Nihonbashi, built in 1603 with the birth of Edo shogunate, has been refurbished and rebuilt many times since then, and in 1911 (Meiji 44), it became the 100th anniversary of this year.
On October 30 (Sun), the 39th Nihonbashi-Kyobashi Festival and the 100th Anniversary Festival of Nihonbashi Bridge were jointly held entitled "Nihonbashi Bridge Centennial Festival", and the Nihonbashi area was bustling all day long.
The year after the bridge was established as the starting point of the Gokaido, prospered as a center of land and water transportation, and many supplies from all over the country gathered to support the economic prosperity of Edo, the world's largest city at the time.
At the Boat Festival, a boating procession was held by a small Japanese wooden boat "Wafune" in memory of the past.
Japanese boats used for sightseeing in Kawagoe, Tochigi, and Katori, which are said to be "Koedo 3 cities", are newly installed this spring at Nihonbashi Bridges with the aim of reviving the "Water Road" around Tokyo.
The bustle of the banks of the Edo period, where a wide variety of boats, such as cargo boats and wedding boats, came and went, was reproduced.
