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The city of Hiroshima has beautiful scenery of rivers and canals.

It seems that there is a similarity in the origin of the place name with Chuo-ku, Tokyo, which was once a city of canals.

On the Hiroshima Electric Railway route map, you can see the names of stops such as "Hatchobori" and "Koamicho".

The place name "Hatchobori" in Hiroshima City is said to be derived from the fact that the former outer moat, located east of Hiroshima Castle, was about 8 in length (880m).

It is said that "Hatchobori" in Chuo-ku was about 8 in length, so it is common.

"Koamicho" in Chuo-ku is close to the former Nihonbashi Fish Market, and the name of the town is related to fishing nets.…。

On the route map of Hiroshima Electric Railway, there is also a description of "Kyobashi River" and "Aioi Bridge".

Kyobashi, which still spans the Kyobashi River in Hiroshima City, used to be the first bridge to cross when heading from Hiroshima Castle to Kyoto.

"Kyobashi" in Chuo-ku was also the first bridge to cross when heading from Nihonbashi to Kyoto. In the past, there was also the Kyobashi River in Chuo Ward.

Yes, it's in common.

The Aioi Bridge in Hiroshima City is a bridge that spans the junction of two rivers (Motokawa (former Ota River) and Motoyasu River) flowing through the center of Hiroshima City. It has a T-shaped shape with the bridge girder extending from the center of the bridge to Nakasu (Peace Memorial Park).

"Aioi Bridge" in Chuo-ku is a bridge over the Harumi Canal, connecting Tsukuda in Chuo-ku and Echinakajima in Koto-ku. In the past, it was not a single bridge, but a bridge consisting of two long and short bridges passing through islands in the canal.

In both cases, the shape of the bridge of "two long and short" is the same. And this is related to "Aioi no Matsu".…。

See you again…。

How many familiar place names in Chuo-ku could be found on the route map of Hiroshima Electric Railway?