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Roppongi Crossing Virtual Cache

Hidden : 6/4/2019
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   virtual (virtual)

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Geocache Description:


!キャッシュは公開座標にはありません!

 

六本木と聞くと皆さんは何を思い浮かべますか?

 

六本木という名前の由来は、6本の松の木があったことに由来する説や、6つの大名屋敷が存在していたことに由来する説と具体的には分かっていません。

実は六本木の歴史は深いのです。

 

現在の六本木町域は大半が武家地でした。江戸時代の「六本木町」は門前町で、現在の六本木交差点付近の狭い範囲を指しています。

 

明治以降は武家屋敷跡がお屋敷町になり、湧き水や地下水に恵まれ、金魚の養殖が盛んでした。

 

時代は進み、日本軍の軍事施設が置かれ、六本木は兵隊の町となったのです。ですが、太平洋戦争中の空襲で焼失し、終戦に伴い連合国軍に接収されてしまいます。そのため、外国人向けの商店街や飲食店が増えていきました。そして六本木は徐々に成長を遂げたのです。

 

1980年代後半からのバブル経済期にはディスコだけで数十件ならび、連日賑わっていましが、その後バブル景気の崩壊と共に多くの店が閉店しました。

 

現在は、昼夜問わずサラリーマンやOLの姿が目立ちオフィス街のイメージが強まっています。また大使館なども多いため、外国人の姿も目立ちます。

 

このキャッシュをFoundするには、六本木交差点であなた自身が写っている写真をログに添付してください。角度は自由です。六本木交差点が入っていればOK!

是非、六本木の街を楽しんでください♪

 

There is no physical cache at the coordinates. 

What do you think about Roppongi? It’s a crowd town? or fun place?

 

The name "Roppongi", which appears to have been coined around 1660, literally means "six trees". Six very old and large zelkova trees used to mark the area. Another legend has it that the name comes from the fact that six powerful Japanese feudal lords lived nearby.

 

In Edo period, there are a lots of Samurai houses, especially around Roppongi Crossing.

 

After the Meiji period, Samurai houses changed to large and imposing houses. Roppongi has a rich ground water and good for farm raising of goldfish. 

 

In 1890, the Third Imperial Guard of the Imperial Japanese Armywas moved to a site near Roppongi. After World War II, during which the area was again destroyed, this time by aerial bombing raids, the US Army and Alliedgovernment officials occupied several facilities in the area, beginning Roppongi's reputation as a neighborhood with large numbers of non-Japanese. Surrounding the military installations were many Japanese-owned restaurants, pool halls, bars, and brothels which catered to US military personnel but were also often frequented by Japanese customers.

 

Starting in the late 1960s, Roppongi became popular among Japanese people and foreigners alike for its disco scene, which attracted many of Tokyo's entertainment elites. However, many dance clubs shut down in the recession following the market crash of 1989. 

 

Nowadays, there are lots of office workers all time in Roppongi. Image of Roppongi is changing. 

 

To log this cache, you have to take the photo with you and Roppongi Crossing. Then please post photos in your found log. 

Enjoy Roppongi!! 

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Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020

This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between June 4, 2019 and June 4, 2020. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 2.0 on the Geocaching Blog.

 

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