American Legation Remains

Three monuments of the five-ridge star, the shield-shaped star and the white eagle are located in the courtyard of St. Luke International Hospital.

Original Text

We will disseminate information about the "Monument of the Ruins of the American Embassy" in the courtyard of "St. Luke Hospital" in Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku. This time, I visited the "Monument of the Ruins of the American Embassy" on January 5, 2024. Access to the "Monument of the Ruins of the American Embassy" is about 190 ｍ along "St. Luke Street", exit 3b of "Tsukiji Station" on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, turn right. There is "St. Luke International University" diagonally on the left hand of the signal ahead of "Chuo-ku Tsukijigawa Park". Cross the pedestrian crossing ...

Design of American symbols

Original Text

This is built on the premises of St. Luke International Hospital (planting on the left hand in front of the Toysler Memorial Hall). After the foreign settlement was opened in 1868, the American legation also lived here for more than 20 years from 1875. The design symbolizing the United States of America at the time of American independence, thirteen stars, eagles, etc. were carved on stone.

It was installed in such a place!

Original Text

I've been to St. Luke several times, but I didn't notice this stone marker. It seems to be a valuable indicator of the existence of the former settlement. It is located on the premises in front of the old hospital building and in front of the entrance of the founder memorial hall. The design is so wonderful that it impresses America.

There is a stone marker on the site of the American legation at ２

Original Text

　The stone marker of the site of the American Embassy is a stone marker left in the place where the American Embassy was ８ years from 1875 to １５ years, in front of the former St. Luke International Hospital and ２ in St. Luke Garden. It is located. The stone markers were made of Komatsu stone and left ８, ３ were donated to the current American Embassy as a symbol of Japan-U. S. friendship in Showa ５９ (1984), and the remaining ５ climbed to the cultural property of Chuo ward as a conveyance of the settlement of Tsukiji. It is recorded, and ３ is the former St. Luke International Hospital ...

Tsukiji の Shenglujia Memorial Hospital の に Stele があります in front of this museum

Original Text

From St. Luke's Hospital in Tsukiji to Akashi Town, there is a foreign settlement after the opening of the country, and unlike Kobe and Yokohama, there are legation and consulates, not trading companies and trading halls, and missionaries ･ doctors ･ teachers. Knowledge people such as teachers open It seems that many churches and schools were also built. The American Embassy was also built here and this monument was left on the premises of St. Luke's Hospital.