On Sunday, July 26, Nihonbashi Bridge washing, a summer tradition of Nihonbashi, was performed. This event is held by the famous bridge "Nihonbashi" preservation society every July, and the roads are blocked for the purpose of preserving and preserving Nihonbashi, and the bridge is washed throughout the city, including local people and people working for nearby companies. Was.
Nihonbashi is the starting point of the five highways in the Edo period, and has washed the road surface, including the "Japan Road Mark" and counts 45 times this year.
An open ceremony was held from 11:00, followed by a “Famous Water Together” in which famous waters from all over Japan were poured into the “Japan Road Original Mark” buried in the center of the bridge roadway.
First of all, three water sprinklers from the Tokyo National Land Office lined up and watered the bridge road, and participants began washing the Nihonbashi Bridge.
The signboard of "Nihonbashi" on the Metropolitan Expressway and elevated above the bridge was polished by elementary school students in a ladder truck of the Tokyo Fire Department, and finally, at the same time, both Kitazume and Minamizume were dynamically discharged with high water pressure. Was washed away.
Then the watering mill drained water and finished it.
This time, a large number of people (about 1,800 people) participated, and for about two hours, they manually removed the dirt on the bridge for one year using deck brushes and sardines.
