浅草奥山花屋舗

1853年の江戸時代に開園した日本初の遊園地「浅草花やしき」が描かれています。浅草寺や五重塔、マンションビルやスカイツリーなど、伝統と近代の東京を象徴する建物に囲まれた小さな遊園地は、元々植物園で、後に動物園となり、関東大震災後に遊園地となりました。

大震災の際に亡くなった動物達への慰霊を込めて、現在も遊園地の真ん中に「鳥獣供養碑」が納められています。狸が化けたかのようなヘリコプターのアトラクションは、今日も子供たちを乗せて遊園地の空を一周しています。

Inspired by Utagawa Hiroshige

This work depicts "Asakusa Hanayashiki", Japan's first amusement park, which opened in 1853 during the Edo period. Surrounded by buildings that symbolize traditional and modern Tokyo, such as Sensoji Temple, the five-story pagoda, apartment buildings, and the Sky Tree, the small amusement park was originally a botanical garden. It later became a zoo and then an amusement park after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

A "Monument for Birds and Animal" is still housed in the center of the amusement park as a memorial to the animals that died in the Great Earthquake. The helicopter attraction, which looks like a raccoon dog disguised, still carries children around the amusement park today.