Right after passing Nihonbashi Junior High School, there is a street to Yagenbori Fudoin (Monoshiri Encyclopedia; page 97). (All photos below are taken on October 26, 2015)
Next, we will enter Kiyosumi-dori St.
If you follow Kiyosumi-dori St., 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 Green Road 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 site of the Hamacho River. The Hamacho River was once a waterway that splits from the Kanda River on the banks of the Kanda Sakuma River in Chiyoda-ku, and merges with the Sumida River near the downstream of Kiyosu Bridge. It is an artificial waterway excavated during the Edo period. Since then, excavation has been repeated for a long time, and it has been very useful for people's lives, but in the Showa era, landfills have begun as a place for disposal of residual soil after the war. Furthermore, by the end of the 1940s, the Tokyo Olympics, the arrival of the period of rapid economic growth, and urban development, all the rest were reclaimed. At present, buildings, roads, private houses, green spaces, etc. are formed on top of the Hamacho River, and Hamacho Green Road is a part of it.
As you go further, you will again reach the intersection with Ningyocho-dori St., and you will see Mizutengu under rebuilding. It is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2016 (Honshiri Encyclopedia; 100 pages).
We go further to the Nihonbashi River and cross the Kayaba Bridge. Kayaba Bridge is the third bridge from the lower part of the Nihonbashi River. Toshin Beltway runs over the sky. Minato Bridge is located downstream of the bridge, and Armor Bridge is located upstream. The current bridge was replaced in 1992 due to the aging of the old bridge (Honshiri Encyclopedia; page 25).
