Kokusan Match Hassho no Chi Monument

Maybe it used to be a factory zone.

Original Text

I heard from a local friend, but I can't find it easily. If you listen closely, it is on the premises near the main gate of Tokyo Metropolitan Ryogoku High School facing Keiyo Road. I took a picture from the sidewalk while the students were commuting to school. There are many small and medium-sized enterprise factories in this area, and it may have been made around here in the past.

... in such a place.

Original Text

On the premises of the school, there is a stone monument that says "the birthplace of domestic matches". I didn't know if I could go inside, so I saw it from the outside.

Inside the school

Original Text

It faces the monument street, the birthplace of domestic matches, but it is inside the fence because it is inside the school. Since it is located in the school, I wondered if it was moved from the original location and was here, but it was said that it was installed here from the beginning. It seems that there was a match factory here.

in the school.

Original Text

On the way to lunch, I happened to pass by and found it. It's on the school grounds and I don't know if I can enter it, but it faces the main street.

Gate の gap から see れます

Original Text

It is a stone monument on the premises of Ryogoku High School that says "the birthplace of domestic matches". You can see it through the gaps in the fence! !!