The renewal of Echizenbori Children's Park in Shinkawa has recently been completed and has been neatly maintained. It is popular not only as a playground for children, but also as a place for local residents to relax. It is also loved as an oasis for people working in nearby offices to take a break during lunch breaks. The local event, the Children's Center Festival, was also held here just before.
This area was dug in the Edo period, and it was called "Echizenbori" because there was a Nakayashiki of the Fukui clan, Matsudaira Echizen Mamoru. It is interesting that the name still remains in the name of the park.
In addition, the name "Shinkawa" was established by Edo shogunate in the early Edo period, which was called "Edo Nakajima" and then divided into two areas. The north side was called "Hakozaki Island" and the south side was called "Rei Iwao Island". The newly excavated canal is called "Shinkawa" and is connected to the current town name.
In a corner of Echizenbori Children's Park, there is a stone monument indicating the connection of "Rei Iwao Island". It is explained that it is related to Rei Iwao-ji Temple, which was once in this area. The temple itself later moved to Fukagawa, but the name remained in the place name.
Rei Iwao Island appears in the "Kaibori no Okei" held in Shotaro Ikenami's popular work "Onihei Crime Book" Vol. 7. If you follow that description ...
"Shinkawa is a river that splits the original Rei Iwao Island into two north and south, and sake wholesalers were lined up on both banks. There are three bridges in Shinkawa from west to east, from Ichinobashi to Sannobashi. "
There are few remnants at that time now, but you can feel the scent of the past in the atmosphere of the nearby Kamejima River.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to take a walk while enjoying the scent of history? Please drop in.
