The other day, I had the opportunity to have a person who lived in Tsukiji before the war show an old photo.
One of the most interesting things was "just after the end of the war" from the roof of "Navy Military Medical School (now Cancer Center)".
At that time, this building was requisitioned by the army and ordinary Japanese could not enter, so the photos at this angle seem to be very rare, but a soldier who happened to meet him said, `` I took a picture near your house. "
The first one is a picture of Ginza on the left side of the rooftop.
The statue on the left end is a bronze statue of Arisugawa Shrine, which seems to be quite large.
The Tsukiji River has not yet been reclaimed, and at the bottom right is the Kitamon Bridge, which has now disappeared, and the bridge in the middle is the Saijo Bridge.
At present, there are many buildings ahead of it, including Jiji Tsushinsha, but in this photo, there are few tall buildings and there are places that are vacant, and instead of Showa-dori ahead, Ginza 4-chome You can look up to the "Wako Clock Tower" at the intersection!
It seems that there were quite a few buildings demolished in advance because this was "compulsory evacuation" in order to prevent the spread of fire, rather than burning in an air raid.
Left: Right after the end of the war, the Ginza area right: From the current Saijo Bridge to Ginza
The second one is the angle looking at Harumi-dori St. from the entrance of the current Tsukiji Social Education Center, and straight to the left to Ginza.
The river in the foreground was reclaimed afterwards, and the Tsukiji Social Education Center was built in that place.
It is said that "Tsukiji was spared from air raids because of St. Luke Hospital," but incendiary bombs aimed at Ginza seemed to fall considerably due to their aim and being washed away by the wind. "I can't forget that Schulsul and fire ran on this street," said the person who showed the photo.
Left: Immediately after the end of the war, in front of the Tsukiji Social Education Center Right: In front of the current Tsukiji Social Education Center
It's been 67 years since the war ended.
Those who can talk about such things have become older, but I thought that we had to inherit the history of the city where we live.
