The Shinkawa area is surrounded by the Sumida River, Nihonbashi River and Kamejima River.
In the Shinkawa area, there are two bridges on the Nihonbashi River (F)(G) and two bridges on the Sumida River (H)(I).
It is Minato Bridge (F) on the Nihonbashi River.
It is said that the bridge was first built here in Yanbao 7 (1679), and at that time, this area hit the entrance of Edo Minato, so this name was given.
A relief of a sailing boat is attached to the upper part of the bridge pier.
Toyomi Bridge (G)
This bridge spans the mouth of the Nihonbashi River pours into the Sumida River, and has a distinctive design that looks like a ladder lying.
From Eitai Bridge to Toyomi Bridge
In the foreground are the Tokyo Cruises ship "Himiko" and the water bus designed by Reiji Matsumoto, a master of the manga and anime world.
The Eitai Bridge (H) over the Sumida River.
The first bridge was built in Genroku 11 (1698), to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 5th Shogun Tsunayoshi Tokugawa.
The bridge at that time was stretched about 150m upstream than its current location.
Modeled on the Rudendorf railway bridge over Rhine, Germany, it is the oldest existing tie arch bridge and the first bridge in Japan with a diameter of over 100m.
In 2007, Eitai Bridge was designated as a National Important Cultural Property (Building) for the first time as a prefectural road bridge along with Kachidokibashi and Kiyosubashi.
It's Chuo-ohashi Bridge (I).
The other side of the bridge is Tsukuda Tower Condominiums.
Completion was completed in 1994.
The photo below shows the Eitai Bridge from Chuo-ohashi Bridge and the Tokyo Sky Tree view.
The Sumida River and the Seine of France are friendly rivers, and when we crossed the Chuo-ohashi Bridge, we asked a French design company to design it.
In the upper part of the central pier on the upstream side, there is a statue of "Messenger" by sculptor Oship Sackin, who was then the mayor of Paris, to Tokyo as a sign of friendship.
