Stone wall in Takanawa seashore

Stone wall in Takanawa seashore (高輪海岸の石垣石, Takanawa kaigan no ishigaki ishi) is a historical place in Takanawa 1 chome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. In the Edo period, stone walls were built along the Takanawa seashore and they are now a historical site. The research excavation at the ruins in the ward facility building in 20th of 1995 Takanawa 2-chome unearthed this historical site. The stone is Andesite which took around Sagami Bay Izu Peninsula. At present, it is made public as the historical site which Minato Ward school board established in 2002.

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Coordinates: 35°38′03″N 139°44′17″E / 35.634131°N 139.737933°E / 35.634131; 139.737933


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