Takahashi Korekiyo, the 26th prime minister of Japan, was known as an expert in the economy, so he also served as the Governor of the Bank of Japan and the Minister of Finance. As he energetically propelled the reduction of military expenditure, he was killed in an attempted military coup called the February 26th Incident in 1936, when he was an 81-year-old Minister of Finance. The place where this park is lying is the site of his house he was killed. The park covering an area of 5,300 square meters is directly across the street from Togu-gosho, the Crown Prince Palace. To be more precise, the original area of his house extended to the present area of the Canadian Embassy, ambassador’s official residence and officers’ apartment house. Present area of the park is one-third of the original house area. His wooden house building was dismantled and was reassembled in the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Mitaka City, Tokyo.
The first photo standing in the park shows the statue of him. The second one is the promenade in the park.
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