[Shitamachi Tom]
June 26, 2017 12:00
In Chuo-ku, the “Chuo-ku Declaration of Flower City” was enacted in April 1989, and we are working to realize a beautiful town and a clean town surrounded by flowers and greenery. Because it is a big city, you are aiming to create a town that is easy to spend by incorporating a little green landscape.
In addition, in March 2010, the "Green Adapt System" was established to promote the creation of a system that makes it easier for residents and local people to participate in greening activities, and to create a town with flowers. . Based on this system, flower bed volunteers are being recruited from time to time for residents and workers in the city to help manage the planting of flowers in flower beds such as parks and "flowering street corners". http://www.city.chuo.lg.jp/kurasi/borantia/katsudosuishin/hanasaku.html
By the way, the "Adapt System" is a system in which local residents and businesses clean and beautify public infrastructure and manage them. Efforts are being made to enhance the community through cooperation between the government and residents.
I take care of the flowerbed with my family even near me. I hope it will lead to the work of resting the eyes of those passing by. I would like tourists and visitors to spend comfortably in Chuo-ku.
When I meet a "flower bed volunteer" on the street corner, I would be glad if you could say a word. I want to be a town full of flowers and smiles.
[Shitamachi Tom]
June 7, 2017 16:00
The renewal of Echizenbori Children's Park in Shinkawa has recently been completed and has been neatly maintained. It is popular not only as a playground for children, but also as a place for local residents to relax. It is also loved as an oasis for people working in nearby offices to take a break during lunch breaks. The local event, the Children's Center Festival, was also held here just before.
This area was dug in the Edo period, and it was called "Echizenbori" because there was a Nakayashiki of the Fukui clan, Matsudaira Echizen Mamoru. It is interesting that the name still remains in the name of the park.
In addition, the name "Shinkawa" was established by Edo shogunate in the early Edo period, which was called "Edo Nakajima" and then divided into two areas. The north side was called "Hakozaki Island" and the south side was called "Rei Iwao Island". The newly excavated canal is called "Shinkawa" and is connected to the current town name.
In a corner of Echizenbori Children's Park, there is a stone monument indicating the connection of "Rei Iwao Island". It is explained that it is related to Rei Iwao-ji Temple, which was once in this area. The temple itself later moved to Fukagawa, but the name remained in the place name.
Rei Iwao Island appears in the "Kaibori no Okei" held in Shotaro Ikenami's popular work "Onihei Crime Book" Vol. 7. If you follow that description ...
"Shinkawa is a river that splits the original Rei Iwao Island into two north and south, and sake wholesalers were lined up on both banks. There are three bridges in Shinkawa from west to east, from Ichinobashi to Sannobashi. "
There are few remnants at that time now, but you can feel the scent of the past in the atmosphere of the nearby Kamejima River.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to take a walk while enjoying the scent of history? Please drop in.
By the way, the "Adapt System" is a system in which local residents and businesses clean and beautify public infrastructure and manage them. Efforts are being made to enhance the community through cooperation between the government and residents.
I take care of the flowerbed with my family even near me. I hope it will lead to the work of resting the eyes of those passing by. I would like tourists and visitors to spend comfortably in Chuo-ku.
