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Enkei Tsukuda Tajima (Source: National Diet Library "Meiji and Taisho era in Photographs from the Photo Book Collection of the National Diet Library-" (expiration of protection period))

When it was still an island, Tsukuda was said to be "an island like another world" even though it was close to Ginza in the same Tokyo.
In the old Kawayanagi, there is "Tsukuda Island with a dot on the map of Edo", and describes how small Tsukuda Island was drawn on a picture of Yaohachicho Oedo.
However, another Kawayanagi says, "The child of the island remembers the country of Tsukuda," and the children of Tsukuda Island at that time called it "Tsukudako" or "Atata no Shima". Is it?

By the way, the preface has become longer, but in this book there is a description of "The Boy of otter".

This otter was believed to have touched a girl returning from a bathhouse across Tsukuda Kobashi, cut a fisherman's four arms, and carried dried fish secretly.
In addition, it is written that the stalls at the Shirukoya beneath Tsukuda Kobashi were repeatedly playing bad games.
otter visits the shirukoya when there are no other customers, and the boy is unfamiliar.
Even though it is a cold day, it is a lucose to order.
When I finished eating, I said, "Okane, here" and paid, and disappeared, but the next day the money was a thin stone!

The people of Tsukuda, who were in trouble with such play, came up with the idea of worshiping otter as a god.
When I asked Mr. chief priest to be contained in the palace, otter's mischief was gone.
However, at the same time, it is said that otter was unable to reach Tsukuda due to dirt in the river and the effects of landfills.

Even now, in the corner of the precincts of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine, there is a "otter no Miya" where nothing is written.
We will refrain from posting photos, but if you visit nearby, why not look for the shrine?

Image photo (If there is still otter in Tsukuda, it will soon become a popular one!)

When otter was in Tokyo, in April, Ami fishing, which is a material for Tsukudani, became popular.
In addition, Sayori fishing began, and looking at the tide, the ship came out even at night.
There was no fish collector as it is now, and the roots of the pine were burned, so by the time they returned after the night fishing, the fisherman's face and neck were black like black cats.

There are now fewer people who know the good old Tsukuda.
However, despite being not far away from Ginza, Tsukuda's unique goodness and atmosphere that makes you want to call it "Tsukuda no Kuni".
When you visit Tsukuda, why don't you close your eyes once and think about the era when fishing was thriving from the scent drifting in the town and the sound of nature that you hear?