“Zaka” means slope and Sansakizaka goes from Sendagi station through Yanaka up towards Yanaka Cemetery. It is also called Kubifurizaka (Head Moving Slope) – along the street are temples and shrines that all make people lower their head on their way past. The ghost story “Botan-doro” (Peony Lantern) by Japanese author and “rakugo” storyteller Sanyutei Encho (1839-1900) is set here.