What does the city of Tokyo look like from the height of the water surface?
I thought so while looking at the flowing river surface from the top of the bridge while walking around the town.
The other day, a limited tour for Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondents "Let's experience the E-boat de Eco Tour" Mizuto Chuo-ku "! ] There was a recruitment.
Of course, I applied for participation.
This is a tour of riding an E-boat, a rowing boat using a 10-seater oar.
The route is a 90-minute round trip from the Kamejima River, diving the sluice gate, going up the Nihonbashi River to the vicinity of Joban Bridge over outer moat.
The NPO Regional Exchange Center, who put on a life jacket and held a tour to participants with a tight expression, will carefully provide guidance in advance.
I get into the boat with care one by one.
It is a rubber boat that was inflated with air, but it was more stable than expected.
In this case, even those who are older can ride safely.
The state of the seawall. Moored ship. A store with windows facing the river. A water bird flying over the water.
You will see the tide rising, and cheers will rise at Skytree's viewpoint.
The scenery of both banks, which are heavily guarded by concrete, and the curves of the highway cover the sky is a scene unique to the city.
When I looked up at Nihonbashi from the water surface, my chest screamed.
A replica of the lion on the side of the bridge looks so close.
After the incendiary bomb fell and burned, it still remains on the back side of the bridge.
The person passing through the bridge noticed us and waved his hand.
"Wow. Hello."
When you change your perspective, it's simply shy.
Actually, it's already fun to row the oar itself.
It's like a cruise in a large leisure facility.
After the tour, the members of the Regional Exchange Center will discuss various issues that can be seen as changing perspectives, such as the waterside environment in the city, landscape conservation, disaster prevention and emergency response, etc. He talked passionately.
A town in Edo where boat transportation is the leading role in transportation and logistics, and rivers and excavations are stretched vertically and horizontally.
Rivers that have played various roles in the turbulent era of the Meiji, Taisho era, and Showa eras.
Traces of activities that remain in buildings around the river.
And even now, the waterside, which is the space where we live, inherited from our predecessors.
I noticed a lot, but anyway, I enjoyed a lot of E-boats.
