Shiba Ryo Taro "Kaido Wo Yuku" Yogo Kaisetsu Shosai Chizu Tsuki Hongo Kaiwai Zembun Keisai Chukosei Kara Otona Made 1

[Machine Translation] After the opening of Japan to the outside world in the Meiji period (1868-1912), the capital city of Tokyo assumed the role of "switchboard" for delivering the influx of Western culture to the countryside. The University of Tokyo, which attracted the best students from all over the country, played a central role in this process. The location where the University of Tokyo is now located was once the residence of the Mito and Kaga clans during the Edo period (1603-1867). The smell of Edo remains in "Migarizaka Slope," "Yabushita Road," and "Muenzaka Slope" .... While walking up and down the slope, you will visit the former residences of Soseki Natsume, Ogai Mori, Ichiyo Higuchi, and others, and trace the history of civilization and enlightenment.

開国した明治の日本で、流入してくる欧米文化を地方に届けていく「配電盤」の役割を一手に引き受けることになった首都・東京。そして、その中心を担ったのが、全国から優秀な学生が集まってくる東京大学でした。現在、東大がある場所は、江戸時代には水戸藩や加賀藩などのお屋敷があった場所です。江戸の匂いが残る「見返り坂」「薮下の道」「無縁坂」...坂道を上下しつつ、夏目漱石、森鴎外、樋口一葉らの旧居を訪ね、文明開化の歴史をたどっていきます。