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[Saikaikan] From the trace to [Aioi Bridge]

[Shitamachi Tom] May 11, 2011 23:59

Exit No. 1 of Tsukishima Station and walk a little towards the Harumi Canal, you will find a monument to Kaikaikan beside dike on the Harumi Canal.


The stone monument of the Kaikaikan. JPG

According to the explanatory version, after Shin-Tsukuda Island was built in 1896 (Meiji 29), a [Saikaikan] was built around the end of the Meiji era to the Taisho era, and many literary inkers loved it as a scenic spot. Famous cultural figures such as Toson Shimazaki, Kaoru Osanai, and Takehisa Yumeji seem to have visited and engaged in creative activities.


At that time, of course, it was the sea ahead, so I could have felt like a resort overlooking the distant Boso peninsula.

You can see the Harumi Canal. JPG

Now, if you look at the sea from the same place, you can just see the high-rise buildings in the Toyosu district of Koto-ku.



Information boards near Kaikaikan. JPG



However, there is a promenade along the river from here to Tsukuda, and it is pleasant to walk in the river breeze. Would you like to walk around Tsukuda Island from [Chuo-ohashi Bridge] to the Shinkawa area, or return to Tsukishima Station through [Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine]?



See the Aioi Bridge. JPG

[Saikaikan] From the point of exiting [Kiyosumi-dori] from the trace, you can see [Aioi Bridge] that leads to Echinakajima, Koto-ku. You can see Kojima in the middle of the bridge. In fact, [Aioi Bridge] was originally a generic term for two consecutive bridges.
In Kojima, there was once a pine tree of Aioi that grows from the same root, and it is said that the name was derived.


Enjoy a variety of views along the riverside walk.

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