Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog archive

This project is also intended to walk along the ruins of a river that existed in Chuo-ku.

Kaedegawa is said to have been the coastline at the time of Tensho 18 (1590), when Ieyasu Tokugawa entered Edo.

After that, the remaining soil for the construction of Edo Castle was reclaimed offshore of Kaedegawa to create the Hatchobori area. Kaedegawa was reclaimed in 1960 and is now reborn as the Metropolitan Expressway.

On the Kaede River, the Kaede River was the Kabutobashi Kaiunbashi Chiyodabashi Shinbabashi Kuyasubashi Matsuhatabashi Danshobashi bridge. Unfortunately, Kabuto Bridge and Kaiunbashi Bridge have been abolished, but other bridges still exist, so it can be said that it is a relatively familiar river trace?

Start near the diversion point of the Nihonbashi River (Kabutobashi Ruins) and aim for the Dansho Bridge in front of the junction of Sakuragawa and Kyobashi Rivers.

There is Kabuto Shrine on the right bank of Kaedegawa River. It was Edobashi Junction on the company.

I also photographed the famous Kabutoiwa. In the past, there was Eiichi Shibusawa's residence on the right side of this helmet shrine. Near this area was the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the birthplace of postal mail (Nihonbashi Post Office), and the area was full of highlights.

When I took a picture of the road sign casually in the lower direction, I noticed that the building that came into the background had a sense of sight, and when I checked the building name, I was surprised that it was "Nihonbashi Diamond Building". It was the Nihonbashi Diamond Building (former Mitsubishi Warehouse Edobashi Warehouse Building) designated as Historic buildings, Tokyo. If you think about it, Edobashi is ahead of your eyes and nose, and it is natural to say that it is natural, but it was a good discovery with a clear positional relationship.

Then, let's proceed along Momiji Street toward Shipping Bridge.

There were two main pillars and an explanation board on the shipping bridge.

You can see the word "June 2,535 BC".

At the end of the shipping bridge, there is the birthplace of the bank (Mizuho Bank Kabuto-cho Branch).

On the wall of Mizuho Bank, there was a "Kabuto-cho History Map", which was a nearby guide.

And it is Chiyodabashi that crosses Eitai-dori St... Chiyodabashi, which was newly built in 1928, can be seen from the side that the abutment and girder still exist. There are main pillars, sleeve pillars, and sleeve railings left.

"Pop-Pop-Pop-Pop"

When I went down the left bank of the Kaede River downstream, I heard the unique sound of Gagaku.

What is it? Is this the first noon festival on February 22? No, the first noon of this year is February 2 ...

The first day festival was held at Ohara Inari Shrine. In the lunar calendar, two noon was February 22nd, but I did not know why it was February 22nd, but looking at the priest's performance of felicitation, I thought I had been praying for the safety and prosperity of the neighborhood near Kaedegawa since the Edo period. I felt that I wanted to convey such good old customs and customs to the next generation, no longer in the future, and carefully.

Take the central police station to the left and proceed downstream along the ruins of Kaedegawa. In one corner of this central police station, there is an explanation monument of "Tokyo Metropolitan Momijigawa High School Site". At Nihonbashi Fire Station, Sakamotocho Park, and Sakamoto Elementary School, go downstream along the Kaedegawa Ruins.

The next Shinba Bridge was under construction and was closed to vehicles, but people can freely come and go on the sidewalk. A new fish market was established on this riverbank, and it seems that it became a new place from a new appetizer.

And it is Kuyasu Bridge that crosses Yaesu Street. Originally located in front of the Matsudaira Ecchu Mamoru House, it was also called Ecchu Bridge after that. After the Meiji Restoration, it was changed to Kuyasu Bridge by the Tokyo prefectural government. Hashizume Square is maintained as Kaedegawa Kuyasubashi Park. You can see people like nearby office workers taking a break or taking a break in the smoking space.

The next bridge is Takarabashi. On the right bank of the Ho-Hashigami style, there is Ho-jizoson. It is said that this Jizo-son was set up for the memorial service of children who died after the war in Kaedegawa. The name of the bridge comes from "Takaramachi, Kyobashi-ku".

And it's Matsuhatabashi. There are highways running above and below at Takarabashi, Matsuhatabashi, and Danshobashi.

Matsuhatabashi has a feeling of oppression. Then, the name of the bridge was derived from the bridge that spans Takashiro-cho (Hatchobori side) and Motomokuzaicho (Kyobashi River), but one character from Matsuyamachi (Hatchobori side) in the neighboring town and Inabacho (Kyobashi River) in the neighboring town It seems that Matsuhata Bridge was taken one by one. In the old days, it was also called Matsuya Bridge.

And we aim for the end of this city walk Bansho Bridge. The photo on the left is a picture of Dansho Bridge from Matsuhata Bridge. It is Dansho Bridge that crosses Kajibashi Street. Hashizume Square of Dansho Bridge was also maintained as Kaedegawa Danshobashi Park.

The current Dansho Bridge was bridged slightly upstream from the original Dansho Bridge in 1926. Therefore, for a while, there were two real Bansho Bridges, and the downstream bridge was called the former Dansho Bridge.

What a miniature replica of the former Dansho Bridge was on display.

Dansho Bridge has been here many times in the past, but ashamed, I didn't know the existence of this replica until today. Even the chrysanthemum crest was faithfully reproduced.

I can't do this...

Then, after all, I decided to go to Koto-ku to see the real thing.

Located behind Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine in Koto-ku, it was maintained as a park.

Moto Dansho Bridge is Japan's oldest iron bridge, mainly made of iron, and is designated as a national important cultural property. The current bridge name is Hachiman Bridge.

The weather was good, but I was the only one who was visiting.

In short, in the Edo period, Kaedegawa developed as a cornerstone of logistics connecting the Nihonbashi River and the Sakuragawa and Kyobashi Rivers, and people lived around the river and built a town, merchants and shrines, and even in Meiji period, banks and post offices were quickly built and were central to the economy. Even in such a modern age, it was very good to be able to rediscover good old customs.

Now, I'll end this city walk with photos taken from Shinbabashi at the end.

Left: Masonry that looks like a revetment of the Kaede River

Right: Nihonbashi Diamond Building Seen from Shinba Bridge