82 years ago, on March 26, 1930 (1930), the "Earthquake Reconstruction Memorial Ceremony" was held. It took six years and six months after the Great Kanto Earthquake in September 1923 (1923), when Tokyo finally revived. The Imperial City Reconstruction Project, symbolized by Shinpei Goto, is also called urban renovation, and a new road was constructed under land readjustment. The business that overcomes hardships is responsible for today's urban functions. This time, I would like to mention the name of the reconstruction road.
Two days before the ceremony, on the 24th, Emperor Showa traveled around the reconstructed city. At Chiyoda Elementary School (currently Nihonbashi Junior High School = Higashi Nihonbashi 1-chome, Rinko Monument is installed), we had lunch and a view of the cityscape of reconstruction from the rooftop. After that, he visited Tsukiji Municipal Hospital (Tokyo City's first general hospital next to the Naval Military Medical School = not existing) via Kiyosu Bridge and Eitai Bridge, which were reconstructed bridges.
Returning to the road, the names of roads such as Showa-dori and Yaesu-dori, which were newly established in the reconstruction plan, were solicited by the Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun. It seems that there were more than 240,000 applications for 22 arterial road names.
The name of the newly elected road (notation at that time) was as follows. Let's take a look at the roads related to Chuo-ku.
Route 1-Showa-dori (representative of reconstruction road). The width of the 100m plan will be 44m)
Route 2 - Taisho era street (currently Yasukuni Dori). After the war. Higashinihombashi, Asakusabashi south area)
Route 3-Eitai Bridge Street (currently Eitai-dori St.) Eitai Bridge, the first bridge of the Imperial Capital Reconstruction
Route 4-Kabuki-dori (currently Harumi-dori St.) Kabuki-za, Kibiki-cho, Shintomi-za ruins)
Route 5-Kiyosugi-dori (from Kiyosubashi-dori Yokoyamacho on the reconstructed bridge near Asakusabashi)
Route 7-Yaesu-dori (city road from Sotobori-dori St. to Showa-dori, ward road ahead)
Route 11-Shin Tokiwa-dori (currently Edo-dori St.) New Tokiwa Bridge and Tokiwa Elementary School of Reconstruction Elementary School)
Route 12 - Market Street (currently Shin-ohashi-dori St.) Tsukiji Market, which was relocated and opened after the earthquake)
Route 13-Shin-ohashi Bridge Street (from Shinohashi to Koto). Later integrated with the old market street)
By the way, the other road names are as follows.
Route 6-Komagata Bridge Street (currently Komagata Street), Route 8-Sendaita-dori, Route 9-Hoin-dori, Route 10-Kototodori, Route 14-Umaya Bridge Street, Route 15-Kotototoi Bridge Street, Route 16-Fukusuna Kiyohei (currently Shosaibashi-dori St.), Route 179, Route 1-1-1, Route 1
Thus, reconstruction roads have become the cornerstone of today's road network. ●Akira Makibuchi
