asia Saga in general and can recommend other interesting spots for me to visit to please let me know in the comments below.