This year was just 50 years since the Tokyo Olympics in 1964.
To commemorate that, events were held in various places, and special features were set up on TV programs, and something became a hot topic.
(Photo: October 11, 2014 Kachidoki, Chuo-ku, scenery of Shiodome on the opposite shore of Sumida River, 1964TOKYO Olympics 50th)
In preparation for the Olympics, various transportation infrastructures such as Shinkansen, expressways, and monorails were being prepared.
In Chuo-ku, I think of the Metropolitan Expressway, which was built over Nihonbashi.
(Photo: Nihonbashi free cruise at the Marugoto Museum in Chuo-ku on November 2, 2014)
Another other is the Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge, which was first bridged over the Sumida River after the war.
It wasn't very much taken up, though
Since it is opened in 1964, the same as the Olympics, this is also the 50th anniversary this year.
This time, I took up this bridge.
This bridge connects Tsukuda Island and Tsukishima with Akashicho and central Tokyo, but it cannot be said that it has a very big feature in its appearance and shape.
However, in order to meet the Olympics, the bridge work was carried out at a rapid pace by combining the technologies of the time.
It can be said to be a symbol of Japan's high economic growth period when this bridge was built.
Before this bridge was built, the ship of Tsukuda's ferry, which was located at the same position as the bridge, was a citizen's foot.
It seems that this ferry was abolished at the same time as the opening of the bridge (August 27, 1964).
You can search for old images on the website of the Chuo City Library, but when I searched, I was able to find valuable photos from that time.
Link ⇒ Open Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge
This ferry on Tsukuda Island dates back to the rowing ferry in the early Edo period that connects Tsukuda Island and the city of Edo.
It was an event that ended with a history of 320 years.
Link ⇒ Ferry on Tsukuda Island
Many new historys have been created by the Olympics.
On the other hand, there were many things that were lost?
I looked for the remnants of this ferry around Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge.
The first is the monument of Tsukuda Island ferry on both banks of the Sumida River where the ferry was located.
There are various changes in the ferry itself, but this monument was built in 1927 when the fare of the ferry operated by Tokyo City at the time became free.
The other is the "Lighthouse of Ishikawajima and the scenery of Tsukuda handing over" carved in the ranma of the basin (Omizuya) in Tsukuda Island and Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine.
If you are purifying your hand in the basin when you visit Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, please take a look at the top.
Each of the four sides of this building has sculptures related to different Tsukuda Island, one of which is "Ishikawajima Lighthouse and Tsukuda Passing Landscape".
It seems to have been carved in the Meiji era.
By the way, over the past 50 years, the environment and landscape around this bridge have changed, and the landscape from this bridge has changed every moment.
This Hashigami has an excellent sense of openness, so it has a good view and you can worship a very good landscape.
You can see the scenery of Chuo-ohashi Bridge and the Sky Tree in the upper reaches of the Sumida River.
Of course, you can also see the streets of Tsukuda and the apartments in River City.
And there are three arch bridges in the downstream area?
A new view has been added recently.
One arch of "Tsukiji Ohashi" formed at the lowermost stream of the Sumida River and two arches of "Kachidokibashi" in the foreground.
There is a place on Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge that is similar in size and does not seem to overlap.
Did the people at the time of 1964 imagine the current landscape 50 years from now?
I can't imagine what the scenery will change in 50 years, but I hope that the good old scenes of Japan will remain.
