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The starting point and end point of the Sumida River.
The estuary of the Sumida River, the so-called end point of the river, is the point that pours into Tokyo Bay.
Tsukiji Ohashi, where we take pictures, is the first bridge located the downstream of the Sumida River.
For me, the first bridge was "Kachidokibashi, an important cultural property", so I felt a subtle sense of discomfort.
However, "the passage of time" has great power and gradually becomes more familiar with the landscape.
Above all, the improvement of convenience connecting Toyosu and Tsukiji as a Loop Route 2 has changed the impression of the bridge.
Bridges are truly valuable when they are used.
A bridge-type, three-way steel-frame Nakaji-style arch bridge. Bridge length, 245m.
A structural detail that reminds us of the spread to the future, with arch ribs tilted about 14 degrees on the outside (sidewalk side).
It opened on November 4, 2018.
It's a new landmark in Tokyo.
Tsukiji Ohashi was awarded the 2018 Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tanaka Award.
This award is given to outstanding achievements in bridge and steel structure engineering.
This award is given to Dr. Yutaka Tanaka, who was involved in numerous famous bridges, including the Eitai Bridge and Kiyosu Bridge over the Sumida River, as the first bridge section manager of the Imperial Capital Reconstruction Institute during the reconstruction of the capital after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Some big will seem to link the flow of more than a hundred years.
Do you think it resembles the ears of "Militteha" of the Tokyo 2020 mascot?
Real estuary
For those who say, "The mouth of the Sumida River is further ahead," add the view from Tsukishima Wharf.
We go up the river.
Rivers flowing through the city center are blocked by high embankments with rivers and towns for disaster prevention.
Taking advantage of it, a space away from the hustle and bustle appears.
The Sumida River terrace is located on both banks.
An attractive place in the center of a densely populated city where you can feel the spread of the sky.
This course is very suitable for running and walking.
There are events unique to the course along the river.
Due to the ebb and flow of the tide, the water of the river sometimes washes the shore.
The shoes get wet, but you can see the gravitation of the moon.
Red water gate, blue water gate
By the way, the starting point of the Sumida River is Iwabuchi Suimon in Shimo, Kita-ku, which is about 23.5 km back from the mouth.
It is a sluice gate that divides the current Arakawa and Sumida River.
There are two old and new sluice gates, and the old sluice gates are called red sluice gates and the new sluice gates are called blue sluice gates because of the painted colors.
The Aosuimon, which is currently in operation, was completed in 1982.
It consists of three gates with a width of 10m, and when the flow rate upstream of Arakawa increases, the sluice gate is closed to prevent flooding of the Sumida River.
It smells like burning meat from nearby grass.
When I approached something, I was using a camp stove and baking a spices-dried steak.
The ultimate one-person gourmet.
The Akasuimon was completed in 1924 and consists of five gates with a width of 9m.
The role has been completed with the completion of the blue sluice gate. However, it was preserved by the efforts of local people.
In 1999, it was selected as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Historic buildings.
Is it a coach with children with soccer balls?
While pointing to a signpost stood in the river
"Oh, there was. The fifth from the top. At the time of the typhoon two years ago, the water went up there."
「7.17ｍ。 October 13, 2019."
"Oh, indeed. Yeah. I'm going to be buried here."
"At that time, the house was soaked in the water."
"Because this dike was there, the house was okay."
"The rain and wind were terrible, and the water of the river swirls in black, and I was scared."
"Really, yeah,"
It seemed to hear the breathtaking sound of the children who had been unimaginable.
The horror of once you have peeled tusks, even though it is such a calm river surface.
"Thing that governs water governs the country."
It has become a "river tour" that surpasses the footprints of its predecessors who have fought against the raging flow.