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 in 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:
Japanese artist Hiroshige designed a couple of prints of the moon seen over the bay from within a tea-house or brothel on Tsuki no Misaki. Some doubt has been expressed as to whether these prints depict this location, or one at Yatsuyama in Shinagawa, but Yatsuyama was leveled and its soil was used to construct Daiba in the late Edo period.