There was Ryukangawa on the border with Kanda. In the past, Kanda Ward and Nihonbashi Ward were present
The area adjacent to the Hamacho River is "Ryukan Children's Amusement Park" (19-4 Nihonbashi Kodenmacho). Here, there is a scene that makes you feel nostalgic, perhaps like a bridge that spans the ward border, Ryukagawa River (above photo). The left side is across the bridge in the photo.
The bridge over this area was "Tamade Bridge" in the Meiji era, but there was also a "Ghost Bridge" in the Edo era picture, so was it a place that seemed scared? At present, the location of this amusement park is
The Ryukan River is a Horikawa that connects the Nihonbashi River (former outer moat) and Hamacho River. After the great fire in 1657 (1657), eight banks (approximately 870m) of banks were built for fire prevention, and around 1691 (1691), the moat was excavated at the expense of the townspeople, and commonly known as "Kanda Hatchobori" Was called. Initially, it was also called Shirogane moat, but it was later named Ryukangawa. Ryukan is said to be because the monk "Inoue Ryukan" lived in a town on the west side of the river.
Kanda Hatchobori was founded in 1965 (1765) to 1831 (1831). The tombstone of Toyo-in is known as the stage of a humorous book, where Yaji (Yajirobei) lived in a small rented house on this new road at Tokaido Naka-Kurige. .
Ryukanbashi (Ryukanbashi) was built at the western end of the Nihonbashi River (4-chome, Nihonbashi Honishicho). 1926 (1926) The main pillars of the bridge and part of the bridge girder remain today (lower photo). At that time, the bridge length was 10.5m and the width was 27.0m, and it was Japan's first reinforced concrete truss girder structure. To the east of Ryukan Bridge, Shirahata Bridge, Nishinakano Bridge, Imagawa Bridge (National Route 17), Higashinakano Bridge, Jizo Bridge (Showa-dori), Firebreak Bridge, Kudo Bridge, Jinbei Bridge, Tamade Bridge. There was. Monuments and explanation boards are installed at the site of Imagawa Bridge and Jizo Bridge.
