Near Tsukishima Subway Station, there is a place where the Shingetsu Overpass that runs along Kiyosumi-dori from Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge.
The name of this intersection is called [Hatsumi Bridge]. You can read the name on the sign properly.
It is clearly marked as [Hatsumi Bridge] on the sign of the median strip on Kiyosumi Street.
In the past, until the subway Yurakucho Line was opened, only Toei buses were the only public transport around here, and there was a stop called Shin-Tsukuda Island. Before that, the Toden was running until 1972. (23 systems for Yanagishima, 11 systems for Shinjuku until 1968)
In other words, a canal lays at the location where the overpass (Tokyo Route 473) currently passes, separating Tsukishima and Tsukuda Island. [Hatsumi Bridge] was a main street that was called Tsukishima Street at the time, which spanned this canal. Now only the name keeps the memory of the past.
The map on the left is a reprinted version issued by Chuo-ku. (1932)
If you look around Tsukishima Station at that time, you can see the name of [Shintsuki Bridge] next to [Hatsumi Bridge] and [Tsukuda Bridge] next to it.
It was [Tsukuda Bridge] that stretched from Tsukishima Nishikawa Bank Street to Tsukuda Island, which existed since the Meiji era. After that, a bridge was also hung from Tsukishima Nishinakadori, which is now Monja Street, and was named [Shintsuki Bridge].
It can be seen that the exchange between Tsukuda and Tsukishima gradually became popular.
The photo on the left shows the current Tsukishima Nishinaka-dori from Tsukuda area, and is the place where [Shintsuki Bridge] used to be hung. On the right side, the place where the shoulders look slightly narrow under the overpass is Tsukishima Nishikawa Bank Street, where [Tsukuda Bridge] was hung.
When you pass through Tsukuda Island from around the former [Tsukuda Bridge], there is a children's park, behind which there is a little tide pool.
This is a waterway that leads to the canal that used to know Tsukishima and Tsukuda, and it truly makes you realize that Tsukuda is an island.
It is now a place for residents to relax, and if you look ahead, you can see a part of the shrine hall of Tsukuda Kobashi and Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine. The high-rise apartments of [Tsukuda River City 21] towering behind it seems that they gradually become familiar with the changing scenery of this area.
As you know, until Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge was completed, Tsukuda's ferry was connected to Minatomachi on the opposite bank and Tsukuda Island. It's a pleasure to go out to Sumida river’s edge and remember the bustle of the past.
Even now and in the past, the area where the power and warmth of the people breathe retains the scent of the good era. By all means, please take a leisurely walk while thinking of the past scenery. I'm sure you'll feel nostalgic.
