Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Earlier, we picked up the bridge that remained as the name of the intersection, but this time we would like to introduce the former bridge name written on the bus stop and parking lot name.

By the way, now How many bridges are there in Chuo-ku? According to the Chuo-ku website (homepage), 75 bridges are listed. However, this includes highways, overpasses, and attachments, so it is not necessarily a bridge that spans rivers.

Bridges play an important role in connecting towns and towns, as well as a landmark of traffic. There is a place where the name of the bridge that is gone now remains in some way. Walking around Tokyo, you can see old town names and place names used at bus stops. It has been popular with the residents for a long time, and it can be seen that there was a life in the town. This is essential to convey history. When you explore the origin, you can see the depth of history even more.

Recently, the name of katakana is noticeable in the name of the building and public facilities. There are several such cases in the ward. In the future of urban development, coexistence with "history" as well as "environment" and "nature" must be a keyword. When giving a name, it is important to consider that it will be passed down to the later date.

So, where is the location of the photo?　You can see history when you compare it with old maps.
(Photo from the top left: Shiraoibashi, Kiboribashi, Konyabashi, Sakurabashi)

The novel set on Tsukuda Island, "Tsukuda Island Futari Shobo" (written by Tatsuro Dekune), begins when one of the characters crosses the Sumida River on a ferry and comes to Tsukuda Island.

The history of Tsukuda's ferry is old, and it opened in 1644, when fishermen from Tsukuda-mura, Settsu-kuni (Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi) entered Edo in accordance with Ieyasu Tokugawa and built Tsukuda Island. It was the year after I built it.

Tsukuda's ferry, which began as a water foot connecting Tsukuda Island and Edo City, was later used by people as an important means of transportation even after the Edo, Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras, and the last Sumida River basin. It was active as a ferry, but in 1964, Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge was completed with the long role of 30.

At present, stone monuments marked "Tsukuda Island Ferry" are built on both sides of the Sumida River, Tsukuda and Minato, respectively. In 1927, it was built in commemoration of the fact that Tokyo City abolished the rowing boat and made it a free tugboat, and is registered as a Chuo Ward Cultural Property.

(Left) Tsukuda side

(Right) Minato side

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"Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge" received a baton from "Tsukuda's ferry".

The course of the Tokyo Marathon, which will be held this weekend (28th), is just 36 km.

It would be surprising to see the old people who once crossed the Sumida River on a ferry and 32,000 runners running overhead. 

After entering the side street near Tsukiji Honganji Temple, there is a trace of [Tsukiji Small Theater] in a corner of the NTT DATA building.

[Tsukiji Small Theater] was established in 1924 by people who want to create a new theater base in the wave of reconstruction following the Great Kanto Earthquake of the previous year.

It was the first permanent theater of a new drama in Japan. Since then, it is said that at that time, he continued to transmit ambitious theater culture, including avant-garde content.　　

In Chuo-ku, there were not only many theaters, including the Kabukiza Theater, which was temporarily closed this year, but there was also a playhouse that forms the center of Kabuki that flourished during the Edo period.

The times have passed, and the history of chanson and jazz remains firmly in Chuo-ku.

It is a land that has supported the development of urban entertainment since ancient times to the present day.

I would like to visit more about the charm of Chuo-ku.　

February started with cold rain, but spring is steadily coming to that point.

So today, I would like to introduce the plum trees that are about to be in full bloom.

 The photo shows the plum blossoms that have begun to bloom on the side of Tsukuda Namishi Inari Shrine (Tsukuda 1-8-4).

This Tsukuda Namishi Inari Shrine is nearby Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine

Compared to (Tsukuda 1-1-14), it is not well known.

It may be, but you can see something very interesting.

By the way, do you know what the "sashiishi" in this photo is?

Tips: "Sashi" in "Sashiishi" means "lifting"

You already know, this is a stone used for "power comparison" a long time ago.

Until the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake, men proud of the power of the Tsukuda area made this stone.

He was lifting up and competing for that power. It may look small.

Why is it not so easy to lift.

I stopped by Tsukuda Nami-Inari Shrine, a little bit of a good friend.

If you are invited by the plum blossoms, which have the scent of spring quietly in the shade, you can see them.

There is a vermilion Tsukuda Kobashi in front of you.