The frog temple where Kobayashi Issa is said to have composed his frog haiku, tucked away among the flats south of Takenotsuka
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Rokugatsu is a residential area south of Takenotsuka, with many apartment buildings, not far from Takenotsuka Station. Among the houses in Rokugatsu 3-chome stands Entenji Temple, where Kobayashi Issa is said to have composed the haiku "Don't lose, skinny frog, Issa is here," which is why the temple is called the Haiku Temple, or the Frog Temple.
The temple and the neighboring Rokugatsu Hachiman Shrine next door have a wall between them that breaks off partway, so the grounds actually form one continuous space. Every November, the temple holds the Issa Festival, with Buddhist services and an award for outstanding haiku.
National Route 4 (Nikko Kaido) runs through north-south, with Rokugatsu 1- to 3-chome to the west and Higashi-Rokugatsucho to the east. In 2020, about 10,000 people lived in this neighborhood, at a density of about 151 people per hectare.
Rokugatsu sits between two stations. Listings for rentals here show walks of 10 to 18 minutes to Takenotsuka Station, and 13 to 20 minutes to Nishiarai Station.
Looking at our street photos, sidewalks rank 80th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the highest-ranked category for this neighborhood.
Public transit ranks 378th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, the weakest category for this neighborhood. Rokugatsu has no station of its own—getting to Takenotsuka or Nishiarai both take more than 10 minutes on foot.
Rokugatsu is an unusual place name whose origin is actually unclear; one theory says Minamoto no Yoshiie narrowly defeated a local strongman here during the sweltering heat of June. In the Edo period this area was shogunate-held land; in 1889 it became Oaza Rokugatsu of Fuchie Village, and in 1932 it was incorporated into Tokyo City as Rokugatsucho, Adachi City.
In 1934, the Nikko Kaido opened, splitting Rokugatsucho into east and west halves. The residential address system was changed in stages: in the west, Rokugatsu 1- and 2-chome were established in 1967, followed by 3-chome in 1971; the east didn't become independent as Higashi-Rokugatsucho until 1978.
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