Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

On weekdays after Golden Week, I went to Hamarikyu Onshi Garden. When I thought about it, it was the day of the first Hamarikyu Onshi Garden debut. Foreign tourists were conspicuous, probably because there was a water bus stop in the garden. Then I was surprised to see a lot of crows. The crows were accustomed to humans, and some crows did not escape even if I passed nearby.

Photographs of Ote-mon gate from the stone wall of Ote-mon gate and the garden. It's a very nice stone wall. It is a garden of Shogun Tokugawa, which served as a "dejo" of Edo Castle during the Edo period.

It is famous that there is a Shioiri pond and two duck fields that draw in seawater. On the day of the event, the time I visited at the tide was at low tide, so a large amount of water from the pond flowed out from Yokobori sluice to Tokyo Bay, and I was able to realize that it was a Shioiri pond.

This photo shows Kamoba. When the duck flies to the pond after observing the Kamoba Pond from the large peep, this time from the small peep, fed the duck that was tamed with the moat, saw the duck that followed the duck with the duck and caught it with the hawk and net from the small bank It seems that it was done.

This photo is "Shogun's upground". Yes, it is said that Yoshinobu Tokugawa was defeated in the battle of Fushimi Toba, fled to Edo from Osaka Castle, and landed from Hamarikyu. However, I decided to investigate a little without any description on the signboard.

"The next morning," Seven Time Pass ", first, Itakura landed in the beach garden ahead of Yoshinobu, probably because he was preparing to meet Yoshinobu. Yoshinobu transfers to a high-speed boat or a push boat off Shinagawa, and lands in the beach garden "8:00 and a half past". After that, he rested for a while at Matsunochaya, but since breakfast was not yet available, Kimura ordered a large can of biscuits from his nearby home in Shinsenza and served it instead of breakfast ("Kimura Biography"). Shogun's Garden Hamarikyu and late Tokugawa shogunate Political Scenery by Mitsuhiro Mizutani"

※Itakura: Katsukiyo Itakura Kimura: Yoshiki Kimura Hyogo Head (Kaishu) "Kimura Biography": Kaishu Kimura History Abbreviation

In addition, "Shogun's rising ground" is also the place where Ieshige Tokugawa returned silently to Edo. I personally thought that it would be better to enhance the information boards a little more. Then, since the time I visited the park was at low tide, I was able to see something like a staircase collapsed by the Kitty Typhoon in 1949. You can see a water bus in the photo of this "Shogun Go Upground", and behind it you can see "Tsukiji Ohashi" bridged in 2014. (And when will Tsukiji Ohashi be opened?) Yoshinobu Tokugawa could not have imagined the scenery seen from the current "Shogun rising place". However, the reason why this Hamarikyu Onshi Garden remained was probably because Yoshinobu, who was also in Edo, showed "the meaning of Kyojun" and Edo Castle was opened bloodlessly. ・... But it's hot today!

For the time being, I went south on the right bank of the Sumida River (Chuo-ku side) from the vicinity of both countries. It's not interesting because it runs on the Riverside, so I wanted to go around historic sites, shrines, buildings, etc., mainly in alleys one step from Riverside. When I noticed, I was pedaling toward Yanagibashi. Yanagibashi is one of my favorite bridges that still has emotional scenery. The balustrade of the bridge is decorated with flowers.

And if you go to Yasukuni Dori, it is the ruins of Ryogoku Hirokoji Temple. Even today, the width of the road is quite large and it can be felt that it was a fire-reclamation area in the Edo period. Along the Yasukuni Dori, there is a retro Tamaki Bunjiro Building, which is also a nationally registered Tangible Cultural Property.

If you return a little along the Sumida River, you will find Kawakami Inari Shrine, the stone monument of "Yanokura" behind Nihonbashi Junior High School, and the sky tree from near Nihonbashi 2-chome.

It's weeping cherry tree in Hamacho Park, which was still in full bloom. It's a one-way, one-lane tunnel. If you look only at this picture, is this Tokyo? I think there are some people who think about it. (Hamacho Tunnel) It passes under Hamacho Park. But it's a one-way street. And the third photo shoots the famous Hakozaki Junction from below.

The permanent Inari Shrine, which was under the Hakozaki Junction, is difficult to understand. I didn't have any information boards, so I looked it up. "Eternal Inari: Located on the shores of Hakozakicho, Eikyu Bridge, it was founded when this land was buried after entering Tokugawa, and flourished as a local god of production since ancient times. In addition to Inari, Konpira and Koshin were enshrined. You stood by the side of Eikyu Bridge from the history of Chuo-ku. And the third photo is the famous Takao Inari Shrine. Apart from the truth of the anecdote, it seems that a real skull is enshrined in the company as the god of Takao Inari. I was a little surprised.

And there is a monument to the place where the Bank of Japan was founded right next to Takao Inari Shrine. And Toyomi Bridge is in front of you. Today it was only an hour and 15 minutes of bicycle walk, but I once again realized the charm of Chuo-ku. I would like to continue my blog on bicycle walks in the future.