Takanawa Konjaku Monogatari
Learning the past and present of Takanawa areaDIGITAL HISTORY of TAKANAWA
Temples line both sides of the slope, and it's said the slope was named for its desolate nature (the kanji characters for "Yurei" mean "ghost"), although there's also a theory that "Yurei" came from the word "polite." Now it's a quiet residential area where it's impossible to imagine "ghosts."