Right after passing Nihonbashi Junior High School, there is a street to Yagenbori Fudoin (Monoshiri Encyclopedia; page 97). (All of the following photos were taken on October 26, 2015)
Next, we will enter Kiyosumi-dori.
As you proceed along Kiyosumi-dori, you will see Meijiza on the left.
On the right side of Meijiza, you can see the entrance to Hamacho Park.
A little further away, you can see the temporary palace of Suitengu.
If you go a little further, you will reach the intersection with Shin-ohashi-dori St. The number of high-rise apartments has also increased in this area.
If you follow Shin-ohashi-dori St., you will see Hamacho Ryokudo on the right side. There are also statues of Benkei in the Kanjin Book and display boards for "Ningyocho Hamacho Walk".
This Hamacho Green Road is the trace of the Hamacho River. The Hamacho River used to be a waterway that separated from the Kanda River on the banks of the Kanda Sakuma River in Chiyoda-ku, and merged with the Sumida River near the downstream of Kiyosu Bridge. It is an artificial waterway that was excavated during the Edo period. Since then, excavation has been repeated for a long time, and it has been greatly useful for people's lives, but in the Showa era, landfills began as a place for disposal of residual soil after the war. Furthermore, by the end of the 1940s, all of the rest were reclaimed due to trends such as the Tokyo Olympics, the arrival of the period of high economic growth, and urban development. At present, there are buildings, roads, private houses, green spaces, etc. on top of the Hamacho River, and Hamacho Green Road is part of it.
As you proceed further, you will reach the intersection with Ningyocho-dori again, and Suitengu, which is under rebuilding, will appear. It is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2016 (Page 100).
Go further to the Nihonbashi River and cross the Kayaba Bridge. Kayaba Bridge is the third bridge counted from the lower part of the Nihonbashi River. The Toshin Beltway runs over the sky. The lower part of the bridge is Minato Bridge, and the upper part is Armor Bridge. The current bridge was replaced in 1992 due to the aging of the old bridge (monoshiri encyclopedia; page 25).
