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Sumida River tour boat tour

[Sam] March 19, 2014 09:00

         <Asashio Canal Ship landing & SSIII>         <SSIII Deck to Kiyosubashi & Tokyo Sky Tree>   

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 On March 15 (Saturday), we participated in the "Sumida River Tour Boat Tour" hosted by the River Section of Chuo-ku Water and Green Division.

"Let's experience the scenery of the Shinsui-Koen Park and Sumida River in the ward from the boat," a tour of the Sumida River takes about two hours to the area around the Tokyo Sky Tree starting from the morning tide canal boat landing (3-1 Harumi).

At 9:15 Tokyo Bay cruising: Boarded Ess III (capacity: 60 people) (first flight) and departed from the morning tide canal boat landing.

The course is Asashio Kobashi ~ (tentative name) Asashio Canal Bridge ~ Kachidokibashi ~ Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge ~ Chuo-ohashi Bridge ~ Eitai Bridge ~ Eitai Bridge ~ Sumida River Ohashi ~ Kiyosu Bridge ~ Shinohashi ~ Metropolitan Expressway Route 6.7 ~ Ryogoku Bridge ~ JR Aioi Bridge ~ Kuramae Bridge ~ Umaya Bridge ~

There were times when the city and the waterside were separated due to the decline of boat transportation, flood control, and the improvement of function priority during the high growth period, but in recent years the natural environment of the waterside and the function as a hydrophilic space have been re-examined, and the terrace maintenance has been carried out.

Currently, the waterside terrace is equipped with terrace flower beds, dog run terraces, terrace galleries, disaster prevention docks, etc. There are also stylish open cafes that apply the revised "River Site Permit Regulations" to the view point of view of Sumida Park, where the namako wall style seawall was located.

If you think about the historical sites scattered in the surrounding area, you will see the remnants of the downtown atmosphere that still drifts in your mind, but you will be fascinated by the lively town where old and new intersect and transform every moment.

In addition, the scenic view where the Tokyo Sky Tree fits just behind the middle of Kiyosu Bridge, an elegant suspension bridge that is described as feminine, which is unique to the ship, and when passing through Asashiobashi and Harutsuki Bridge with low bridge girders, passengers on the deck on the second floor experienced a thrilling scene that warned, "Please bow your head."

Unfortunately, it did not coincide with the flowering time of Yoshino cherry tree, but we were able to enjoy bridges of various types and colors and changes in the coastal scenery from a different perspective, so we had a fulfilling weekend time.

Thank you very much to everyone involved.

 

       <Rainbow Bridge>    <Hamarikyu Garden & Tokyo Tower>  <Kachidokibashi & Tokyo Sky Tree>

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   <Chuo-ohashi Bridge & Tokyo Sky Tree>      <Tsukuda River City 21>       <Eitai Bridge & Tokyo Sky Tree>

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    <Kiyosubashi & Tokyo Sky Tree>        <Shinohashi>        <Umaya Bridge & Water Bus "Doi">

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     <Azuma-bashi Bridge & Water Bus "Sakura">       <Tokyo Sky Tree>       <Tokyo Sky Tree reflected on the wall of the building>

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Chuo-ku from the sea

[kimitaku] March 12, 2014 18:00

  On the afternoon of March 6, a “Onboard Guide Workshop” hosted by Chuo-ku was held.

  Take a boat from the boarding of Takahashi, Koto-ku, go out the Onagi River in Koto-ku, and downstream down the Sumida River. Look at Chuo-ohashi Bridge to the right, go through Aioi Bridge, and go to the Toyosu Tree Plant.

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P1000775-sinonome.jpg From the Toyosu Canal, the boat goes to Toshin, the Sunacho Canal, and go south from the Akebono Canal to Tokyo Bay.

 Around this time, many Olympic facilities will be built.

After that, we went westward north and went from Shinonome Canal to Harumi Wharf.

 The Rainbow Bridge is beautiful on the left hand. The waves are swaying high and big around here, giving the real pleasure of the ship.

 It is said that the left hand of Harumi Passenger Terminal will be the Olympic Village.

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 The boat looks at the Asashio Canal to the right and goes to the Sumida River, and the refrigeration facilities at Tsukishima Wharf are the highlight.

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 Loop Route 2 passing through Shimbashi (commonly known as MacArthur Road: scheduled to open in recent years) Bridge construction site, and from Tsukiji Market to Kachidokibashi.

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Tsukuda Island on the right from St. Luke's Hospital.
The houses of Tsukuda from the sea are very nice. The scenery from the sea is carefully built.

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 When you pass through Chuo-ohashi Bridge, the Ishikawajima Condominiums are beautiful in the backlight.

And from Nihonbashi River to Toyomi Bridge. The fishing boat during the mooring is an accent. At Minato Bridge, I discovered the emblem of a sailing boat.

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The boat goes westward with the stylish capital height as the roof.
Arrived on the shore of Sojuro Nihonbashi.

From now on, Chuo-ku will expand its doors to the sea.

 

 

"Leaf scars" <Harumi Triton>

[Sam] March 5, 2014 09:00

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 At this time, the hydrangea has completely fallen leaves and exposed naked, but dark purple winter buds appear from all over the brown branches, and the tip of the stem is large and looks like a candle flame. You can see the top buds.

At the place where the leaf handle was attached to the branch, there is a unique trace called leaf scar.

The leaf scars are those in which traces of the vascular bundle consisting of the wood part of the water passage absorbed from the roots and the teacher part of the passage of nutrients remain like spots.

In the case of hydrangea, there are three traces of vascular bundles, and the leaf scars are fallen pine-shaped to heart-shaped.

If you look like a human face, the left is like a "grandfather face" and the right is a "grandchild (baby) face".

The number and arrangement of vascular bundles vary depending on the tree, and are parable to human and animal faces, such as "cute face", "laughter face", "crying face", "singular face", "child face", "elderly face", etc. It seems that there are many things.

Here are some examples of such unique leaf scars that I saw at Harumi Triton Square <Flower / Green Terrace>.

It is one of the pleasures of walking around green spaces and parks from winter to early spring.

 

  <Kashiwaba Hydrangea>        <Tochinoki>         <Mali Ode>         <linden arrowwood>

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