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Modern version "Bridge Tsukushi"-Bridge and Times-

[Hanes] April 30, 2018 18:00


Hello. This is a new correspondent, Hanes.
Today, when the fresh greenery has become a dazzling season and the time to walk naturally has increased....
After all, they said, "I go to see limited-time exhibitions" and "I go to eat reputed sweets."
If you have any purpose, you will be motivated to take a walk.

This time, it is based on Yukio Mishima's short novel "Hashizukushi" set in the Tsukiji and Shintomi areas.
Here are some exciting and exciting walking routes.
First, I would like to briefly explain the content of the novel on the full moon night on August 15th of the lunar calendar.
Four women cross seven bridges and try to make a wish.

But not just cross the bridge and do wish!
・Don't say wish to each other
・Don't speak until you leave the house until you cross seven bridges.
・Don't be spoken by someone you know
・Don't walk on the same road twice
In addition to these rules, before and after crossing the bridge.
You have to pray with your hands together (14 times in total).
It seems to be a big rule, but it's surprisingly difficult to follow.

In a mixture of excitement and anxiety, I hit those rules into my head.
We decided to carry out a request called the modern version "Hashizukushi" early in the morning.
First, head to Miyoshi Bridge, the first and second bridges (2 counts because there are two bridges) and go to
Check the monument referring to "Hashizukushi" at the side of the bridge.
In the past, you can see the place where the river was located at a glance!

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And finally started with the book containing this novel in one hand.

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Look at the Chuo-ku government office lit by the morning sun and read the relevant part of the novel.
"The balustrade of the bridge is low, and each of them stands at the three corners that shape the triangle in the center of the three-pronged, and there is an elegant Suzuran lantern. Each of the Suzuran lamps hung four lamps, but not all of them were lit. The round polished glass of a light that is not lit by the moon looks like white. " (p. 320)

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It was not a hatred moon, but a time when the sun was out, but I discovered something that seemed to be Suzuran lantern.

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Seeing the same thing as appearing in the novel seems to have entered the world of the story and somewhat strange feeling
I was about to raise a voice of joy, but I will hold it and aim for the next bridge.

The third bridge is Tsukijibashi!

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When I read the novel after finishing my wish,
"I noticed when I came here, but there were willows planted in Tadami on the side of the bridge, even in the midst of the murder of the city center. The solitary willows, which are usually unnoticed by car, stood out from the ground of concrete, and shook the leaves under the river breeze of Tadami's river. At midnight, a noisy building was dead, and only willow lived." (p. 322)
Yes, it is.

The river has been reclaimed, but
I wonder how willows are still growing in a cramped manner.

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"Oh,...I wonder if this is the willow that appears in the novel?"
Walk to Irifune Bridge, the fourth bridge, and complete your wishes.

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And on the way to the fifth bridge, the novel says
"Soon to the left, you will see the magnificent architecture of St. Luke Hospital on the river. It looked depressed, illuminated by the translucent shade. The huge gold cross at the top was illuminated, and as soon as they were, the red light of the aviation sign was ruined with the sights of the rooftop and the sky. The hall behind the hospital was turned off, but the outline of the Gothic-style rose window looks high and clear. The windows of the hospital still lit dark lights everywhere." (p. 325)
There is a description of it.

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Just like the novel, rush ahead while looking at the rose window sideways.

At this time, I saw a policeman who was patroling early in the morning.
"What should I do if I can call out like a novel?"
Still, I arrived at Akatsuki Bridge in Tsukiji River Park without silence.

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Unlike conventional bridges, I don't feel like I'm crossing the bridge, but I don't feel like I'm crossing the bridge.
When viewed from the back side, you can feel the like a bridge.

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Move around the park and discover the main pillar of Sakae Bridge.

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When I reached this point, I felt strongly that I wanted to cross the seventh bridge safely.
Bizen Bridge headed by a short run

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In the novel
"The concrete pillar in the shape of a shamisen box is marked as Bizen Bridge, and there is a light on the top of the pillar." (p. 329).
I remembered, compared it to the actual bridge, and did the last wish.

It is a road that I could usually walk around, but when I tried the modern version of "Bridge Tsukushi", it was
Rather, I was able to notice the scenery that was fresh and the same as the decades I had never been aware of before.
The four-character idiom called Won Shinshin is perfect!

On the other hand, there are some scenes that have become invisible due to the increase in the number of tall buildings.
A few decades later, Mansako, who appeared in the novel, and a girl of about the same age as me today.
Thinking about the original era and the Tsukiji and Shintomi areas before the Olympics in 2020.
It may be challenging the "bridge" of a new era.
What kind of transformation has this area been undergoing by that time?...

When taking a walk in the Tsukiji / Shintomi area, remember the flow of such times.
Why don't you try an exciting and thrilling experience?

[References] (The pages in this article are based on this document.)
Yukio Mishima (1973) "Yukio Mishima Complete Works Vol. 10", Shinchosha.

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