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Living with a river
If you look at this mosaic picture, there is no doubt that you will pass the 14th Chuo-ku Tourism Certification!
You can see, Kachidokibashi over the Sumida River. The mosaic is located near Exit 4 on the platform No. 2 of Tsukiji Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. When completed in 1940, it was called the best movable bridge in the East, and in 2007 it was designated as a national important cultural property.
Aside from that, for me, when I walk across it, I feel scared of shaking, but I still want to walk across it. And if you look at the lit up in the background of the news of a national version of a certain broadcast station, it is also a bridge that I think the day is over.
For more information about lighting up, please refer to the article by the correspondent Hajime. https://tokuhain.chuo-kanko.or.jp/detail.php?id=2702
The power of the river
By the way, at the corner of St. Luke's International University, which is close to Tsukiji Station, there is a stone monument and an explanation board at the site of Takumi Asanouchi's mansion. The figure on the explanation board is around the Genroku era (1688-1704), and the Sumida River on the right (east and south) is written as "sea", and the Tsukiji River Nanshi River on the left (west) (currently Tsukiji River Park) is simply a "river". Most of this figure became Tsukiji foreign settlements after the Meiji Restoration.
Tsukiji Reservation Study Group December 2021 At the Study Group, we attended Kenji Sugawara's "Tracing the Town where the Reservation was located." It is said that water transportation and boat transportation have greatly contributed to the formation of the city of Edo and the lives of people. As a relatively recent example, it was introduced that during the construction of the new building of St. Luke International Hospital (currently the main building of the hospital and St. Luke Garden Tower), which was completed in 1992, the Sumida River used to carry surplus soil and construction materials. The boats coming and going through the Sumida River were the image of a sightseeing boat, so I was impressed and reviewed the Sumida River (rude!) 。 After the closing, I heard from the study group that during the construction of the old building of St. Luke's International Hospital (the current location of the main building of St. Luke's International University) completed in 1933, the Tsukiji River Nanshi River was used for transportation.
While thinking that the use of the river is not such an old story, the main stream of the Tsukiji River, now I was walking beside the high-speed Toshin Beltway where cars flow instead of water, and the display on the first floor of Ginza Shochiku Square jumped into my eyes.
A river appears here! I missed the event information, so I missed it completely. In addition, he must have passed by with the impatient feeling of Shiwasu! !
The art object special exhibition "River Bridge, and sometimes waterfalls-the past and present in Ginza" is on the floor. I often look at the posters, and the exhibition of the objects seems to be left for a while, and how about the projection mapping! I learned that the event will be extended until January 16th.
For more information, look here. https://www.higashiginza-area.com/event/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8D%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E6%9D%B1%E9%8A%80%E5%BA%A7/
You can also find information on the website of the Chuo-ku Tourism Association. https://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/?p=we-page-event-entry&event=406131&cat=10614&type=event
I think the waterside and the water surface have the power to relieve people for some reason. When I cross the bridge, I feel like I have a new phase.
Chuo-ku, which is located in the center of the capital, does not require a place where cars and people flow from water, but the rivers and canals that supported the city of Edo, a city of one million people, have the power not only for convenience but also for convenience.
I want to cherish rivers and watersides.