Kafu wrote about "Kiyosu Bridge" under construction on April 4, 1927.
"I see the construction of a railway bridge that should be crossed from the Nakashu riverbank to Kiyosumi-cho, Fukagawa. Shimbashi was erected toward Hamacho and the road could be removed. At the time, there is a small play called Masago-za on the banks of the Nakashu, along the banks of the Mebashi, and there is a Yaba famous liquor store in the alley of the side, pulling the sleeves of a suspicious female Gyojin even in the daytime, After the earthquake, the traces of Masago-za were not difficult to ask or ask, and cross the new bridge Shino Bridge. It's cloudy from Japan and North Korea, and the wind is coming out. "
The construction of Kiyosu Bridge was started in March 1925 as a reconstruction project following the Great Kanto Earthquake (September 1, 1923), and was completed in March 1928. Kafu wrote that on April 25, 1928, he saw the completed Kiyosu Bridge.
"... I went to Kyobashi and went to Nakashu Hospital to ask for medicine. From Kayabacho, the dust swirls around the water shrine, disturbed the mud-filled car line, and Hase Sechigafu on the right left, and the city of Tokyo is getting used to it every day. I have to be ugly and even more amazed now. I can see the construction of a new railway bridge over Fukagawa from the banks of the Nakashu River, and ... "
In addition, "Taji" mentioned on April 7 is "Tiger" and is a representative cafe in Ginza at the intersection of Owaricho (Ginza 4-chome). The Tiger was formed in 1924. A large store with a female salary of 200 people at one time. Kan Kikuchi brought many friends and employees of Bungei Shunju and drunk beer. "Ginza March" (1928) says, "I like Tiger Girl's Bunshi and I like Lion Weightress Lady." "Lion" is also a cafe in Ginza that was located at the intersection of Owaricho (Ginza 4-chome), and the store opened in 1911 by Seiyoken Tsukiji. Café was originally supposed to be a coffee shop, but the character of the cafe at that time was a pure bar. (Saburo Kawamoto, Kafu and Tokyo: 307)
Current Kiyosu Bridge (taken on September 23, 2015)
