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Walk along the bridge of Keigo Higashino "When the curtain of prayer goes down"④

[Tachibana] June 16, 2015 09:00

The bridge that appears in the novel "When the curtain of prayer goes down" is introduced in the order of the month written on the calendar in the novel, but this time around "Ichiishibashi" written on the May calendar It is an introduction.

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It's Ichiishibashi. The name of the bridge is derived from the Goto family (Goto) of the Kinzato in the north of the bridge, and the Goto family (Goto) of the kimono head in the south. It is said that it was named.
The current bridge was rebuilt in 1922 and renovated in 1997, but only one main pillar at the time of 1922 is left.


ichikoku.jpgAt the end of the bridge, there is a lost child sign with "Mayohiko's signpost".
The left side of the stone mark is engraved with "Tatsuzuru", a paper describing the characteristics of the lost child is pasted, and the right side is engraved with "Those who want". Information about whereabouts is posted.
In the Edo period, many lost children came out, so local townspeople raised funds to serve as a bulletin board for disclosing information.
Currently, it is designated as a designated Tangible Cultural Property in Tokyo.


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Until it was reclaimed in 1949, the outer moat River flowed south through the border between Chuo-ku and Chiyoda-ku and joined the Shiodome River at Tsuchihashi, but the outer moat River branched from the Nihonbashi River.
On the reclaimed Soto Horikawa River, there are Pasona (formerly Daiwa Securities), a steel building under construction, and Daimaru Department Store near the Gofuku Bridge. The Nishiginza Department, Ginza Ins, etc. are lined up south of Kajibashi, and a high-speed road runs above it.
It is also around here that Michisanbori (a moat connecting Wadakuramon in Uchibori and the outer moat River) reclaimed in 1910 joined the outer moat River.