The place developed both as a hunting field of the Shogun and as a water source for all of Yedo
In and around the city of Mitaka, there are numerous archaeological interests, such as the Inokashira-ike Remains, along the Nogawa and Senkawa Rivers. People have lived in this location, which is blessed with abundant water springs, since the ancient days. A unique cave tomb is open to the public at Osawa-no-Sato nature exploring path. What is unique is the 7th century style of the tomb. Bodies were buried in a hole dug in the side of a hill.
In the Yedo period (1603 - 1867), the Shogunate as well as the Tokugawa family in Owari used this area as a field of hunting called takagari (hunting with falcons). It is said that Mitaka (meaning three falcons) is composed of three countries containing a hunting field, and that is where the name comes from. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Yedo Shogunate government, ordered to provide plumbing from Kanda-gawa River, which flows from Inokashira Pond, to establish a provision of drinking water for the Yedo residents. Later those who benefited from Kanda-gawa River, their water source, came to worship Inokashira Benten (the goddess of fortune).
Ryugen-ji temple, located in the inner city, is famous for worshipping Kondo Isami, a warrior at the end of the Yedo Shogunate government. He was the commander-in-chief of a group, which was organized by the Yedo government to combat against the advocates of the Restoration of the Imperial rule. After Kondo was captured and killed by the new government in 1868, his body was secretly taken to the temple by his family and followers.
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