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"Books", "origin", "north" and "new" at the head of the place name of the former Nihonbashi Ward

You can learn about the history and geography of the town by knowing the "book", "origin", "north" and "new" at the head of the place name of the former Nihonbashi Ward.

Hon-Shiroganemachi, Honishi-cho, and Hon-Kawayacho are the original names of the place names that claim the "books" of Hon-Shiroganemachi, Kokumachi, and Kawayacho, but later Shin-Shiroganemachi were created in Kanda, so I decided to add a "book" to impress this Honkemoto. Honryogaecho is for Shin-Ryogaecho in Ginza, and Hon-Odawara-cho is for Minami-Odawara-cho in Tsukiji.

Book ... Honshiroganemachi, Honishimachi, Honmachi, Honkawayacho, Hon Ryogaecho, Hon Odawaracho, Hon Funamachi, Motozaimokucho　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Former ... Motohamacho, former Osakacho, former Yanagimachi, former Yokkaichimachi, Motodaikumachi　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　North: Kita-Sayacho, Kita-Shinboricho　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　New ... Shin-Osaka-cho, Shin-Takigi-cho, Shin-Morimono-cho, Shinwa Izumicho, Shin-Kayamachi, Shin-yanagi-cho, Shin-Ue-cho

By asking the standing and origin of these cities, you will learn about the old days and history of development of the former Nihonbashi Ward.

Honmachidori

"Book", "origin", "north", "new" in the head of the place name of the former Nihonbashi-ku Honmachidori Former Nihonbashi-ku

Regardless of the bridge in Nihonbashi, there was a cityscape that had been formed before that. Look at Tokiwa Bridge to the left, look at the Bank to the right, and you will reach the side of Shin Tokiwa Bridge. If you go straight along this bridge from the west, the street that goes to Asakusabashi is the current main street, but the old Honmachidori is the road that passes through the south.

The town along the old Honmachidori is made between Honmachi and Torimachi (Tori Hatago-cho, Toyu-cho, Toshio-cho) sandwiched between Otemmacho. "Honmachi" and "Torimachi" are truly simple and very old towns. If you believe in the article of "Tensho era diary", Ieyasu, who entered the castle in 1590, started maintenance of the castle town and changed "Kobashi in Honchonishi" to "Ohashi" and divided Honmachi. .

In Honmachi, the Bank of Japan runs 1-chome, 2-chome east, and Ginza Nihonbashi-dori, followed by 3-chome and 4-chome. It was the way of counting the streets at that time to increase the number of streets as they moved away around the castle. However, after the Great Kanto Earthquake, there was a major revision of the name of the town, and "Starting from near Nihonbashi, which has the original mark of the whole country, it was changed to count the streets as we moved away from the Nihonbashi River. This is because the way of counting the streets of the Edo period has changed. It's much more emotional than the current counting method.

The attached figure shows the cityscape of Iwashiya, a medicinal wholesaler in the south of the former Honmachi 3-chome ("3-chome" in the way of counting the Edo period). Takeda Since the land was exchanged with the Global Headquarters, "Iwashiya" (now Sakura Group) has moved to Honmachi 3-chome instead of being located in the former Honmachi 3-chome.