The novel set on Tsukuda Island, "Tsukuda Island Futari Shobo" (written by Tatsuro Dekune), begins when one of the characters crosses the Sumida River on a ferry and comes to Tsukuda Island.
The history of Tsukuda's ferry is old, and it opened in 1644, when fishermen from Tsukuda-mura, Settsu-kuni (Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi) entered Edo in accordance with Ieyasu Tokugawa and built Tsukuda Island. It was the year after I built it.
Tsukuda's ferry, which began as a water foot connecting Tsukuda Island and Edo City, was later used by people as an important means of transportation even after the Edo, Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras, and the last Sumida River basin. It was active as a ferry, but in 1964, Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge was completed with the long role of 30.
At present, stone monuments marked "Tsukuda Island Ferry" are built on both sides of the Sumida River, Tsukuda and Minato, respectively. In 1927, it was built in commemoration of the fact that Tokyo City abolished the rowing boat and made it a free tugboat, and is registered as a Chuo Ward Cultural Property.
(Left) Tsukuda side
(Right) Minato side
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"Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge" received a baton from "Tsukuda's ferry".
The course of the Tokyo Marathon, which will be held this weekend (28th), is just 36 km.
It would be surprising to see the old people who once crossed the Sumida River on a ferry and 32,000 runners running overhead.
