Tsuki no Misaki
Tsuki no Misaki, meaning "Headland of the Moon", was a name formerly in use for part of a plateau in Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. One explanation of the name is that it was considered a particularly good place to view the moon over what is now Tokyo Bay.
In the Edo period, it was well known as one of seven capes around the Edo area, the other six being Shiomizaki, Sodegazaki, Ōsaki, Tokyo, Kōranzaki, Chiyogasaki and Chōnangasaki.
The name had become obsolete by the middle or late Meiji period, when references were made to the loss of the view due to new buildings.
Akimoto Chūnagon composed a tanka on Tsuki no Misaki:
There are some origin candidates for it, which might be originated from admiration of nice view including the moon:
- Tokugawa Ieyasu named it in Keichō era;
- it was a nearby place of a notice board set up at Mitadaicho 1-chome;
- formerly it was a name of the premises of Isarago, Daienji, and then it was used for a neighborhood area.
- it was a generic name of Saikai-ji.