Well of the famous water Shirakiya
Nihonbashi district reclaimed in the early Edo period
It was originally the sea. Both the samurai and the townspeople were suffering from the shortage of good water.
Hikotaro Kimura, the second generation of Shirakiya, who was a large kimono dealer in Nihonbashi, gave out his private property and in 1712 he dug up a well where Shimizu gushed out. It was also presented to the Shogun's family. It was widely used by Daimyo and nearby residents, and has been used for hundreds of years.
Now, there is a stone monument in the left photo on the Cored Nihonbashi Annex Square.
Please 
take a look at the shop in Nihonbashi.
