On the downstream side of Akatsuki Bridge in Tsukiji River Park (in the direction of Honganji), there was a time when large-scale sewerage works were being performed. When the soundproof wall was removed, I found something stoney in the grass. If you look closely, it is written as "Sakaihashi".
Since I started studying the Chuo-ku Tourism Certification, I learned that Sakae Bridge was a bridge between Akashibori and Tsukiji River. If you look more closely, it is regarded as a "bridge that does not exist" in the material of Hobo. Why is it like this?...I can't do it.
▲There were two main pillars: "Sakaihashi" and "Sakae Bridge" (foreground).
In Akashibori, the current Akatsuki Park area is the former one. It was shaped like a triangle, with "Shinminato Bridge" at the entrance to the Tepposu River and "Sakae Bridge" at the entrance from the Tsukiji River.
In the middle of the triangle, the settlement Chuo-dori crosses between the Adventure Square, but just around that, the Shin-ei Bridge, which was called the entrance to the foreign settlement, would have been built.
Akashibori has been used as a boat pool since the Edo period. After the great fire of the Meiryaku era, fishermen from Banshu Akashi emigrated and looked like Tsukuda Island on the opposite bank as Awaji Island. Akashibori was reclaimed in 1970 (1930), and then the Tsukiji River began reclaiming in the 1940s, and there seems to be some places that remained until 1995.
(Upper) The entrance to the Tepposu River, Shinminato Bridge, where the entrance to Akatsuki Park / (bottom) Shin-ei Bridge, which is currently located in the middle of Akashibori, is currently "Residential Chuo-dori "
In addition, there is a public toilet on the upstream side of Akatsuki Bridge (St. Luke's area), which has been renewed this year. Barrier-free. And a new birth memorial tree was also planted.
It is a rapidly changing city in Tokyo, but I would like you to gently leave the main pillar of Sakae Bridge here in this place. Or I think it's better if the nameplate is attached. In any case, I want the passers-by to be cherished.
▲A white pigeon that came to Tsukiji River Park
Chuo-ku Tourism correspondent Minatokko-chan
No. 12 May 22, 2018
