What do you think of the city of Tokyo from the height of the water?
In the middle of the town walk, I thought so while looking at the flowing river surface from the bridge.
The other day, a limited tour for correspondents of the Chuo-ku Tourism Association "Let's experience the E-boat de ecotour" Mizuto Chuo-ku "! ] There was an application.
Of course, I applied for participation immediately.
This is a tour of riding a rowing boat using a 10-seater oar called E-boat.
The route is a 90-minute round trip from the Kamejima River, dive through the sluice gate, up the Nihonbashi River, and near Joban Bridge over outer moat.
The NPO Regional Exchange Center, who held the tour, will carefully provide guidance to the participants who wear life jackets and have tight facial expressions.
I get on the boat with care.
It was a rubber boat that was inflated with air, but it was more stable than expected.
In this case, even older people can ride with confidence.
The seawall. A ship moored. A store with windows facing the river. Water birds fly around the surface of the water.
You will witness the tide and rise, and cheers will rise at the viewpoint of the Sky Tree.
The view of both banks and highway curves covering the sky, which are highly guarded by concrete, is a unique urban scene.
When I looked up at Nihonbashi from the surface of the water, my chest rang.
A replica of the lion on the side of the bridge looks so close.
After the incendiary bombs fell and burned, it still remains behind the bridge.
A person passing through the bridge noticed us and waved his hand.
"Well. Hello."
When the point of view changes, it's simply frustrating.
Actually, it's already fun to row an oar.
It's like a cruise in a large leisure facility.
After the tour, the Regional Exchange Center will discuss various issues that can be seen from a different perspective, such as the waterside environment in the city, landscape conservation, disaster prevention and emergency response, etc. He talked passionately about
A town in Edo where boating is the leading role in transportation and logistics, and rivers and digging are stretched vertically and horizontally.
Rivers that have played various roles in the turbulent times of the Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras.
Traces of various activities remaining in buildings around the river.
And even now, the waterside, which is a space where we live, inherited from our predecessors.
I noticed a lot, but anyway, I enjoyed plenty of E-boats.
