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(The following explanation board is displayed at the base of the bridge.)

Same Bridge

Around this area, there was the residence of Masamasa Matsudaira in the early Edo period, and after being burned by a large fire in Kyoho 9 (1724), it became a fire sanctuary, and the servant was commonly called Hara.

The origin of the bridge name seems to come from here.

Hara became an urban area called Samemachi in 1869, and it seems that an emerging urban area mixed with Japanese and Western was formed between Ginza Brick Street and the foreign settlement of Tsukiji.

The current bridge, which was rebuilt during the reconstruction of the earthquake, was adopted with an arch that was said to have excellent design at that time.

Under the bridge, it changed from the Tsukiji River to the current highway in 1962.

In the ward, in 1990, the phantom hotel "Tsukiji Hotel Building" (established in 1868 as the first modern Western-style hotel and boasted prosperity, but burned down in 1872) and "Ginza Willow" were developed.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　The bridge

Type 2 Diameter Reinforced arch bridge

Bridge length 42.0m

Effective width 15.0m (roadway 9.0m sidewalk 3.0m x 2)

Construction started in September 1929

Completed October 1930

Installer Tokyo City

Ginza 6-28-1.

This park is adjacent to Saijo Bridge and Shimbashi Enbujo.

Although it is a small park, it is surprisingly a spot with lots of people.

Depending on the time, it is used as a place for lunch and relaxation for those who work in nearby buildings, and at some times as a place to wait for the opening of Shimbashi Enbujo as shown in the image.

It is located in Tsukiji River Saijobashi Park, a fruit tree and herb sample garden.

For more information about fruit tree and herb sample gardens, please see "Fruit and Herb Sample Garden" where karin and sage grow.

Mr Hanes is written on July 13, 2022.

- Established as a place to improve and showcase Shimbashi Geisha's arts-

6-18-2, Ginza

It was opened in 1925 in 1925 as a place to improve the arts of Shimbashi Geisha and show them, using Keihan's Kaburenjo and performance halls as examples.

Every early summer, Shimbashi Geisha performs "Azuma Odori".

In addition, he has performed theater performances in a wide range of genres, including Kabuki and New School.

-From Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia that you can walk~

This image is taken on a different day from the previous one.

On this day, it was a stage centered on idol performers, so there were rows of young women entering.

Go east

- Appreciate the stylish dance by top-notch Shimbashi Geisha

Set in Shimbashi Enbujo, which was built for the purpose of improving the arts of Shimbashi Geisha, Shimbashi Geisha will perform a stylish and gorgeous dance.

Originally, you can enjoy geisha dances and localities (jigata: songs, shamisen, flutes, etc.) that can only be seen in the tatami room of a luxury restaurant in Shimbashi.

It's a great opportunity to enjoy the taste of the restaurant.

Date and time: mid-May to late May

Location: Shimbashi Enbujo

-From Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia that you can walk~

In the ninth (2017) of Chuo-ku sightseeing certification, there were the following questions.

"Every year around mid-May, at Shimbashi Enbujo in Ginza 6-chome, an event is held to showcase Shimbashi Geisha's top-notch and gorgeous dances.

Which of the following is the name of this event?"

・・・ The correct answer for the four choices was to the east.

In the 10th (2018), the following questions were asked.

"East Odori" is held at Shimbashi Enbujo in Ginza 6-chome around mid-May every year.

Shimbashi Geisha's top performers perform gorgeous dances, but one of the pleasures is to be able to appreciate singing songs, shamisen, flutes and other sounds.

In this way, what do you call the person in charge of singing, shamisen, flute, etc. in technical terms?

・・・ The correct answer for the four choices is local (Jigata).

It is a famous long-established restaurant in Kanada Naka, founded in the Taisho era in Shimbashi Hanayagikai, its new Hashi Kanada Naka, Ginza 7-18-17, Ginza.

It's next to Shimbashi Enbujo.

A tasteful room from Shoin to Sukiyori, Japanese cuisine served with shafts, flowers, and incense on the floor, would be blissful.

History of Hanayagikai Shimbashi?　Land made by Ieyasu's civil engineering work

Ieyasu was replaced by Hideyoshi and entered Edo more than 400 years ago.

The word "E" represents a large river such as the Yangtze River and Amur.

The door is the door, and the Edo means the door of a large river.

Now, the Tama River, the Sumida River (Sumida River), the Arakawa River, and the Edo River are pouring into Tokyo Bay, but when Ieyasu, the largest river in Kanto, the Tone River, also poured into Edo Bay. .

In other words, Edo at the time when it was flooded as soon as it rained a lot, the number of people was not large.

Ieyasu, who moved to Edo, started a major civil engineering work.

A plan to change the flow of the Tone River was also completed at this time, in the age of Midai Iemitsu.

Edo Castle, built by Michio Ota, is also a cape with Hibiya, so at this time it would have been called a sea area.

The lower part of the Sumida River was called Okawa at that time, and Nakashu was now Kyobashi, and many of Ginza were the bottom of the sea.

Ginza is the land created by Ieyasu's landfill.

It seems that the buried soil was carried by cutting down such a mountain called Kadoyama.

Something is now Kanda Surugadai.

The place name tells you that the servant of Naosan, Suruga Shu, shaved and flattened.

As an aside, behind Roppongi where I lived for a while, the old town name was Mikawadai, and the servant Mikawa Shu would surely have cut it.

In the days when the life of Sengoku was spent, I am deeply moved that civil engineering work has evolved so far from the necessity of castle construction.

The land where Shimbashi Hanayagikai later flourished was born in this way.

~ From Kanada Naka homepage ~

"Saijo Bridge" is shown in the red circle at the upper right of the center on the map above.

"Tsukiji River Saijobashi Park" is surrounded by a turquoise-colored circle at the lower right of Saijobashi.

"Shimbashi Enbujo" is an orange circle located in the upper right corner of Tsukiji River Saijobashi Park and to the right side of Saijobashi.

"Shinbashi Kanada Naka" is located at the gray star-shaped point on the right of Shimbashi Enbujo.

This time, I went on the yellow line on the right of the entire Ginza map.