When it comes to spring events on the Sumida River, cherry blossom viewing is the best.
When it comes to sporting events, there is this historic event that takes place every April.
This is the Waseda-Keio Regatta, which celebrates its 84th anniversary in 2015. This is an eight-seater boat race between Waseda University and Keio University.
(The picture is from a regatta a few years ago.)
This tournament is known as the competition between Tokyo's best private universities, but since the boat itself is not a very major sport, it has a plain impression now.
However, it is said that in the past, it has attracted considerable attention.
By the way, it is relations with Chuo-ku, but race may start from around Hamacho Park because the starting point is upstream of Shinohashi.
The goal is Sakurabashi that crossed Asakusa.
It takes about 10 minutes to go through this distance.
At the starting point, OBOGs from both schools are cheering. Is there a lot of people who were university students a little long time ago? Still, everyone is hot.
Both schools started shortly about their location. When we started accelerating, it quickly disappeared to Ryogoku Bridge. The latest information comes in by radio, but you can not see the race process in Chuo-ku. Even so, there are also TV broadcasts, so some people seem to watch it on their mobile phones. Isn't this kind of sport suitable for public viewing?
It seems that there have been various progress, but this year we won Keio University.
Waseda University will pledge the humiliation of next year and will do his best again.
This kind of repetition will build history.
This is the 84th time since it has been more than 100 years in history. In fact, there was a time when the river was dirty and I couldn't race. It was finally revived in the 1950s and has continued to this day.
If you think so, it's a race with a beautiful Sumida River. I hear that players from both schools are proud to be on this stage.
Remember that the tradition of this race is inseparable from the Sumida River and is with the people who protect the Sumida River.
