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It is currently listed up to the 5th time. I heard that it will be a series of 10 to 12 times in total.

President Higuchi personally collects "old postcards of Nihonbashi" and carefully selects them to introduce them.

Please take a look at it.

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With the permission of President Higuchi, I would like to introduce "Old postcards of Nihonbashi" on this blog.

This is the first time.

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The first thing you can see is a postcard when the current Nihonbashi was opened on April 3, 1911.

It seems that this series is the most common among the scenery of Nihonbashi.

Ishibashi is the same as the current one, but it is new so the whiteness of the bridge stands out.

The Metropolitan Expressway is not yet on the bridge.

It was before the last Tokyo Olympics that the capital city was built on the river. The view is good.

Both the statue of Kirin and the statue of the lion are of course the same as you can see now.

Both Kirin and lions are made by Yorinaka Tsumaki. It's majesty.

According to the information received from Mr. S, a correspondent, the total construction cost of the bridge was 523,692 yen, of course, the money at that time.

And about 10% of that, more than 50,000 yen, is the cost of this statue.

The four statues of Kirin representing the prosperity of Tokyo City and the four lion statues representing the protection of Tokyo City are fine.

The lion's one forefoot is the mark of the former Tokyo city.

・・Is it the only one who seems to be very imbalance in how to spend money?

It looks like the opening ceremony.

It seems that the ceremony started at 1 p.m. And it rained on the day. It's light rain, but the umbrella is in the forest.

There is also a guard umbrella, but at the end of the Meiji era, there are many bat umbrellas.

At the opening ceremony, at the beginning of the crossing, "Kimura-san family" was selected.

The Kimura family said that three generations of couples in Nihonbashi crossed Nihonbashi together.

At that time, families that symbolize prosperity would have been rare.

It's an object at the base of the bridge. It is written in the center as "Holiday Opening Bridge", but the sake barrels are piled up.

It seems to be a "Seki barrel" donated by the fish bank in Nihonbashi. It's a smart way.

At night, both bridges and stacking barrels are lit up. It's beautiful.

Nihonbashi-dori (now Chuo-dori) is also in a festival state.

Cherry blossoms planted in commemoration of the opening. Since it is April 3, is it just the flowering season? It's beautiful at night.

Now back, Nihonbashi before completion is under construction.

・・・ This is the second exhibition of Nihonbashi postcards collected by President Higuchi.

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Soak in the scenery of the good old Nihonbashi through an old postcard of a bridge called Nihonbashi.

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