Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

The cherry blossom festival of the amazake Yokocho Store Association was suddenly canceled due to the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Today, I felt quite warm, so I went to Hamacho River Green Road to look for cherry blossoms.

I found a tree in the middle of the statue of Benkei.

Do you know?

It is the statue of Benkei directly below.

Ningyocho is said to have set up a statue of Benkei in the "Kanjin Book" here in commemoration of its prospering as a play street in the Edo period. It seems that the wooden gate in the back is a crown gate.

 

There is a monument on the north side of this green path of "the land of Chinese medicine reconstruction".

It may be difficult to understand.

 

Is the cherry blossoms in the middle of next week?

Cross Kiyosubashi-dori and head to Hamacho Park.

The "Akame" at the fence of the tree-lined road at the entrance of the park in front of Meijiza has been colored in Oita.

Gourmets are in full bloom.

 

The cherry blossoms in the park have not yet bloomed.

The children were gathering in a small pond, so I looked into it.

Look inside the pond.

 

That's right. It's a tadpole.

 

When I turned my eyes toward the bank, the white "Yukiyanagi" and the red "Hanamo" were competing for victory as the tip of the cherry blossoms.

 

 

 

 

 

"Shin-ohashi Bridge" is a diagonal bridge that spans the Sumida River, connecting Nihonbashi-Hamacho, Chuo-ku and Shin-Ohashi, Koto-ku.

Completed in March 1977.

The bridge pillar in the center of the bridge is fitted with a picture of Hiroshige Ando's 100 famous Edo scenic spots "Ohashi Atake no Yudate" and a relief of the old bridge built in 1912.

The appearance of Shin-ohashi Bridge, which has changed over the times, is depicted there.

 

There are two large and small monuments on the north side of Nishizume Bridge.

The huge stone monument is the "evacuation monument" of the Great Kanto Earthquake.

The small stone monument on the left is the monument of "Hitosuke Bridge".

 

Shin-ohashi Bridge was once called "Hitosuke Bridge" and was popular.

During the Great Kanto Earthquake that occurred on September 1, 1923, many bridges over the Sumida River were burned down by fire.

Among them, Shin-ohashi Bridge prevented fires, saved many lives, and served as evacuation route.

It is the time of the old bridge built in 1912.

 

People who evacuated to avoid fire, carried their luggage, flooded the bridge in search of escape routes.

Even if it is an iron bridge, if the fire moves on the luggage, the burning flame runs on Hashigami at once.

The police officer in charge of the guidance said he had stretched his body and dumped his luggage to prevent the spread of fire and secure the evacuation route.

The little stone monument was erected in honor of its brave action.

 

It is quite difficult, such as the actions of police officers who have fulfilled their duties remain as inscriptions.

In the shadow of this police officer, there would have been many people who died in guidance, rescue, fire extinguishing, etc.

I think that police officers who properly handled the crowd at their discretion are engraved on the monument as representatives of those who fulfilled their mission and supported each other, although their names do not remain.

 

 

There are many people who are facing difficulties during the Great East Japan Earthquake.

I strongly believe, "Go for it!"

 

 

I used a ticket for the Tokyo Waterfront Line in raffle at Riverside Autumn Festa, which was introduced in a blog post last September. Actually, I thought after waiting for the cherry blossoms to bloom, but due to the expiration date, it was a little earlier.

 

We chose the "Ryogoku-Odaiba Cruise" course. Boarding from Ecchu Island in front of St. Luke's Garden → Hamarikyu → Odaiba Kaihinkoen → Hamarikyu → In front of St. Luke's Garden → Etchujima → Both countries → Sakurabashi → I'm going around with both countries.

There are many other courses, and there are temporary boats depending on the season. For more information, please visit the Tokyo Waterfront Line website.

  　"Sakura" which we boarded

 

Take a leisurely on a warm boat to Odaiba. Relaxed seats are comfortable and seem to sleep unintentionally. On the way back, I went to the deck on board with the cold to take a picture.

   

You know Rainbow Bridge. The distance between the two main towers on the left and right supporting the bridge is 11 mm wider at the top than at the base, but it seems that this is because the earth is round. I feel the size of the scale.

 

　 　 　  

As you go upstream to Kachidokibashi, Chuo-ohashi Bridge, Kiyosu Bridge, and the sky tree gradually becomes larger.

(Lower) In Sakurabashi, it's so close. 

On the way, I went under a lot of bridges. Of these, Komagata Bridge, Kuramae Bridge, and Umaya Bridge were constructed as part of the reconstruction plan after the Great Kanto Earthquake. During this time, many other bridges were built on the Sumida River. About two weeks from Great East Japan Earthquake. It is difficult to get on the road to reconstruction, but when I learned that people 90 years ago built several bridges after the Great East Japan Earthquake, I looked up at the sky tree towering over the blue sky while remembering the song `` Bridge over tomorrow '' I was