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What is the town depicted in Isota Kamura's novel "Business"?

[TAKK...] December 13, 2017 09:00

 

"Keiichiro had to take a break from the sake newspaper company in Hamacho, where he worked."

 

At the beginning of my novel "Business" published in the early Showa era, there is such a sentence.
As for the story of Tokyo, Hamacho thinks of Hamacho, Chuo-ku, which has Meijiza and parks and subway stations.
However, as you read it, you can see that the main character's work is near Eitai Bridge.
Looking at the postal map at this time, you can find the place name Hamacho on Reigishima Island (currently Shinkawa, Chuo-ku) in Kyobashi Ward.
It seems that there was a company where the main character worked beside the canal, which was the origin of the place name of Shinkawa.

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〇 You can see the place name "Reiganjima Hamacho"

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The novel depicts the suffering and poverty of the protagonist who came to Tokyo after abandoning his hometown and his wife and children, but the state of Shinkawa, Chuo-ku during the Taisho era is depicted with a tasteful brushwork.
At that time, Shinkawa seemed to have many breweries and liquor sales-related companies that unload and store sake from the Kansai area.
"(Omitted) Several sake boats have arrived on the banks of the Shinkawa River. (Omitted) The young people of the wholesaler are carrying them into the warehouse while rolling a four-to barrel with a twisted headband on the forehead of the hemp (Omitted) Listening for a while without listening to a song with the beats of powerful young people. "

My novel is written based on my experience, but "Sake Shimbun" is also a real company with different company names, and it is true that Isota worked. Whether the company had a bad deal with it, it lasted for about six months and left without permission.

By the way, there are no companies that have become models for sake newspaper companies, but another company established by the president at that time continues to operate in Shinkawa.

In addition, the canal, Shinkawa, where sake barrels were unloaded, was reclaimed in 1948, and the tasteful sight depicted by Isota cannot be seen now.

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〇 At present, only a monument to the site of Shinkawano remains.

 

 

Waterside scenery

[TAKK...] 18:00 on December 5, 2017

The scenery of the Sumida River and the canal beyond is an important landscape of Chuo-ku, and you can see it just by looking at it.

If you look at such a waterside view from the water
In search of unusual landscapes and new discoveries, we participated in a cruise that was held as a training course for boat sightseeing guides.

 

On the day, the wind blowing on the water was sometimes strong and cold, but it was a warm and pleasant sunny day for early November.

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Himiko travels through Kachidokibashi. It is a sightseeing boat with a futuristic atmosphere designed by Reiji Matsumoto. There is also a scallona with a very similar exterior design, but it can be distinguished by the presence or absence of an onboard deck.

 

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The construction site of the Olympic athlete village, where soot-free cranes are lined up. It is said that the necessary maintenance at the time of the tournament will be completed by H31.12.

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Luxurious passenger ships are berthed at Harumi Wharf and Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal.

 

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The scenery of the Sumida River Terrace. The autumn leaves are beautiful and it is a place to relax.

 

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The scenery of Harumi's condominiums and the sky tree. It's an urban landscape.

 

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Kachidokibashi and Tsukiji Ohashi. The arch of Tsukiji Ohashi is seen between the arches of Kachidokibashi.

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From Chuo-ku, you can board a sightseeing boat that runs various courses.

Why don't you enjoy the view from the water?

 

 
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