Tenjin zaka

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Tenjinzaka (天神坂) is a hill (Tsuki no Misaki) road that runs along the promontory through many districts of Takanawa (高輪). It crosses Sakurada Dori (桜田通り). It is said that this name given to the slope because of a small shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane (菅原道真), a scholar who is venerated as the patron deity of scholarship, Tenjin. A Calyx field (葭原, yoshihara^?) could be seen from this slope in the Edo period, therefore sometimes it is referred to as Yoshimizaka (葭見坂) which also had a secondary meaning of "Good Luck" slope (吉見坂, yoshimizaka^?)