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Yoshiwara Benzaiten
Yoshiwara Benzaiten was called Benteniike Pond because it was created a pond and enshrined Benzaiten when Shinyoshihara...
was created. Located near Yoshiwara Shrine, it also houses the Yoshiwara Kannon built in 1926 in addition to the shrine. This place is indispensable for telling the history of Yoshiwara because it is said to be the land of Yoshiwara tragedy The fire caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake turned into a whirlwind that swirled flames and caused many victim. Yoshiwara-yujo were also caught in a fire, jumped into Benten Pond to escape the heat, and reportedly killed 490 people. After the war, most of the ponds were reclaimed and shrines were aging, but were rebuilt by local volunteers in 2012.
