Zoshigaya Missionary Museum
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The is located at 1-25-5 Zōshigaya, Toshima, Tokyo. The museum is closest to Zōshigaya Station
on the Toden Arakawa Line
and the newly opened Fukutoshin Line (Tokyo Metro
). It is open from 9:00am to 4:30pm daily, and closed Monday.
and religious center of John Moody McCaleb who was an American
Christian
missionary
. The two-story wooden house was put up in 1907. Mr. McCaleb created a strongpoint of missionary activities and early childhood education and he made his garden available to neighboring children as a playground. The building has belonged to Toshima by the conservation movement
of community residence since 1982 and it was registered as tangible cultural asset of the city in 1987. Regular lectures and concerts are held there.
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Zoshigaya Station
is a station on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line located in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. Its station number is F-10. The station opened on 14 June 2008.Relics dating back to Edo era were found during construction of the station and subsequently dug up and recovered....
on the Toden Arakawa Line
Toden Arakawa Line
The is a streetcar line in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation operates this line. The Arakawa Line is the sole survivor of Tokyo's once-extensive Tokyo Toden streetcar system, but it is not the only tram line in Tokyo, as the privately owned Tōkyū Setagaya Line is also...
and the newly opened Fukutoshin Line (Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metro
is one of two rapid transit systems making up the Tokyo subway system, the other being Toei. It is the most used subway system in the world in terms of annual passenger rides.-Organization:...
). It is open from 9:00am to 4:30pm daily, and closed Monday.
History
This Western-style building was a residenceHouse
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
and religious center of John Moody McCaleb who was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
. The two-story wooden house was put up in 1907. Mr. McCaleb created a strongpoint of missionary activities and early childhood education and he made his garden available to neighboring children as a playground. The building has belonged to Toshima by the conservation movement
Conservation movement
The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental and a social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including animal, fungus and plant species as well as their habitat for the future....
of community residence since 1982 and it was registered as tangible cultural asset of the city in 1987. Regular lectures and concerts are held there.
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